Democratic governors belonging to the U.S. Climate Alliance outsourced communication and research work to environmentalist organizations, the Washington Times reports. New email correspondence uncovered through FOIA requests shows that climate activist groups, most notably Climate Nexus—a sponsored project of the Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors—act as the press arm for these governors’ offices at no charge. They also operate as a “shadow staff” to support climate change communications efforts, and supplied research later promoted by these state governors as their own.

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