GAO Relies On Steyer-Funded Climate Study | The Daily Caller

GAO Relies On Steyer-Funded Climate Study | The Daily Caller
"Congressional auditors released a report on the “potential economic effects of climate change” that relied heavily on research funded, in part, by a foundation tied to the Democratic Party’s single largest political donor.
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a major report on the future impacts of global warming. Sens. Maria Cantwell of Washington and Susan Collins of Maine asked GAO to do the report.

GAO’s report relied on interviews with 26 unnamed experts and two studies to make its recommendation that federal agencies use information on future global warming to “take an initial step in establishing government-wide priorities to manage such risks.”
The media is already trumpeting the report as a repudiation of the Trump administration. 
The Associated Press claimed “Climate change already costing U.S. billions, GAO report says,” and The Los Angeles Times reported Trump’s inaction on climate change carries a big price tag, federal report finds.”
However, one of the studies GAO relied, called the American Climate Prospectus, was funded in part by the the Risky Business Project, which is in turn backed by a foundation founded by former hedge fund billionaire Tom Steyer.
...Steyer was the single largest political donor in the 2016 election cycle, contributing more than $91 million to Democrats and liberals, according to the Center for Responsive Politics (CRP).
Steyer gained notoriety funding anti-fossil fuel campaigns, starting with his opposition to the Keystone XL oil pipeline.
Steyer also founded NextGen Climate Action, which was created to making global warming a top tier election issue..."