Global Warming

Industry Funding Makes for Weird Science

by Diane Farsetta — November 5, 2007 - 1:51pm

A study in the September 2007 issue of the journal Ecological Complexity claims that concerns of global warming's impact on polar bears are "highly premature." But the study wasn't peer reviewed, and it was funded by ExxonMobil.

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Center for Science in the Public Interest, November 5, 2007

Only the Convenient Facts, Ma'am

by Diane Farsetta — October 25, 2007 - 4:06pm

Congressional testimony that Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Julie Gerberding gave "about the impact of climate change and health was significantly edited by the White House," reports AP. "A CDC official familiar with both versions said Gerberding's draft 'was eviscerated,' cut from 14 pages to four," by the White House Office of Management and Budget.

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Associated Press, October 24, 2007

Gas Guzzlers Group Burns Cash

by Bob Burton — October 18, 2007 - 8:48pm

The Sport Utility Vehicle Owners of America (SUVOA) industry front group paid the PR firm Stratacomm $440,000 in the first half of 2007 to lobby the U.S. government. Stratacomm boasts a range of auto industry clients. Later this year, the U.S.

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Associated Press, October 18, 2007

Well-Connected Skeptics Behind UK Attack on Global Warming Film

by Diane Farsetta — October 15, 2007 - 4:43pm

The school governor who challenged the screening of Al Gore's climate change documentary in secondary schools was funded by a Scottish quarrying magnate who established a controversial lobbying group to attack environmentalists' claims about

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The Observer (UK), October 14, 2007

Two U.S. States To Get "Balanced Energy" PR in their Stockings

by Diane Farsetta — September 27, 2007 - 3:20pm

The coal industry front group Americans for Balanced Energy Choices (ABEC) is seeking public relations help "in targeting the public, politicians, interest groups, and the media" on the national level, and also in Pennsylvania and Nevada. ABEC promotes coal as an "essential, affordable and increasingly clean" source of electricity.

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O'Dwyer's PR Daily (sub req'd), September 26, 2007

Czech President the Anti-Gore, Says U.S. Think Tank

by Diane Farsetta — September 26, 2007 - 9:00am

"President Vaclav Klaus is getting help from a right-wing U.S. think tank ... to spread a message many see as anti-environmentalist and some Czechs say reflects badly on their country," reports the Prague Post.

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The Prague Post (Czech Republic), September 19, 2007

Criminal Silence on Climate Change

by Sheldon Rampton — August 27, 2007 - 8:25pm

According to a recent ruling by federal judge Saundra Brown Armstrong, the Bush administration broke the law by failing to present the latest scientific research about global warming to Congress and the public.

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San Francisco Chronicle, August 21, 2007
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