Marketing Professor Scott Armstrong at the New York Climate Change "Skeptics" Conference

Wed, 2008-02-13 15:20Kevin Grandia
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Marketing Professor Scott Armstrong at the New York Climate Change "Skeptics" Conference

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Hi Kevin,

This funding thingy needs clearing up doesn't it? Take a look at the Suzuki Foundation (your president James Hoggan sits on the board) which is funded by 3 energy companies (at last count!):

annual report for 2005/2006 lists at least 52 corporate donors including: Bell Canada, Toyota, IBM, McGraw-Hill Ryerson, Microsoft, Scotia Capital, Warner Brothers, RBC, Canon and Bank of Montreal.

The David Suzuki Foundation also received donations from EnCana Corporation, a world leader in natural gas production and oil sands development, ATCO Gas, Alberta’s principle distributor of natural gas, and a number of pension funds including the OPG (Ontario Power Generation) Employees’ and Pensioners’ Charity Trust. OPG is one of the largest suppliers of electricity in the world operating 5 fossil fuel-burning generation plants and 3 nuclear plants.

But Mr Suzuki apparently claims in radio interviews it's difficult getting corporate funding! I think there's a story here Kevin, go to it Son.