Yesterday the Union of Concerned Scientists issued a new, comprehensive report on ExxonMobil’s campaign to confuse the public about global warming, and they turned up quite a few juicy nuggets. A sampling, from the press release:

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.

The report itself is long, but if you have a hankering for a good muckraking read, it’s worth taking a look. Even if you don’t have time to slog through the report, you might be interested to know that the total cost of ExxonMobil’s campaign was $16 million between 1998 and 2005. Small potatoes to ExxonMobil, maybe, but certainly enough to buy a whole lot of misinformation.

Posted by Kiera Butler on Jan 4, 2007 at 10:49 AM
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