McKibben and Sierra Club chief Brune bent over backward to praise Steyer after he announced he would spend $100 million running for office, and effectively buy his way onto the Democratic presidential election debate stage through TV and Facebook advertising.100 Steyer and Bloomberg ended up spending $750 million total on their 2020 presidential campaigns. It is hard to imagine a more “pay-to-play” relationship than the one between Steyer and his grantees. It epitomizes the cynicism of Washington, D.C. And it exposes the news media’s double standard. If Steyer and other fossil fuel and
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