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autorank

(29,457 posts) Fri Feb 17, 2012, 07:50 AM Feb 2012

Look who is donating to climate change deniers!

By Michael Collins

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The nation's largest software company, the two largest cable companies, and four leading pharmaceutical companies are among companies donating $10,000 or more to a climate change denier association. DESMOGBLOG.COM received the fundraising plan and other documents from the Heartland Institute, a climate denier foundation. The institute's documents were published on DESMOGBLOG's web site with analysis since Tuesday.

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Some of the corporations donating claimed that their money was for other projects, not climate change denial efforts. That's sort of like saying that they donated to al Qaeda but not for that terrorist business.

Link: http://agonist.org/michael_collins/20120217/look_who_is_donating_to_climate_change_deniers

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Look who is donating to climate change deniers! (Original Post) autorank Feb 2012 OP

It.s not surprising, Heartland lobbies hard against Wireless and Cable taxes pschoeb Feb 2012 #1

They're all around nihilists autorank Feb 2012 #5

Yep. Posted something on Facebook today about big money's attack mmonk Feb 2012 #2

What idiot schools would even allow that autorank Feb 2012 #6

Drug companies make huge profits off of climate change and don't want it reversed. Asthma and blm Feb 2012 #3

And anyone with a 401k is loaded with em. raouldukelives Feb 2012 #4

pschoeb

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1. It.s not surprising, Heartland lobbies hard against Wireless and Cable taxes

Reply to autorank (Original post)

Fri Feb 17, 2012, 09:02 AM

Feb 2012

Also they are against legal drug importation, and for cutting regulations on drug companies and limiting law suits against drug companies.

autorank

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5. They're all around nihilists

Reply to pschoeb (Reply #1)

Fri Feb 17, 2012, 09:50 PM

Feb 2012

Who on earth would be stupid enough to want to be on this list? These guys! And there are so many more in the pdf linked in the article.

Thanks for pointing this out.

mmonk

(52,589 posts)

2. Yep. Posted something on Facebook today about big money's attack

Reply to autorank (Original post)

Fri Feb 17, 2012, 09:11 AM

Feb 2012

on climate change by funding projects in our schools denying climate change.

autorank

(29,457 posts)

6. What idiot schools would even allow that

Reply to mmonk (Reply #2)

Fri Feb 17, 2012, 09:58 PM

Feb 2012

I was in Kansas City, MO on business when the Kansas State School Board instituted the teaching of creationism in public schools. This was around 1986/87. Immediately after that action, the governor announced that he had the authority to abolish the state school board. He did just that. He pointed out that any state with such a ridiculous instructional program was likely to deter high tech and biotech companies from moving to Kansas (something they were trying to accomplish).

Now, we've got fools in charge at every level. I'd love a list of school districts that go for this.

Keep pounding them of fb!

blm

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3. Drug companies make huge profits off of climate change and don't want it reversed. Asthma and

Reply to autorank (Original post)

Fri Feb 17, 2012, 10:36 AM

Feb 2012

respiratory drugs are HUGE sellers for them. Their swelling bank accounts matter more than cleaner air.

raouldukelives

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4. And anyone with a 401k is loaded with em.

Reply to autorank (Original post)

Fri Feb 17, 2012, 11:56 AM

Feb 2012

Thanks to all Wall St investors for doing your part to obscure the effects of climate change.

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