Greenpeace and allies again attack Koch Industries
Last week saw the release of two reports criticizing Koch Industries for its opposition to heavy-handed regulation of the chemical industry. Greenpeace released a report with highly charged words in its title: "Toxic Koch: Keeping Americans at Risk of a Poison Gas Disaster." Other articles commenting on this were highly sensational, such as this example: "Do the Koch Brothers Want a Toxic Disaster?"
Koch Industries has responded to these articles in a response on KochFacts.com website. Among many facts, we can see that Koch companies have received 386 safety awards and 28 environmental awards just since President Obama took office.
Much of the Greenpeace report criticized Koch for its opposition to H.R. 2868, the Chemical and Water Security Act of 2009. Koch and most of the chemical...