Re: [ekonomi-nasional] EXXON MOBIL spend nearly $16 MILLION to fund DISINFORMATION
Kalau ilmuwan AS yang relatif jujur saja bisa disuap, apalagi para ilmuwan dari negara terkorup macam Indonesia. Tentu lebih banyak lagi yang dapat disuap. Yang disuap tentu bukan hanya para ilmuwan yang relatif lebih jujur, tapi juga politikus yang perlu uang untuk kampanye dan menghidupi anggota partai mereka termasuk orang2 macam Condolezza Rice atau George Bush yang membela kepentingan perusahaan2 AS. Jika di AS mungkin hanya masalah Global Warming, di sini mungkin bagaimana perusahaan2 macam Exxon dan Freeport bisa menguras migas, emas, dsb secara cuma2 atau biaya seminim mungkin di Indonesia. Ada seorang lulusan AS yang melobby sehingga Exxon yang cuma jadi kontraktor Pertamina di Cepu tiba2 naik jadi pengelola dengan saham mayoritas atau di Blok Natuna tidak menyisihkan sepeserpun bagi hasil untuk RI. Demikian pula Freeport yang mengambil bagian 85% dari hasil sementara 220 juta bangsa Indonesia cukup puas hanya dengan 15% (ini juga kalau angkanya tidak dimark-up). Semoga Indonesia bisa punya pemimpin seperti Chavez dan lebih banyak ilmuwan jujur yang bisa melawan tipu daya ilmuwan tukang. --- Ikra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > January 3, 2007 > > Scientists' Report Documents ExxonMobils > Tobacco-like Disinformation Campaign on Global > Warming Science > > OIL COMPANY SPENT NEARLY $16 MILLION TO FUND SKEPTIC > GROUPS, CREATE CONFUSION > > > WASHINGTON, DC, Jan. 3A new report from the Union > of Concerned Scientists offers the most > comprehensive documentation to date of how > ExxonMobil has adopted the tobacco industry's > disinformation tactics, as well as some of the same > organizations and personnel, to cloud the scientific > understanding of climate change and delay action on > the issue. According to the report, ExxonMobil has > funneled nearly $16 million between 1998 and 2005 to > a network of 43 advocacy organizations that seek to > confuse the public on global warming science. > > "ExxonMobil has manufactured uncertainty about the > human causes of global warming just as tobacco > companies denied their product caused lung cancer," > said Alden Meyer, the Union of Concerned Scientists' > Director of Strategy & Policy. "A modest but > effective investment has allowed the oil giant to > fuel doubt about global warming to delay government > action just as Big Tobacco did for over 40 years." > Smoke, Mirrors & Hot Air: How ExxonMobil Uses Big > Tobacco's Tactics to "Manufacture Uncertainty" on > Climate Change details how the oil company, like the > tobacco industry in previous decades, has > > (1)raised doubts about even the most indisputable > scientific evidence > (2)funded an array of front organizations to create > the appearance of a broad platform for a tight-knit > group of vocal climate change contrarians who > misrepresent peer-reviewed scientific findings > (3)attempted to portray its opposition to action as > a positive quest for "sound science" rather than > business self-interest > (4)used its access to the Bush administration to > block federal policies and shape government > communications on global warming > > ExxonMobil-funded organizations consist of an > overlapping collection of individuals serving as > staff, board members, and scientific advisors that > publish and re-publish the works of a small group of > climate change contrarians. The George C. Marshall > Institute, for instance, which has received $630,000 > from ExxonMobil, recently touted a book edited by > Patrick Michaels, a long-time climate change > contrarian who is affiliated with at least 11 > organizations funded by ExxonMobil. Similarly, > ExxonMobil funds a number of lesser-known groups > such as the Annapolis Center for Science-Based > Public Policy and Committee for a Constructive > Tomorrow. Both groups promote the work of several > climate change contrarians, including Sallie > Baliunas, an astrophysicist who is affiliated with > at least nine ExxonMobil-funded groups. > > Baliunas is best known for a 2003 paper alleging the > climate had not changed significantly in the past > millennia that was rebutted by 13 scientists who > stated she had misrepresented their work in her > paper. This renunciation did not stop > ExxonMobil-funded groups from continuing to promote > the paper. Through methods such as these, ExxonMobil > has been able to amplify and prop up work that has > been discredited by reputable climate scientists. > > "When one looks closely, ExxonMobil's underhanded > strategy is as clear and indisputable as the > scientific research it's meant to discredit," said > Seth Shulman, an investigative journalist who wrote > the UCS report. "The paper trail shows that, to > serve its corporate interests, ExxonMobil has built > a vast echo chamber of seemingly independent groups > with the express purpose of spreading disinformation > about global warming." > > ExxonMobil has used the laudable goal of improving > scientific understanding of global warmingunder the >
[ekonomi-nasional] EXXON MOBIL spend nearly $16 MILLION to fund DISINFORMATION
January 3, 2007 Scientists' Report Documents ExxonMobils Tobacco-like Disinformation Campaign on Global Warming Science OIL COMPANY SPENT NEARLY $16 MILLION TO FUND SKEPTIC GROUPS, CREATE CONFUSION WASHINGTON, DC, Jan. 3A new report from the Union of Concerned Scientists offers the most comprehensive documentation to date of how ExxonMobil has adopted the tobacco industry's disinformation tactics, as well as some of the same organizations and personnel, to cloud the scientific understanding of climate change and delay action on the issue. According to the report, ExxonMobil has funneled nearly $16 million between 1998 and 2005 to a network of 43 advocacy organizations that seek to confuse the public on global warming science. "ExxonMobil has manufactured uncertainty about the human causes of global warming just as tobacco companies denied their product caused lung cancer," said Alden Meyer, the Union of Concerned Scientists' Director of Strategy & Policy. "A modest but effective investment has allowed the oil giant to fuel doubt about global warming to delay government action just as Big Tobacco did for over 40 years." Smoke, Mirrors & Hot Air: How ExxonMobil Uses Big Tobacco's Tactics to "Manufacture Uncertainty" on Climate Change details how the oil company, like the tobacco industry in previous decades, has (1)raised doubts about even the most indisputable scientific evidence (2)funded an array of front organizations to create the appearance of a broad platform for a tight-knit group of vocal climate change contrarians who misrepresent peer-reviewed scientific findings (3)attempted to portray its opposition to action as a positive quest for "sound science" rather than business self-interest (4)used its access to the Bush administration to block federal policies and shape government communications on global warming ExxonMobil-funded organizations consist of an overlapping collection of individuals serving as staff, board members, and scientific advisors that publish and re-publish the works of a small group of climate change contrarians. The George C. Marshall Institute, for instance, which has received $630,000 from ExxonMobil, recently touted a book edited by Patrick Michaels, a long-time climate change contrarian who is affiliated with at least 11 organizations funded by ExxonMobil. Similarly, ExxonMobil funds a number of lesser-known groups such as the Annapolis Center for Science-Based Public Policy and Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow. Both groups promote the work of several climate change contrarians, including Sallie Baliunas, an astrophysicist who is affiliated with at least nine ExxonMobil-funded groups. Baliunas is best known for a 2003 paper alleging the climate had not changed significantly in the past millennia that was rebutted by 13 scientists who stated she had misrepresented their work in her paper. This renunciation did not stop ExxonMobil-funded groups from continuing to promote the paper. Through methods such as these, ExxonMobil has been able to amplify and prop up work that has been discredited by reputable climate scientists. "When one looks closely, ExxonMobil's underhanded strategy is as clear and indisputable as the scientific research it's meant to discredit," said Seth Shulman, an investigative journalist who wrote the UCS report. "The paper trail shows that, to serve its corporate interests, ExxonMobil has built a vast echo chamber of seemingly independent groups with the express purpose of spreading disinformation about global warming." ExxonMobil has used the laudable goal of improving scientific understanding of global warmingunder the guise of "sound science"for the pernicious ends of delaying action to reduce heat-trapping emissions indefinitely. ExxonMobil also exerted unprecedented influence over U.S. policy on global warming, from successfully recommending the appointment of key personnel in the Bush administration to funding climate change deniers in Congress. "As a scientist, I like to think that facts will prevail, and they do eventually," said Dr. James McCarthy, Alexander Agassiz Professor of Biological Oceanography at Harvard University and former chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's working group on climate change impacts. "It's shameful that ExxonMobil has sought to obscure the facts for so long when the future of our planet depends on the steps we take now and in the coming years." The burning of oil and other fossil fuels results in additional atmospheric carbon dioxide that blankets the Earth and traps heat. The amount of CO2 in the atmosphere has increased greatly over the last century and global temperatures are rising as a result. Though solutions are available now that will cut global warming emissions while creating jobs, saving consumers money, and protecting our national security, ExxonMobil has manufactured confusion around climate change sci
