http://mediamatters.org/blog/2015/05/01/right-wing-media-desperately-smear-scientists-t/203489
"It should come as no surprise that Michaels himself works for an organization funded by the fossil fuel industry. The Cato Institute was co-founded by the oil billionaire Koch brothers and has received millions from the Koch family, while also receiving funding from ExxonMobil and the American Petroleum Institute."