How ExxonMobil Funded Global Warming Skeptics

Erik Moeller writes "According to a report by the Union of Concerned Scientists, oil company ExxonMobil 'has funneled nearly $16 million between 1998 and 2005 to a network of 43 advocacy organizations that seek to confuse the public on global warming science.' The report compares the tactics employed by the oil giant to those used by the tobacco industry in previous decades, and identifies key individuals who have worked on both campaigns. Would a 'global warming controversy' exist without the millions of dollars spent by fossil fuel companies to discredit scientific conclusions?"

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The real reason for global warming:

[spun]

All the flames that are about to be posted...

Re:UCS - definitely unbiased

[sammy baby]

The UCS, which has it's own agenda and pushes it at every opportunity, is upset because someone on the opposite side wants their view heard as well? To bad.

Hear hear. I'm sick and tired of hearing what scientists think about global warming: it's about time that we heard from the oil companies.