A coalition of 19 attorneys general is asking the U.S. Department of Justice (USDOJ) to investigate over 150 U.S.-based climate activist groups taking money from foreign entities to influence energy policy in the United States, the chief state lawmen announced this week.
The actions of these foreign-funded climate groups may be a violation of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). FARA requires any organization, political party, or individual who collects money in the interest of a foreign interest to register with the USDOJ.
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Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen, who is leading the coalition, isaskingU.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and Assistant Attorney General for National Security Assistant Attorney General John Eisenberg to investigate the matter.
They argue that the 150 climate organizations have received nearly $2 billion in foreign funding from five foreign-based climate groups. The purpose: Finance political activities in the United States aimed at destroying the energy sector.
While the US-based nonprofits are receiving foreign money to influence energy policy, they are not registered under FARA, which the state lawmen say could be a violation of the law.
“Foreign actors are attempting to sabotage our nation’s energy sector by funneling dark money to their climate activist cronies in the U.S. The law is clear – if U.S.-based nonprofits take money to lobby and influence policy on behalf of a foreign principal, they need to register under FARA,”Attorney General Knudsen said.“As Attorney General, I will not stand by while America’s energy dominance is threatened by foreign influence. I urge Attorney General Bondi to open an investigation into this matter immediately.”
The five left-wing foreign organizations include Oak Foundation, Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, Quadrature Climate Foundation, KR Foundation, and Laudes Foundation.
A2025 Americans for Public Trust report, traces the foreign dark money from the five left-wing organizations to the over 150 U.S.-based nonprofit entities that Attorney General Knudsen is asking USDOJ to investigate.
Of those five entities, at least one, the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), maintains ties to the Chinese Communist Party. CIFF has funded over $553 million to U.S. based organizations, such as The Energy Foundation China (EFC), to support its extreme climate agenda through litigation, lobbying, and public relations campaigns aimed at influencing U.S. energy policy and reducing reliance on oil and gas.
Source: SGT Report
