The chart appears to be from this report: Billionaires' Carbon Bomb
Relevant passage:
THE KOCHTOPUS AND KEYSTONE
UNDUE INFLUENCE over democratic decision-making can take endless forms, but there is a basic organizational structure by which the Kochtopus operates by using the following functions (with examples about Keystone where information was available):
THINK TANKS:
Create and promote concrete policy proposals for less government protections of people and the planet but more rights to corporations and investors. The Cato Institute, an organization that was originally called the Koch Institute, released a report stating there would be no change in CO2 levels due to the KXL pipeline, and that it would create jobs and lower gas prices—despite several studies debunking each of those claims.3
These groups create the intellectual framework to legitimize and sell their vision of a privatized America. They mass-produce reports and policy papers and are invited as “experts” to speak on the news, to write for magazines, to do radio interviews, and to write online pieces. By skillfully playing on the psychology of conservative voters, and through sheer ubiquity in the media, these think tanks are able to advance their policy proposals with an impressive degree of success.
ASTROTURF AGENTS:
Appear like of grassroots groups, but are in fact funded and organized by the Kochs to create the perception of popular support for ideas and policies that benefit them. Many of these Koch funded groups have published pro-KXL articles, blogs, op-eds, and reports. IFG found that 38 of these groups have received a total of at least $52 million in Koch Cash and released nearly 1000 pro-KXL pieces of media in the past two years. (See chart on page 24.)
Emphasis mine. The chart mentioned is the one seen in the OP.
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