Three American oil tycoons have funded eco-terrorist groups who have scared the globe by slashing tires, stopping traffic, and destroying businesses.
Aileen Getty, Rebecca Rockefeller Lambert, and Peter Gill Case, heirs to their families’ enormous wealth, are reportedly paying thugs’ wages via their non-profits in an apparent attempt to balance their ancestors’ inheritance.
Getty, whose grandfather founded Getty Oil, has spent $1 million thus far via her California-based Climate Emergency Fund.
Lambert and Case, members of the Rockefeller family who started Standard Oil in 1870, have spent $30 million on The Equation Campaign.
They have hired eco-activists from organizations such as Just Stop Oil for roughly $25,000 and poured money into the organizations themselves.
It comes as eco-warriors have continued to cause havoc throughout the globe in recent months, notably in the United States, Europe, the United Kingdom, and Australia.
SUV car tires have been slashed in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia, while iconic art paintings have been attacked throughout the European Union.
Meanwhile, massive demonstrations have erupted in major cities throughout the world, with thousands of demonstrators taking to the streets.
Getty told the New York Times that she believed in the efficacy of the activists she was funding and stated that she had already contributed $1 million to the Climate Emergency Fund.
She said that the grassroots groups’ civil disobedience was merely meant to serve as a warning, but that their destruction was little in comparison to what was at risk.
‘Let’s not forget that we’re talking about extinction,’ she told the newspaper. Isn’t it our obligation to use whatever means possible to defend life on Earth?’
The Climate Emergency Fund was founded three years ago and thinks that generating problems for millions of people is an essential strategy to spread its message.
It has spent little more than $7 million on causes it supports, with executive director Margaret Salamon comparing it to suffragists, civil rights campaigners, and LGBT rights activists throughout history.
‘Action influences public opinion and what the media covers, and it shifts the scope of what is politically achievable,’ she added. The standard systems have failed. It is time for everyone to recognize that we must take on this challenge.’
She refuted the notion that her organization was contributing to global sorrow by pointing out that Martin Luther King had a low popularity rating in the years leading up to his assassination.
The Climate Emergency Fund also provided $170,000 to Save Old Growth, a Canadian organization that barricades logging routes in British Columbia.
‘We’re not aiming to be popular,’ said co-founder Zain Haq. Historically, civil disobedience has been used to challenge a way of life.’
Meanwhile, in the United Kingdom, eco-terrorists from Just Stop Oil were given approximately $1 million and assistance in bribing 40 demonstrators and organizers.
‘Obviously, you can only do so much as volunteers,’ said Miranda Whelehan, a member of the organization. ‘Big oil firms have millions, if not billions, of dollars.’
In the United States, the Climate Emergency Fund gave $100,000 to Scientist Rebellion, which includes NASA climate scientist Peter Kalmus, to cover consultant salary and travel expenses.
He said that he had been searching for methods to preserve the earth for 16 years but determined that causing mayhem for regular individuals was the best way to do it.
He joined over 1,000 scientists from 25 nations in halting traffic and chaining themselves to prominent structures, including the White House gates.
‘I receive texts every day from individuals who say it gave them hope,’ Kalmus remarked after the incident. It appeared to convey that sense of urgency considerably more than anything else.’
Meanwhile, Lambert and Case have been pouring money into The Equation Campaign, which was created in 2020 to provide financial support and legal guidance to anyone attempting to halt the growth of fossil fuels.
The charity has assisted persons who have smashed petrol stations, fastened themselves to artworks, and locked themselves to banks.
The two members of the Rockefeller dynasty put in around $30 million, each attempting to right their family’s alleged wrongs.
‘It’s time to put the genie back in the bottle,’ Case stated in an email to the New York Times. I feel a moral duty to contribute. Wouldn’t you agree?’
The Equation Campaign has had some success in halting oil and gas development, having helped to cancel an extension of the Keystone XL oil pipeline.
It also campaigns against other fossil fuel projects and assists environmental activists who have been targeted by what it alleges are inflated accusations and bogus arrests.
‘For the climate and literally for mankind to win, we need them to win, and to stop the industry from manufacturing more things that emits greenhouse gases into the environment,’ said Executive Director Katie Redford.
The Equation Campaign and Climate Emergency Fund both claimed that their organizations solely invest in legal activities such as training, education, travel, and recruiting.
They also reacted to suggestions that paying the activists made their job less real, stating that receipts must be produced to verify nothing illicit occurred.
Eco-warriors have said that money is critically required, with some dropping out of school or working several jobs to spend their days protesting.
The most recent protest in the United States occurred last week, when activists fought with authorities before being pulled to the ground and hauled out of a Congressional baseball game in Washington, DC.
Some of the protestors were able to get access to the Nationals Park stadium and unfurl banners. Three individuals were detained outside as the game between Democratic and Republican legislators played out.
One individual charged cops, was mobbed, and was thrown to the ground. A beefy security guard marched backwards, grinning, as another pair of activists attempted to enter the arena.
When they attempted to pass the Metropolitan Police officer, he pushed one of them, forcing him to tumble backwards. He was still attempting to access the area when he was encircled by police, who led him away.
A blond lady was observed being taken away from the scene by her arms and legs, while another activist stood nearby with zip ties on his wrists.
The rally was organized by an organization called Now Or Never. They tweeted, ‘Tonight we converged on the Congressional Baseball Game.’
‘We are in the midst of a climate emergency.’ Yosemite National Park is on fire. An ice sheet the size of New York City has just broken off Antarctica. Pollution is killing millions of people.
‘Congress must finalize the agreement. It’s finally time.’ ‘Baseball can wait,’ they said. The weather cannot.’
The organization wants Joe Biden to declare a “climate emergency,” and Congress to invest billions of dollars on sustainable energy.
‘We are very insulted that our elected officials are still playing games in the face of our imminent catastrophe,’ said Michael Steffes, a group representative.
‘While the world burns around them, our congresspeople choose to play ball. We are condemned to climate hell unless they accept this as a global emergency and take quick climate action.’
The group said that politicians were wasting the world’s time with their “indefensible theatrics,” and that proof of the scope of the issue was all around them.
‘St. Louis is flooded, California is on fire, Lake Mead is drying up, the country’s glaciers are melting, and drought is wreaking havoc on the Midwest, testing the country’s capacity to deal with the expanding number of individuals whose lives have been upended by the catastrophe,’ they stated.
‘The only time they agree is when they are playing a literal game.
‘Unless the United States government takes fast and dramatic climate action, billions of people will face an unlivable future on a dead world.’
