We've added Chris Horner to our database of individuals attending the "2008 International Conference on Climate Change," being organized by the ExxonMobil and Philip Morris-friendly Heartland Institute.
Below is a list of other briefing notes we have completed on speakers for the "2008 International Conference on Climate Change:"
Democracy is utterly dependent upon an electorate that is accurately informed. In promoting climate change denial (and often denying their responsibility for doing so) industry has done more than endanger the environment. It has undermined democracy.
There is a vast difference between putting forth a point of view, honestly held, and intentionally sowing the seeds of confusion. Free speech does not include the right to deceive. Deception is not a point of view. And the right to disagree does not include a right to intentionally subvert the public awareness.
Maine’s clean energy legislation has spurred more than $2 billion in local investment and created at least 2,500 jobs in the Pine Tree State. That isn’t stopping some state lawmakers from trying to weaken and kill these laws, as the local political puppets do the will of their fossil fuel masters, the Koch brothers.
A quick reminder: there’s a coordinated national campaign to dismantle renewable portfolio standards (RPS) at the state level. Behind the campaign is the American...
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Big Picture Journalism
Hi Kevin,
Terrible! Very concerned about this funding thingy. Why not do some digging closer to your own patch too. Here, try this:
James Hoggan's client list including, or have included, the National Hydrogen Association, Fuel Cells Canada, hydrogen producer QuestAir, Naikun Wind Energy and Ballard Fuel Cells.
Mr. Hoggan, in other words, benefits from regulatory policy based on climate change science.
Look forward to your report on the 'big picture' without the one-eyed-jack and rose tinted spectacles on!