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Following the money on Global Warming?

Both sides of the global warming argument tend to claim that money and personal interests are lined up on the other side.

Dirty Energy Money ( http://dirtyenergymoney.com/ ) just put out some big numbers about oil money. I haven't seen anything specific like this from the skeptic side. I'd be interested to see some footnoted explanations of the claims about money influencing politicians -- have you seen a million dollars or so go to a politician in a way that might push them to be either a GW-believer or GW-denier?

Both sides -- I'm just looking for actual numbers, actual payments, not theories.

Update:

Thanks David, I appreciate the numbers ... do you have clear footnotes on the $720,000? That's the largest number I've seen quoted by the skeptic side, but I'm not sure exactly what it is, who paid whom for what?

What I see so far as the skeptic position: Dr. James Hansen, a physicist who studied greenhouse warming on Venus, became a big proponent of global warming being serious here on earth, stood up for it long before it was popular and became a leader, has enmeshed himself in the politics of it, and is getting funding -- specifically for his advocacy -- by gw-proponents.

So far the numbers indicate that there is funding from both sides, but way more than 10:1 oil industry to environmentalist, and no evidence of any broad-scale conspiracies.

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  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    Liberals did no longer arise with worldwide warming. Scientists who're interior the sphere and reading it got here across it to be taking place. they actually went to congress and the senate in 1988 first, to warn them of the consequence of international warming. right it somewhat is a clue for you, the monied pursuits who argue against worldwide warming are the oil, coal and potential pursuits. they're those investment the conservative politicians of their districts to call worldwide warming bullsh*t. i think their paid propaganda worked on you. Why do ignorant human beings continuously think of that super company pursuits are the sufferers?

  • David
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    "Show me the money!"

    [QUOTE]

    NASA's primary climate monitoring agency is the Goddard Institute of Space Studies. Operating out of a small office at Columbia University, GISS is run by Dr. James Hansen. Official NASA climate statements come through GISS ... which means they must get by Hansen.

    [...]

    In 2006, Hansen accused the Bush Administration of attempting to censor him.

    [...]

    Hansen then began a barrage of public appearances on TV, radio and in lecture halls decrying the politicization of climate science.

    Turns out he was right. Science was being politicized. By him.

    A report revealed just this week, shows the 'Open Society Institute' funded Hansen to the tune of $720,000, carefully orchestrating his entire media campaign. OSI, a political group which spent $74 million in 2006 to "shape public policy," is funded by billionaire George Soros, the largest backer of Kerry's 2004 Presidential Campaign.

    [...]

    But the issues don't stop here. Hansen received an earlier $250,000 grant from the Heinz Foundation, an organization run by Kerry's wife, which he followed by publicly endorsing Kerry. Hansen also acted as a paid consultant to Gore during the making of his global-warming film, "An Inconvenient Truth," and even personally promoted the film during an NYC event.

    [...]

    [END QUOTE]

    Can you say "Hatch Act"?

  • poop
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    Use your head! Where is all the money coming from to do this "research". From the world governments through various universities and "non- profits". I trust you realize that research that said that GRAVITY, EVOLUTION, ROUND-EARTH THEORY, HELIOCENTRIC MODEL, ATOMIC THEORY, CELL THEORY, PLATE TECTONICS, AND BASICALLY EVERY FIELD OF SCIENCE were real were all funded by the same government. Therefore, as RichardH brilliantly pointed out, we are forced to conclude that NO scientific claim is valid. Even medical science researchers get a large bulk of their grant money from the government, so I further caution you to cease all medical treatment.

  • 1 decade ago

    The oil and coal industries are major campaign contributors to a lot of politicians. Here are some examples:

    Rep Joe Barton (R-TX), who has claimed global warming is a scam. #1 donor is the oil and gas industry, #2 is electrical utilities (coal).

    http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/industries....

    Sen James Inhofe (R-OK), who has called global warming the biggest fraud ever perpetrated. By far his #1 donor is the oil and gas inudstry.

    http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/industries....

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  • john m
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    Here you go this will show how governments work watch Blair and Bush admit it.

  • 1 decade ago

    If it were that easy to prove Politicians were taking bribes, they would no longer be politicians.

  • ?
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    Use your head! Where is all the money coming from to do this "research". From the world governments through various universities and "non- profits". I trust you realize that research that said that "man-made" global warming was a hoax would not really continue the gravy train? Try this:

    http://icecap.us/index.php/go/political-climate/cl...

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