This is hardly a scientific society. Just a right wing, Exxon supported source of lies.
Competitive Enterprise Institute And Global Warming - SourceWatch
CEI's Television Ads
"The Competitive Enterprise Institute has produced two 60-second television spots focusing on the alleged global warming crisis and the calls by some environmental groups and politicians for reduced energy use. The ads are airing in 14 U.S. cities from May 18 to May 28, 2006." The ads say that ice is actually thickening and that CO2 is a good thing. [5]
"These television ads are a deliberate effort to confuse and mislead the public about the global warming debate," said Curt Davis, director of the Center for Geospatial Intelligence at the University of Missouri-Columbia and author of the research in a May 19 news release. "They are selectively using only parts of my previous research to support their claims. They are not telling the entire story to the public." [6]
On May 26, 2006, FactCheck.org, a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania issued an analysis of the ads, "Scientist to CEI: You Used My Research To 'Confuse and Mislead'." [7] FactCheck describes itself as "nonpartisan, nonprofit, "consumer advocate" for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics." [8]
[edit]Exxon's Cash Pipeline to CEI
Exxonsecrets.org lists Exxon's funding of CEI, based on data released by the company itself, as totalling $2,005,000 since 1998. [9] The specific year-by-year fugures are:
1998: $85,000 ExxonMobil Corporate Giving
2000: $230,000 ExxonMobil Foundation
2001: $280,000 ExxonMobil Foundation
2002: $205,000 ExxonMobil Foundation: This was identified as being for "50K congressional briefing program, 140K general operating support, 60K legal activities";
2002: $200,000 ExxonMobil Corporate Giving' This was identified as "140K general operating support, 60K for legal activities;"
2003: $25,000 ExxonMobil Corporate Giving for "Annual Dinner"
2003: $440,000 ExxonMobil Foundation for "General Operating Support";
2004: $90,000 ExxonMobil Foundation for "General Operating Support"
2004: $90,000 ExxonMobil Foundation for "Global Climate Change"
2004: $90000 ExxonMobil Foundation for "Global Climate Change Outreach"
2005: $90,000 ExxonMobil Foundation for "General Operating Support"
2005: $180,000 ExxonMobil Corporate Giving for "General Operating Support"