DeSmogBlog exists to clear the PR pollution that is clouding the science on climate change.
An overwhelming majority of the world’s climate scientists agree that the globe is warming - the world's climate is changing - and that the indiscriminate burning of fossil fuels is to blame. We know that the risks are incalculable and, increasingly, we understand that the solutions are affordable.
Unfortunately, a well-funded and highly organized public relations campaign is poisoning the climate change debate. Using tricks and stunts that unsavory PR firms invented for the tobacco lobby, energy-industry contrarians are trying to confuse the public, to forestall individual and political actions that might cut into exorbitant coal, oil and gas industry profits. DeSmogBlog is here to cry foul - to shine the light on techniques and tactics that reflect badly on the PR industry and are, ultimately, bad for the planet.
For more on us, you can click here for co-founder Jim Hoggan's manifesto "Slamming the Climate Skeptic Scam."
The DeSmogBlog team is led by Jim Hoggan, the president of the public relations firm James Hoggan & Associates. Over the past two decades, Jim has earned a reputation as one of Canada’s leading public relations professionals. Jim believes that integrity and public relations should not be at odds – that a good public reputation generally flows from a record of responsible actions. His client list includes real estate development companies, high tech firms, pharmaceutical, forest industry giants, resorts and academic institutions. He is also the Chair of the David Suzuki Foundation and a Trustee of the Dalai Lama Centre for Peace and Education.
The DeSmogBlog team is especially grateful to co-founder John Lefebvre, a lawyer, internet entrepreneur and past-president of NETeller, a firm that has been providing secure online transactions since 1999. John has been outspoken, uncompromising and courageous in challenging those who would muddy the climate change debate, and he has enabled and inspired the same standard on the blog.
Editorial Assistance on the blog is provided by renowned author Ross Gelbspan, science writer and best-selling author, Chris Mooney, environmentalist and author Bill McKibben and Richard Littlemore, an award-winning science and magazine writer. Kevin Grandia oversees the project as a whole, Darren Barefoot manages the online aspects, and both make valuable contributions to content.
Our Financial Supporters
The DeSmog Project would like to thank the following organizations for their generous support:
The Lefebvre Foundation
The Roddick Foundation
