Comments on: The Well-Funded "Well-Funded Denial Machine" Denial Machine http://www.climate-resistance.org/2008/01/well-funded-well-funded-denial-machine.html Challenging Climate Orthodoxy Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: The Poverty of Diagrams » Climate Resistance http://www.climate-resistance.org/2008/01/well-funded-well-funded-denial-machine.html#comment-21519 The Poverty of Diagrams » Climate Resistance Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:03:43 +0000 http://climateresistance.wordpress.com/2008/01/11/the-well-funded-well-funded-denial-machine-denial-machine/#comment-21519 [...] he only lives in the past. But how big is he? This is something discussed years ago on this blog. Back in 2008, I looked at Greenpeace’s claims that Exxonmbil had funded many of the think tank.... It turned out that all Greenpeace could come up with was the claim that Exxonmobil had fincanced [...] [...] he only lives in the past. But how big is he? This is something discussed years ago on this blog. Back in 2008, I looked at Greenpeace’s claims that Exxonmbil had funded many of the think tank…. It turned out that all Greenpeace could come up with was the claim that Exxonmobil had fincanced [...]

]]> By: Climate Resistance » The Well Funded World Wide Fund for Fear http://www.climate-resistance.org/2008/01/well-funded-well-funded-denial-machine.html#comment-14005 Climate Resistance » The Well Funded World Wide Fund for Fear Sat, 09 Jul 2011 18:06:56 +0000 http://climateresistance.wordpress.com/2008/01/11/the-well-funded-well-funded-denial-machine-denial-machine/#comment-14005 [...] reported earlier in the year how claims that a ‘denial lobby’ had influenced public opinion on climate change were [...] [...] reported earlier in the year how claims that a ‘denial lobby’ had influenced public opinion on climate change were [...]

]]> By: The European Renewable Energy Council is taxpayer-funded http://www.climate-resistance.org/2008/01/well-funded-well-funded-denial-machine.html#comment-12385 The European Renewable Energy Council is taxpayer-funded Mon, 20 Jun 2011 17:50:48 +0000 http://climateresistance.wordpress.com/2008/01/11/the-well-funded-well-funded-denial-machine-denial-machine/#comment-12385 [...] I urge you to read his post, which concludes thus: “Where we have seen relatively small sums passed between energy companies and independent think tanks, it has drawn the ire of the likes of Bob Ward, policy and communications director of the Grantham [...] [...] I urge you to read his post, which concludes thus: “Where we have seen relatively small sums passed between energy companies and independent think tanks, it has drawn the ire of the likes of Bob Ward, policy and communications director of the Grantham [...]

]]> By: Climate Resistance » Fun Finding the Eco Lobby’s Funding http://www.climate-resistance.org/2008/01/well-funded-well-funded-denial-machine.html#comment-12166 Climate Resistance » Fun Finding the Eco Lobby’s Funding Sat, 18 Jun 2011 13:02:52 +0000 http://climateresistance.wordpress.com/2008/01/11/the-well-funded-well-funded-denial-machine-denial-machine/#comment-12166 [...] we have seen relatively small sums passed between energy companies and independent think tanks, it has drawn the ire of the likes of Bob Ward, policy and communications director of the Grantham [...] [...] we have seen relatively small sums passed between energy companies and independent think tanks, it has drawn the ire of the likes of Bob Ward, policy and communications director of the Grantham [...]

]]> By: Greenpeace: Corporate Stocks & Noah’s Arks « NoFrakkingConsensus http://www.climate-resistance.org/2008/01/well-funded-well-funded-denial-machine.html#comment-2704 Greenpeace: Corporate Stocks & Noah’s Arks « NoFrakkingConsensus Wed, 05 Jan 2011 18:18:46 +0000 http://climateresistance.wordpress.com/2008/01/11/the-well-funded-well-funded-denial-machine-denial-machine/#comment-2704 [...] to how Greenpeace spends the multi-millions it raises, so glad you asked. It builds arks. As in Noah. As in plural. One was on a Turkish [...] [...] to how Greenpeace spends the multi-millions it raises, so glad you asked. It builds arks. As in Noah. As in plural. One was on a Turkish [...]

]]> By: Sinners that repent | The Rational Optimist… http://www.climate-resistance.org/2008/01/well-funded-well-funded-denial-machine.html#comment-191 Sinners that repent | The Rational Optimist… Fri, 05 Nov 2010 15:04:29 +0000 http://climateresistance.wordpress.com/2008/01/11/the-well-funded-well-funded-denial-machine-denial-machine/#comment-191 [...] He was sitting next to representatives of Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace. The latter alone spends $2.2 billion in ten years!!! Then there is the United Nations, lots of governments, most universities, most big corporations, [...] [...] He was sitting next to representatives of Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace. The latter alone spends $2.2 billion in ten years!!! Then there is the United Nations, lots of governments, most universities, most big corporations, [...]

]]> By: Climate Resistance » What Next for the Royal Society? http://www.climate-resistance.org/2008/01/well-funded-well-funded-denial-machine.html#comment-190 Climate Resistance » What Next for the Royal Society? Sat, 16 Oct 2010 23:37:05 +0000 http://climateresistance.wordpress.com/2008/01/11/the-well-funded-well-funded-denial-machine-denial-machine/#comment-190 [...] from scientific facts but was propagating conspiracy theories, none of which it could substantiate. We pointed out for example, that the claims about ‘well-funded’ attempts to challenge to climate politics [...] [...] from scientific facts but was propagating conspiracy theories, none of which it could substantiate. We pointed out for example, that the claims about ‘well-funded’ attempts to challenge to climate politics [...]

]]> By: groznik http://www.climate-resistance.org/2008/01/well-funded-well-funded-denial-machine.html#comment-189 groznik Wed, 07 Apr 2010 00:33:32 +0000 http://climateresistance.wordpress.com/2008/01/11/the-well-funded-well-funded-denial-machine-denial-machine/#comment-189 Everybody has heard of the Climate Research Unit (CRU). The CRU was set up and funded by "Big Oil", amongst others. You can read about it on their website. If getting money from oil companies is so bad, why don't the climate activists complain bitterly about the CRU receiving oil company funding? http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/cru/about/history/ "This list is not fully exhaustive, but we would like to acknowledge the support of the following funders (in alphabetical order): British Council, British Petroleum, Broom's Barn Sugar Beet Research Centre, Central Electricity Generating Board, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS), Commercial Union, Commission of European Communities (CEC, often referred to now as EU), Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (CCLRC), Department of Energy, Department of the Environment (DETR, now DEFRA), Department of Health, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Eastern Electricity, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Environment Agency, Forestry Commission, Greenpeace International, International Institute of Environmental Development (IIED), Irish Electricity Supply Board, KFA Germany, Leverhulme Trust, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF), National Power, National Rivers Authority, Natural Environmental Research Council (NERC), Norwich Union, Nuclear Installations Inspectorate, Overseas Development Administration (ODA), Reinsurance Underwriters and Syndicates, Royal Society, Scientific Consultants, Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC), Scottish and Northern Ireland Forum for Environmental Research, Shell, Stockholm Environment Agency, Sultanate of Oman, Tate and Lyle, UK Met. Office, UK Nirex Ltd., United Nations Environment Plan (UNEP), United States Department of Energy, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Wolfson Foundation and the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF). " Everybody has heard of the Climate Research Unit (CRU). The CRU was set up and funded by “Big Oil”, amongst others. You can read about it on their website. If getting money from oil companies is so bad, why don’t the climate activists complain bitterly about the CRU receiving oil company funding?

http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/cru/about/history/

“This list is not fully exhaustive, but we would like to acknowledge the support of the following funders (in alphabetical order):

British Council, British Petroleum, Broom’s Barn Sugar Beet Research Centre, Central Electricity Generating Board, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS), Commercial Union, Commission of European Communities (CEC, often referred to now as EU), Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (CCLRC), Department of Energy, Department of the Environment (DETR, now DEFRA), Department of Health, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Eastern Electricity, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Environment Agency, Forestry Commission, Greenpeace International, International Institute of Environmental Development (IIED), Irish Electricity Supply Board, KFA Germany, Leverhulme Trust, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF), National Power, National Rivers Authority, Natural Environmental Research Council (NERC), Norwich Union, Nuclear Installations Inspectorate, Overseas Development Administration (ODA), Reinsurance Underwriters and Syndicates, Royal Society, Scientific Consultants, Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC), Scottish and Northern Ireland Forum for Environmental Research, Shell, Stockholm Environment Agency, Sultanate of Oman, Tate and Lyle, UK Met. Office, UK Nirex Ltd., United Nations Environment Plan (UNEP), United States Department of Energy, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Wolfson Foundation and the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF). “

]]> By: George Carty http://www.climate-resistance.org/2008/01/well-funded-well-funded-denial-machine.html#comment-188 George Carty Sat, 25 Oct 2008 19:00:49 +0000 http://climateresistance.wordpress.com/2008/01/11/the-well-funded-well-funded-denial-machine-denial-machine/#comment-188 Another point - why does anyone buy the idea that someone who believed that AGW threatened to wreck the planet would deny it for mere money? (This point was made on the <a href="http://freedomforfission.blogspot.com/2006/10/climate-change-and-ad-hominems.html" rel="nofollow">Freedom for Fission</a> blog.) Another point – why does anyone buy the idea that someone who believed that AGW threatened to wreck the planet would deny it for mere money?

(This point was made on the Freedom for Fission blog.)

]]> By: The Deniers’ “multi-million-dollar funding machine” « AGW Doubter http://www.climate-resistance.org/2008/01/well-funded-well-funded-denial-machine.html#comment-187 The Deniers’ “multi-million-dollar funding machine” « AGW Doubter Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:18:26 +0000 http://climateresistance.wordpress.com/2008/01/11/the-well-funded-well-funded-denial-machine-denial-machine/#comment-187 [...] to this site, Greenpeace, in the same time span that Exxon doled out it’s 23 million, pulled in around 2 [...] [...] to this site, Greenpeace, in the same time span that Exxon doled out it’s 23 million, pulled in around 2 [...]

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