Every election season, more and more money is poured into campaigns. But there is a surprising new twist this year - fossil fuel interests are actually spending money to directly attack clean energy like wind and solar, as we reveal in a new report we are releasing today, "Clean Energy Under Siege" (PDF).

Over the past decade, renewable energy's strong growth and success has made it a target for unprecedented new attacks from oil, coal, and gas interests. The report reveals how the fossil fuel industry is using tactics such as financial contributions to political campaigns, faux "think tanks," phony intellectuals, and fake grassroots "astroturf" groups to shift public opinion and discredit renewable energy. This is, of course, on top of the millions fossil fuel companies have been spending for decades to land loopholes and weak standards that give dirty energy an unfair advantage, while regular Americans bear the burden of polluted air and water.

Here are just a few of the ways that fossil fuel interests are launching new attacks on clean energy:

• Big Oil tycoons David and Charles Koch gave at least $85 million to dozens of right-wing "think tanks" and advocacy groups over the past decade ...

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