Global Warming

Anti-Climate Bill Astroturf Grows

by Diane Farsetta — August 18, 2009 - 1:50pm

The oil industry's "Energy Citizens" Astroturf campaign against legislation to address climate change sprang a leak.

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DeSmog Blog, August 13, 2009

Elmendorf Strategies and the Carbon Lobby

by Bob Burton — August 17, 2009 - 3:12pm
  • Topics: Global Warming, Lobbying, U.S. Government

    • Lobbyists will often argue that a major reason clients hire them is because of their deep personal connections with decision makers.

    Steve Elmendorf, who founded Elmendorf Strategies in 2007, was an adviser to various Democratic Party campaigns and politicians for over 25 years. So his connections with Democratic Party movers and shakers seem beyond dispute.

    Oil Industry Front Group Rallies for Global Warming

    by Diane Farsetta — August 12, 2009 - 1:37pm

    "Taking a cue from angry protests against the Obama Administration's health care restructuring, the oil industry is helping organize anti-climate bill rallies around the nation," reports Ian Talley.

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    Wall Street Journal's "Washington Wire" blog, August 11, 2009

    Fake Grassroots Letters Oppose Climate Bill

    by Diane Farsetta — August 4, 2009 - 3:24pm

    "As U.S. Rep. Tom Perriello was considering how to vote on an important piece of climate change legislation in June, the freshman congressman's office received at least six letters from two Charlottesville [Virginia]-based minority organizations voicing opposition to the measure," reports the Daily Progress.

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    The Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Virginia), July 31, 2009

    Shining a Light on U.S. Power Utility Lobbyists

    by Bob Burton — July 26, 2009 - 8:14pm

    With the Waxman-Markey climate change bill before the U.S. Senate, coal and energy utility lobbyists are out in force. While the legislation will only have direct effect in the United States, it will indirectly have a major influence on the negotiation of a replacement agreement to the Kyoto Protocol.

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    SourceWatch

    The French Disconnection

    by Bob Burton — July 13, 2009 - 6:16am

    Once again Patrick Moore, a former Greenpeace activist, has been promoting nuclear power as a solution to global warming without disclosing that he is a consultant to the Nuclear Energy Institute's

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    TheStar.com (Toronto, Canada), July 9, 2009

    Skeptic Overboard

    by Bob Burton — July 9, 2009 - 4:33am

    The Institute of Public Affairs (IPA), an Australian corporate-funded think tank, has decided to dump its Senior Fellow, Jennifer Marohasy.

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    Jennifer Marohasy.com, July 6, 2009

    IRENA Match Called for Nuclear

    by Diane Farsetta — July 7, 2009 - 3:04pm

    The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) officially launched on July 1, with 108 member countries. IRENA is meant "to make renewable energy more accessible to every country in the world. ...

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    Christian Science Monitor, June 29, 2009

    Climate Change Bill a Rorschach for Special Interests

    by Diane Farsetta — June 30, 2009 - 4:42pm

    The same day that the Waxman-Markey Climate Bill passed the U.S. House of Representatives, the oil industry examined the loopholes. The bill, which has yet to pass the Senate, would make refiners "buy allowances for carbon dioxide spewed from their plants and from vehicles when motorists burn their fuel. Imports would need permits only for the latter." So, oil companies "will probably cope ...

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    Bloomberg, June 26, 2009
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