Global Warming

One Sham Nuclear Review Replaces Another

by Bob Burton — May 27, 2007 - 2:25am

In a signal that the departure of Tony Blair as British Prime Minister won't result in any major policy shifts, Prime Minister-elect Gordon Brown has supported the construction of up to eight new nuclear power stations.

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The Guardian (UK), May 23, 2007

Exxon: Still Fronting After All These Years

by Diane Farsetta — May 18, 2007 - 3:53pm

An old advertisement for Exxon (then Esso)

In an apparent policy shift, earlier this year Exxon Mobil called climate change "a serious issue," saying that "action is warranted." The oil company also said it would

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Reuters, May 18, 2007

Deleting (or Defeating?) Climate Change Language

by Diane Farsetta — May 17, 2007 - 2:56pm

U.S. representatives "are trying to soften the message" of a climate change declaration to be issued at the June summit of the Group of Eight (G-8) industrial countries. G-8 draft documents obtained by the Washington Post show that the U.S.

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Washington Post, May 13, 2007

Herr Stauber In Der Spiegel

by Judith Siers-Poisson — May 15, 2007 - 8:35am
  • Topics: Iraq, Global Warming, Environment, International, Propaganda, Public Relations, U.S. Government, War / Peace

    • CMD Founder and Executive Director John Stauber has been in Germany, Austria and Belgium for the past two weeks speaking in major cities and discussing the publication of "Toxic Sludge Is Good For You" in German. On May 16 Vienna's daily paper Der Standard ran an interview with Herr Stauber that can be read in German by searching his name on their website. He was previously interviewed by Nils Klawitter for the German magazine Der Spiegel, and a translated portion of the interview is below. (Thanks to Orange-Press, publishers of the German edition of Toxic Sludge Is Good for You, for the translation.) If you would like to read the German interview in its entirety, please go to: http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/0,1518,481658,00.html

    Shut Up and Heat

    by Sheldon Rampton — May 3, 2007 - 9:08pm

    A new media policy restricting U.S. government scientists from speaking to the media is drawing fire from the Union of Concerned Scientists and the Government Accountability Project.

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    Government Executive, April 25, 2007

    Not-So-Revolutionary PR

    by Bob Burton — April 27, 2007 - 6:31pm

    In an interview with LobbyWatch, British journalist George Monbiot reviews the network of the key players from Living Marxism.

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    LobbyWatch, April 11, 2007

    Nuclear Industry Pins Hopes on Subsidies

    by Bob Burton — April 23, 2007 - 3:13pm

    Around the world there are consultants, PR advisers and industry associations hyping nuclear power as a "solution" to global warming. However, they rarely mention the hidden costs. In a recent briefing for Wall Street analysts, the major U.S.

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    Australian Broadcasting Corporation, April 22, 2007

    Jim Sims Flacks for "Clean Coal"

    by Sheldon Rampton — April 20, 2007 - 9:56pm

    At the "Utah Energy Summit," Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer called for more federal money to develop "clean coal" as an alternative to petroleum and a solution to global warming.

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    Grist, April 17, 2007

    Shaping the Message, Distorting the Science

    by Sheldon Rampton — March 27, 2007 - 2:13pm
  • Topics: Global Warming, U.S. Congress, Lobbying, Marketing, Public Relations, Science, Tobacco

    • I've been asked to deliver testimony this Wednesday before the Committee on Science and Technology of the U.S. House of Representatives, which is holding a hearing titled "Shaping the Message, Distorting the Science: Media Strategies to Influence Science Policy."

    Gephardt Enters the Coal Lobbying Mines

    by Diane Farsetta — March 26, 2007 - 3:27pm

    In yet another example of the government-industry revolving door, "Peabody Energy, the world's largest private sector coal company, has hired Dick Gephardt's firm to spearhead its drive to defeat efforts by Democrats to put caps on carbon emissions in a bid to combat global warming," reports O'Dwyer's.

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    O'Dwyer's PR Daily (sub req'd), March 23, 2007
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