

Tom Steyer in a 2012 portrait. (Jahi Chikwendiu/Washington Post)

Billionaire Tom Steyer plans to spend as much as $100 million pushing the issue of climate change in the 2014 election, and appears primed to rival the deep-pocketed and conservative Koch brothers, according to the New York Times's Nicholas Confessore.

Confessore reports that Steyer, one of the world's most successful hedge fund founders, is "seeking to pressure federal and state officials to enact climate change measures through a hard-edge campaign of attack ads against governors and lawmakers."

Steyer previously played a big role in the Virginia governor's race, spending millions on now-Gov. Terry McAuliffe's (D) successful campaign.

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