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"For decades, corporations have known that, if they lobby for their own interests, public opinion won't take them seriously," begins the Independent's article on the "most influential" third party groups [7] that have aligned with businesses to oppose action [8] on climate change [9]. They include the Congress of Racial Equality [10], once "the 'shock troops' of the civil rights movement" but, after accepting funding from ExxonMobil [11] "to assist with 'global climate outreach'," now notorious for shouting down "environmentalists picketing an Exxon Mobil shareholders meeting." Other U.S. groups are the conservative think tanks [12] the Competitive Enterprise Institute [13] and Heritage Foundation [14], the American Petroleum Institute [15], and Dick Cheney [16]'s National Energy Policy Development Group [17], which, "despite the energy sector's record profits," successfully pushed "a $20bn handout to oil, coal and nuclear industries." British groups on the list include the Scientific Alliance [18], Supporters of Nuclear Energy, Society of Motor Manufacturers and Confederation of British Industry [19].
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[1] http://dev.prwatch.org/users/6/diane-farsetta
[2] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/environment/global-warming
[3] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/public-relations/third-party-technique
[4] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/corporations
[5] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/international
[6] http://www.addtoany.com/share_save?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fdev.prwatch.org%2Fspin%2F2005%2F09%2F4006%2Fminded-groups-across-rising-pond&linkname=Like-Minded%20Groups%20Across%20a%20Rising%20Pond
[7] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Third_party_technique
[8] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Climate_change_skeptics
[9] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/climate_change
[10] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Congress_of_Racial_Equality
[11] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/ExxonMobil
[12] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/think_tanks
[13] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Competitive_Enterprise_Institute
[14] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Heritage_Foundation
[15] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Petroleum_Institute
[16] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Dick_Cheney
[17] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Cheney_Energy_Task_Force
[18] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Scientific_Alliance
[19] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Confederation_of_British_Industry
[20] http://news.independent.co.uk/world/environment/article313730.ece