In the area of climate change, the leaked documents revealed that the group
funds vocal climate skeptics, including Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change founder Craig Idso ($ 11,600 per month), physicist Fred Singer ($ 5,000 plus expenses per month), and New Zealand geologist Robert Carter ($ 1,667 per month).
Not exact matches
Their concerns have been sparked by two simultaneous developments: increasing public criticism by key Republicans of research
funded by agencies like the National Science Foundation (NSF) and a congressional power shift that has placed many
vocal so - called
climate change sceptics and opponents of environmental regulations in positions of power.
This is why
climate change is now a prime area, and thanks to the
vocal skeptics, especially in the political arena, the perception of uncertainty is promulgated which helps to
fund more research.
Despite
vocal commitments to help tackle
climate change, six key multilateral banks (MDBs) financed over $ 7 billion in coal, oil, and gas projects in 2015, and
funded a total of $ 83 billion in fossil fuels from 2008 - 2015.
The Competitive Enterprise Institute, one past recipient of Exxon
funding that has been
vocal in questioning
climate science, hasn't received any money from Exxon in 2006, he said.
funded an array of front organizations to create the appearance of a broad platform for a tight - knit group of
vocal climate change contrarians who misrepresent peer - reviewed scientific findings
As another data point opposing that notion of fear based
funding, I would note that during the time of James Hansen's most
vocal and dire warnings about
climate catastophies in our future over the last 5 or 6 years he has experienced gov» t intimidation and suppression, NASA has seen its earth sciences budget shrink significantly and NASA has changed its mission statement to no longer include «protect our home planet».