Science

Well-Connected Skeptics Behind UK Attack on Global Warming Film

by Diane Farsetta — October 15, 2007 - 5:43pm

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

New Participatory Project: What's That Stuff Doing in Cigarettes?

by Anne Landman — September 25, 2007 - 1:39pm

What is "acetoin," and what is it doing in cigarettes? Tobacco companies inform the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (but not the public) about the 599 potential additives they can put in cigarettes. We've got that list, but we don't have any explanations about what these chemicals are. Acetoin is on the list, but we don't know what it is, or why they put it in cigarettes.

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TobaccoWiki Additives List

The Oil Industry Road Show Comes to New Jersey

by Diane Farsetta — September 20, 2007 - 4:05pm

"Energy giants ConocoPhillips and BP have brought their 'green' environmental campaigns to central New Jersey," reports Ryan Tracy, "funding research ...

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The Times (Trenton, N.J.), September 19, 2007

Indonesia, Will You Be Mine?

by Diane Farsetta — September 17, 2007 - 3:50pm

David Case reports on Rick Ness, an employee of the Colorado-based Newmont Mining Corporation who the Indonesian government has accused of dumping dangerous waste into a shallow bay in Sulawesi.

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Mother Jones, September 10, 2007

Featured Participatory Project: Eli Lilly's Contributions to Patient and Other Groups

by Bob Burton — September 11, 2007 - 11:57pm

In May of this year, the drug company Eli Lilly announced that it would post details of "all educational grant funding and other monetary contributions provided to U.S.-based organizations" into an online database. Tucked away amongst the numerous grants made in the first six months of 2007 are details of funds provided to patient groups, various research centres and a sprinkling of political groups.

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SourceWatch Project on Eli Lilly's Contributions

Bush's Surgeon General of Industry-Friendly Spin

by Diane Farsetta — August 31, 2007 - 11:02am

"White House officials viewed former surgeon general Richard H. Carmona as a public relations tool, pushing him to make political appearances and promote the Bush administration's agenda while he was in office, according to a series of executive branch e-mails released yesterday by Sen.

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Washington Post, August 31, 2007
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