--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG" <wg...@...> wrote: > > How vile...they sell oil for a profit too! Oil that belongs to the American > Indians! >
Does BillyGee Whiz defend the Big Oil polluters funding people to lie? > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" <do.rflex@> wrote: > > > > > > Group promoting climate skepticism has web of connections to Exxon-Mobil > > > > "Exxon-Mobil essentially funds people to lie," > > Joseph Romm, lauded climate expert and author > > of the blog Climate Progress, told Raw Story. > > > > "It's important for people to understand that > > they pay off the overwhelming majority of groups > > in the area of junk science." > > > > > > A group promoting skepticism over widely-accredited climate > > change science has a web of connections to influential oil giant > > Exxon-Mobil, Raw Story has found. > > The organization is called the Nongovernmental International Panel on > > Climate Change <http://www.nipccreport.org/> (NIPCC), apparently named > > after the UN coalition International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). An > > investigation into the group reveals its numerous links to Exxon-Mobil, > > a vehement opponent of climate legislation and notorious > > <http://www.ucsusa.org/assets/documents/global_warming/exxon_report.pdf> > > among scientists for funding global warming skeptics. > > > > "Exxon-Mobil essentially funds people to lie," Joseph Romm, lauded > > <http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1924149_1924\ > > 153_1924209,00.html> climate expert and author of the blog Climate > > Progress <http://climateprogress.org/> , told Raw Story. "It's important > > for people to understand that they pay off the overwhelming majority of > > groups in the area of junk science." > > > > The NIPCC's signature report, "Climate Change Reconsidered > > <http://www.nipccreport.org/bin/x/k/NIPCCFull180.jpg> ," disputes the > > notion that global warming is human-caused, insisting in its policy > > summary that "Nature, not human activity, rules the planet." Many of its > > assertions have been challenged by, among others, the scientists' blog > > RealClimate > > <http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2008/11/not-the-ipcc-nipc\ > > c-report/> . > > > > The report was released and promoted > > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zABwTwQ-KQ4> this summer by the > > Heartland Institute, a think tank that claims to support > > <http://www.heartland.org/suites/environment/index.html> "common-sense > > environmentalism" as opposed to "more extreme environmental activism." > > It alleges that "Global warming is a prime example of the alarmism that > > characterizes much of the environmental movement." > > > > "To call global warming a hoax is to question every scientific journal, > > every scientific academy, and buy into the most extreme conspiracy > > theories," Romm said. > > > > Heartland has received at least $676,500 > > <http://www.exxonsecrets.org/html/orgfactsheet.php?id=41> from > > Exxon-Mobil since 1998, the year Exxon launched a campaign to oppose the > > Kyoto Treaty, according to official documents of the two groups that > > have been compiled and reproduced by the website ExxonSecrets.org. > > > > > > Also, the institute's self-described Government Relations Adviser > > <http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2005/363/309/2005-363309812-0295f\ > > bb2-9.pdf> Walter F. Buchholtz has been a lobbyist for Exxon-Mobil, the > > Washington Post > > <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50839-2004Aug31.html> > > reported in 2004. > > > > The study's two principal authors > > <http://www.nipccreport.org/aboutReport.html> and NIPCC leaders S Fred > > Singer and Craig D Idso are both associated with various organizations > > that have gotten generous funding from Exxon-Mobil. > > > > Singer has researched and published for the Cato Institute, which has > > accepted $125,000 > > <http://www.exxonsecrets.org/html/orgfactsheet.php?id=21> in grants > > from Exxon-Mobil since 1998. Other professional affiliations include the > > National Center for Policy Analysis, Frontiers of Freedom, and American > > Council on Science and Health -- which have accepted contributions of > > $540,000 <http://www.exxonsecrets.org/html/orgfactsheet.php?id=55> , > > $1.27 million <http://www.exxonsecrets.org/html/orgfactsheet.php?id=35> > > and $150,000 <http://www.exxonsecrets.org/html/orgfactsheet.php?id=8> , > > respectively, from Exxon. > > > > Although some praise him as a hero, Singer has been slammed by many > > fellow climate scientists > > <http://www.abcnews.go.com/Technology/GlobalWarming/story?id=4506059&pag\ > > e=1> as "a fraud, a charlatan and a showman" for his unorthodox views > > and research. > > > > His co-author Idso is founder, board chairman and former president of > > the Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change, whose > > mission statement <http://www.co2science.org/about/mission.php> is to > > "separate reality from rhetoric in the emotionally-charged debate that > > swirls around the subject of carbon dioxide and global change." The > > organization has taken $100,000 > > <http://www.exxonsecrets.org/html/orgfactsheet.php?id=24> in funding > > from Exxon since 1998, according to the oil company's reports. > > > > Idso is also affiliated with > > <http://www.marshall.org/pdf/materials/132.pdf> the George Marshall > > Institute, which has reportedly won $840,000 from Exxon. > > > > Exxon-Mobil has spent more money lobbying Congress in the last two years > > than any enterprise other than the Chamber of Commerce, dishing out $29 > > million in 2008 and over $20 million so far in 2009 to legislators. It's > > among the top 10 biggest spenders of lobbying cash since 1998, according > > to the Center for Responsive Politics > > <http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/top.php?showYear=2009&indexType=s> . > > > > "Exxon has waged certainly the biggest, most concerted, and most extreme > > disinformation campaign on this issue," Romm told Raw Story. "The > > trouble is they don't have to win the argument -- all they have to do is > > blow smoke and cast doubt, and they've accomplished their end." > > > > In a recent incident, hackers exposed private emails exchanged between > > climate scientists. Some said > > <http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2009/11/the-cru-hack/> > > the revealed information didn't add up to a conspiracy > > <http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2009/11/20/climategate/> , while > > others > > <http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comme\ > > nts/hadley_hacked> declared > > <http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1924149_1924\ > > 153_1924209,00.html> it definitive proof that anthropogenic global > > warming is made-up. > > > > The Senate will soon take up the mantle on climate bill that the House > > narrowly passed this summer, and a heated debate is likely to occur in > > Congress over the nature of the threat and the type of action that needs > > to be taken. > > > > "I think we're going to pass it, but it's going to be an epic struggle," > > Romm said. > > > > Republican Sen. Orrin Harch has referenced > > <http://hatch.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=IssuePositions.View\ > > &IssuePosition_id=5b967b59-072d-41f9-bbbc-b7de581967d8> the NIPCC > > report, calling it a "Comprehensive scientific answer to the IPCC [sic] > > Reports." Various blogs > > <http://www.globalclimatescam.com/2009/06/global-warming-alarmism-expose\ > > d/> , such the conservative Free Republic > > <http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2271330/posts> , have touted > > this report as evidence that "global warming is not a crisis, and never > > was." > > > > http://rawstory.com/2009/12/climate-skeptic-group-nipcc-extensive-ties-e\ > > xxonmobil/ > > >
