Sentences with phrase «funded by fossil fuel interests»

The studies in question were co-authored by Willlie Soon, a prominent climate - change skeptic whose work was funded by fossil fuel interests.

The Smithsonian has opened an investigation into the ethical conduct of Willie Soon, one of its part time scientists and a climate - change skeptic who is facing scrutiny for failing to properly disclose his work was funded by fossil fuel interests.

16 state reports opposing the EPA Clean Power Plan, written by the Beacon Hill Institute and distributed in partnership with members of the State Policy Network (SPN)-- both of which have been funded by fossil fuel interests, will reportedly be released in 2015.

Sixty organizations are either funded by fossil fuel interests or have known ties to the Koch Brothers» political network.

The head of Illinois anti-nuclear organization Environmental Law and Policy Center — which is funded by fossil fuel interests and other energy companies that would benefit from closing nuclear plants — has doubled down on his efforts to increase carbon emissions by closing nuclear power plants and replacing them with fossil fuels.

... The response of those industries was to mount a very successful campaign of disinformation, using a tiny handful of greenhouse sceptics, most of whom failed to voluntarily disclose the fact that they were funded by fossil fuel interests.

Tom Fuller, a constant theme of the Progressive Left is that the fundamental reason why America is not taking effective action on climate change is that action is being blocked by right - wing politicians in the US Congress and in numerous state governments who are being funded by fossil fuel interests to oppose anti-carbon legislation.

A constant theme of the Progressive Left is that the fundamental reason why America is not taking effective action on climate change is that action is being blocked by right - wing politicians in the US Congress and in numerous state governments who are being funded by fossil fuel interests to oppose anti-carbon legislation.

Except for two grants from the Mount Wilson observatory, all of Willie Soon's research since 2002 was funded by fossil fuel interests, according to information provided to InsideClimate News by Soon's employer, the Harvard - Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.

It's been think tanks funded by fossil fuel interests and Republican politicians that have made climate change a political issue.

In the briefest of descriptions, Rado claimed the video presented biased information from scientists who were funded by fossil fuel interests, but it turned out he voiced a dislike of the video before viewing it, had a preconceived notion about the funding of skeptic scientists, and failed to disclose precisely who his complaint reviewer William Connolley was.

Arguments to the contrary are mostly funded by fossil fuel interests, and are scoffed at by most scientists.

It all sounds so reasonable, until you realize that this is the same guy that says human - caused global warming theory is all bunk and then find that his efforts have been funded by fossil fuel interests.

Last year Greenpeace revealed that Willie Soon is exclusively funded by fossil fuel interests like Koch Industries, ExxonMobil and Southern Company, a major contributor to mercury air pollution from its coal plants.

He has published work for the Greening Earth Society, a PR front group funded by the fossil fuel interest Western Fuels Association.

Pielke says he's never been funded by fossil fuels interests — a fact to which Grijalva already knows since Pielke disclosed as much when he testified before Congress.

On April 2, during his lecture in Madison, Soon became defensive after receiving the following question regarding his funding by fossil fuel interests: [21]

Not exact matches

It is very much alive in the United states and the UK, represented by outfits like the Heartland Institute, CATO Institute and a squillion others funded by American fossil fuel interests.

Those scientists readily identified with organizations such as the IPCC, the National Academy of Science, and NASA and NOAA had a shared viewpoint: Not only did they think Taylor was simply «drinking the Kool Aid» prepared and fed to him by fossil fuel - funded interests, but they also recognized that he was effective — that is very good.

I find it interesting that a particular organization might be indicted for supposedly being funded by the fossil fuel industry when so many organizations and studies fueling the global warming alarmism are funded by governments and not suprisingly endorse MORE government (in the form of regulations, regulatory agencies, taxes, fees, etc...) as a supposed «solution» to the problem.

It is noteworthy that in the recent campaign of libels against him there has not been, as far as I know, a single suggestion that any particular result or conclusion was reached in part or in whole because either that particular research project or his scientific work in general was funded by fossil - fuel interests.

In his dispatch from the 2010 ICCC, Stacy praised presentations by climate deniers like Dr. Wei - hock «Willie» Soon, who for years secretly amassed funding from fossil fuel and utility interests like ExxonMobil and Southern Company.

In fact, most states with renewable energy standards have chosen to stand by their bipartisan commitments to clean energy, and reject the disinformation campaign funded by fossil fuel and utility interests.

While working at the Harvard - Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Soon has received funding from fossil fuel interests including the American Petroleum Institute, ExxonMobil, the electric utility Southern Co., Donors Trust and the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation, according to public records obtained by Greenpeace and the watchdog group Climate Investigations Center.

And if these anti-climate, right - wing facists are also funded by evil corporate interests (especially of the fossil fuel variety)?

BHI's reports mirror ALEC's model legislation attacking the Clean Power Plan, which was discussed at fossil fuel - funded events attended by Berman's partners and representatives from coal, oil, gas, and utility companies with a financial interest in blocking the EPA's new regulations.

Front page stories at The New York Times and The Washington Post have also highlighted Steyer's past investments in the fossil fuel industry and the profits accrued by the hedge fund he used to lead, noting the apparent inconsistency with his political advocacy.16, 17 Bill McKibben who helped inspire Steyer's opposition to the Keystone pipeline and who consults with the billionaire activist, offers an opposing perspective: «After years of watching rich people manipulate and wreck our political system for selfish personal interests, it's great to watch a rich person use his money and his talents in the public interest.»

When questioned, they demonize their critics, particularly former believers, usually by using ad hominem attacks or claims that critics are being funded by «evil» fossil fuel interests.

Gore — by then Vice President of the USA — also rang ABC News» Ted Koppel urging him to expose Singer as being in the pay of sinister fossil - fuel interests which were funding an «anti-environment» movement.

Advocates of climate policies need to help citizens understand that the wizard behind the curtain has been the fossil fuel industry, their industry organizations, free - market fundamentalists foundations, and the politicians who represent the interests of and are often funded by these groups.

In answer to this, Talisker says that exxonsecrets et al «do not focus on what scientists (or think - tank staff) do after they have produced «research» favourable to the commercial interests of fossil fuel companies — they focus instead on the actual funding of such «research» by corporate interests».

Media pundits, partisan think tanks, and special interest groups funded by fossil fuel and related industries raise doubts about the truth of global warming.

Media Matters also reports that of the seven reports that the NBCC cites in the op - eds, three predate the Clean Power Plan, one was a preliminary analysis by a mining group, and the others received funding from fossil fuel interests.

EPI's investigation reveals an ongoing effort by utilities and fossil fuel interests to influence public officials through university courses and conferences and fund reports authored by academic staff to boost lobbying efforts targeting state government officials and decision makers.

Universities and professors, funded by fossil fuel and utility special interests, are increasingly producing academic reports, supporting advocacy efforts, and amplifying positions that either recommend policies or provide credence to what the energy industry seeks to achieve in the legislative and regulatory arenas.

Exelon teamed up with the American Energy Alliance (AEA), which is affiliated with the Institute for Energy Research (a group that receives funding from fossil fuel interests and is led by Thomas Pyle, a former Koch Industries lobbyist), to attack the wind production tax credit.

By raising questions about his «funding» from «fossil - fuel interests».

Libertarian organizatons sponsored by the fossil fuel interests crusade against «big government,» but people don't seem to realize that when we have a weak government and lax regulations it means we are being ruled by politicians funded by big business.

It would probably be someone whose grant has been funded by someone who finds reducing fossil fuel emissions detrimental to their own interests.»

And the funding of a systematic disinformation campaign — see, for example, my Hub on Hoggan's «Climate Coverup» — by fossil fuel interests is a matter of public record.

The conflict - of - interest scandal involving a climate denier secretly funded by the fossil - fuel industry is spreading to other academics who oppose regulation of climate pollution.