Christoph
12-06-07, 22:44
Have you checked out exxonsecrets.org yet? It's very interesting: any time I read something in the press from the climate skeptic camp, I go over to www.exxonsecrets.org and plug in the names of whatever scientists are quoted. Nine times out of ten, the site documents how these scientists are attatched to "think tanks" funded by Exxon-Mobil. Exxon-Mobil has funneled $22 Million into the climate change denial industry since 1998, effectively confusing the issue for many people and stalling action on tackling the climate crisis.
Make Them Stop!
Last year the UK's prestigious scientific body, the Royal Society, wrote an unprecedented letter to Exxon asking them to stop funding the groups "misinforming the public about the science of climate change". Exxon told the Royal Society, basically, that they would. In February of this year, Exxon did a bunch of PR saying it had been "misunderstood" on climate change, and represented itself as having stopped funding the climate skeptic industry.
Guess what? Exxonsecrets went through the documents and found that Exxon/Mobil spent $2.1 million last year on 41 groups leading the climate skeptic industry.
www.exxonsecrets.org
Make Them Stop!
Last year the UK's prestigious scientific body, the Royal Society, wrote an unprecedented letter to Exxon asking them to stop funding the groups "misinforming the public about the science of climate change". Exxon told the Royal Society, basically, that they would. In February of this year, Exxon did a bunch of PR saying it had been "misunderstood" on climate change, and represented itself as having stopped funding the climate skeptic industry.
Guess what? Exxonsecrets went through the documents and found that Exxon/Mobil spent $2.1 million last year on 41 groups leading the climate skeptic industry.
www.exxonsecrets.org