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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
9688 Posts |
 Posted - 07/01/2011 : 05:22:30
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Yes, we already knew that oil companies has been paying off scientists to skeptical of global warming.
| Dr Willie Soon, an astrophysicist at the Solar, Stellar and Planetary Sciences Division of the Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics, is known for his view that global warming and the melting of the arctic sea ice is caused by solar variation rather than human-caused CO2 emissions, and that polar bears are not primarily threatened by climate change. |
Dr Soon admits that he's been getting shitloads of money from "fossil fuel" companies...
Documents provided to Greenpeace by the Smithsonian under the US Freedom of Information Act (FoIA) show that the Charles G Koch Foundation, a leading provider of funds for climate sceptic groups, gave Soon two grants totalling $175,000 (then roughly £102,000) in 2005/6 and again in 2010. In addition the American Petroleum insitute (API), which represents the US petroleum and natural gas industries, gave him multiple grants between 2001 and 2007 totalling $274,000, oil company Exxon Mobil provided $335,000 between 2005 and 2010, and Soon received other grants from coal and oil industry sources including the Mobil Foundation, the Texaco Foundation and the Electric Power Research Institute.
As one of very few scientists to publish in peer-reviewed literature denying climate change, Soon is widely regarded as one of the leading sceptical voices. His scientific position and the vehemence of his views has made him a central figure in a heated political debate that has informed the US right wing and helped to undermine public trust in the science of global warming and UN negotiations. |
Sometimes, I wish there existed something like instant karma.
Edited to add: The link to the news article...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jun/28/climate-change-sceptic-willie-soon
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Edited by - Dr. Mabuse on 07/01/2011 11:29:40
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sailingsoul
SFN Addict
2830 Posts |
Posted - 07/01/2011 : 05:57:04 [Permalink]
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| Sadly that revelation is not unexpected and won't effect the issue one iota. At lease here in the USA. Corporate big money will continue to corrupt Washington and our elected government will continue to serve their corporate partners and not serve the voters who are deluded to believe that their interests are even being considered. Funding for social services are about to be cut further and spending on medicare and Social Security reduced for the poor, along with funding for renewable subsidies are all on the chopping block in the charade to balance the budget and reduce the deficit. Elected results are guaranteed because all candidates are fully vetted and on board the corporate gravy train before they ever reach the ballot for any higher level positions. Tomorrow we (the world) will emit more fossil carbon into the atmosphere that we will today. Count on it. Oil and coal interests will not let one buck go, no matter what the collateral damage will be. SS |
There are only two types of religious people, the deceivers and the deceived. SS |
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
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moakley
SFN Regular
USA
1888 Posts |
Posted - 07/01/2011 : 10:04:37 [Permalink]
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| Another Clarence Cook Little with credentials for sale? |
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Philosophy is questions that may never be answered. Religion is answers that may never be questioned. -Anonymous |
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
9688 Posts |
Posted - 07/01/2011 : 11:28:12 [Permalink]
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| Meh, I forgot the link. Thanks Kil for providing it. |
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"Equivocation is not just a job, for a creationist it's a way of life..." Dr. Mabuse
Support American Troops in Iraq:
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podcat
Skeptic Friend
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Posted - 07/01/2011 : 23:01:59 [Permalink]
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See also: Greenpeace also has some extensive info on the climate change deniers and their funders, including Exxon:
http://www.exxonsecrets.org/maps.php |
“In a modern...society, everybody has the absolute right to believe whatever they damn well please, but they don't have the same right to be taken seriously”.
-Barry Williams, co-founder, Australian Skeptics |
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Global Warming Skeptic Scientist paid off...
