This is Climate One, changing the conversation about energy, economy, and the environment.

My interest is just as it's been in business, is what will help people improve their lives.

That's Charles Koch, the chairman, CEO, and co-owner with his brother David of Coke Industries.

Some of the biggest environmental cases in the country are against Coke industries.

In her latest book, New Yorker staff writer Jane Mayer traces the billions of dollars

spent by the Cokes and others on the right to influence policies related to climate change,

the economy, and more.

The best example of the influence money has in politics in this country is climate change. It's been

captured by one party. This anti-climate change push comes from the Republican Party, which is funded

by the fossil fuel industry.

Behind Dark Money with Jane Mayer.

Up next on Climate One.

Why has the United States not made more progress healing the climate that supports our economy and lifestyle?

Welcome to Climate One, changing the conversation about America's energy, economy, and environment.

I'm Devon Strolovich. Climate One Conversations with oil companies and environmentalists, Republicans and Democrats,

are recorded before a live audience

and hosted by Greg Dalton.

Jane Mayer is a staff writer for the New Yorker magazine and author of the 2016 best-selling

book, Dark Money, The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right.

The book chronicles the political influence of well-known characters such as Charles

and David Koch, John Olin, and Sheldon Aidelson, as well as their operatives working

behind the scenes.

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