farmfriend
04-03-2005, 12:12 AM
http://techcentralstation.com/040105G.html
The Big Business of Climate Change Research
By Roy Spencer
In the climate change debate, or more generally for any environmental issue, there exists a widespread assumption that funds provided by "big business" are used to promote falsehoods, while funds going to environmental organizations represent the grassroots will of the people. The people are like David going up against an industrial Goliath, hoping to spread truth in the face of insurmountable odds. There is little doubt that the vast majority of the citizens who donate to environmental causes view the situation in this way.
But a new report (http://www.marshall.org/article.php?id=280) released today by the Marshall Institute, a Washington-based science policy group, looks at the major donors to environmental groups for climate-related activities. It finds that the vast majority of those donors represent and promote left-leaning causes.
Historically, those causes often involve lobbying Congress to promote a specific agenda. A startling example of this is the recent report (http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/22480.htm) of a former officer of the Pew Charitable Trusts admitting that Pew heavily funded a number of private interests to make it look like there was a grassroots movement in favor of campaign finance reform, which was later passed by Congress.
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The Big Business of Climate Change Research
By Roy Spencer
In the climate change debate, or more generally for any environmental issue, there exists a widespread assumption that funds provided by "big business" are used to promote falsehoods, while funds going to environmental organizations represent the grassroots will of the people. The people are like David going up against an industrial Goliath, hoping to spread truth in the face of insurmountable odds. There is little doubt that the vast majority of the citizens who donate to environmental causes view the situation in this way.
But a new report (http://www.marshall.org/article.php?id=280) released today by the Marshall Institute, a Washington-based science policy group, looks at the major donors to environmental groups for climate-related activities. It finds that the vast majority of those donors represent and promote left-leaning causes.
Historically, those causes often involve lobbying Congress to promote a specific agenda. A startling example of this is the recent report (http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/22480.htm) of a former officer of the Pew Charitable Trusts admitting that Pew heavily funded a number of private interests to make it look like there was a grassroots movement in favor of campaign finance reform, which was later passed by Congress.
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