All the Willie Soon documents are organized and attached below.
This post will be updated as this investigation proceeds…
Just wanted to get something up tonight…and since the stories were supposed to be embargoed for midnight…alas…(btw, it is amazing how many folks are jamming on the web on a Saturday…not a bad news day after all.)
Here is the first wave of press:
New York Times, Justin Gillis, John Schwartz, “Deeper Ties to Corporate Cash for Doubtful Climate Researcher” Feb 21, 2015
Boston Globe, Sylvan Lane, “Senator Edward Markey to investigate energy companies” Feb 21, 2015
The Guardian, Suzanne Goldenberg, “Work of prominent climate change denier was funded by energy industry” Feb 21, 2015
Inside Climate News, David Hasemyer, “Documents Reveal Fossil Fuel Fingerprints on Contrarian Climate Research” Feb 21, 2015
The new Willie Soon documents: These documents are the latest returns on the December 2009 Greenpeace records request to Smithsonian Institution. This file is exactly as the documents were sent to Greenpeace – 131 pages with a Document Cloud index on the right column to the beginning of each separate document.
Here I have rearranged the new documents in chronological order by corporate funder:
Southern Company related documents:
Smithsonian shall not identify Southern Company
Letter from Alcock to Southern Company, January 2008 “per your request”
Proposal to Southern Company, January 2008
Contract btw Smithsonian and Southern Co., Feb 2008
“Year 1 Report” to Southern Company, January 2009
Proposal to Southern Company, March 2010
Budget for Southern Company Proposal, March 2010
Agreement between Smithsonian and Southern Company, July 2010
Final Report for Southern Company, May 2011
Proposal to Southern Company, September 2011
Agreement between Smithsonian and Southern Company, October 2011
Final Report to Southern Company, November 2012
ExxonMobil related documents:
Proposal to ExxonMobil, February 2008
Smithsonian reroutes Exxon’s Grant to Unrestricted Contribution
Thank you from CfA to Exxon for “general operating support”
Exxon Grant letter to Smithsonian, March 2009
Charles G. Koch Foundation related documents:
Proposal to Charles G. Koch Foundation, July 2008
Letter from Charles G. Koch Foundation confirming grant to Smithsonian, September 2009
Charles G Koch Foundation grant to Smithsonian, November 2010
Donors Trust related documents:
DonorsTrust letter confirming grant to Smithsonian, November 2010
Final Report to Donors Trust, January 2012
DonorsTrust grant to Smithsonian, February 2012
Other key resources:
Greenpeace letter to IRS, Feb. 20, 2015
Greenpeace letter to House Science Committee on Exxon, Feb. 20, 2015
Greenpeace letter to House Science Committee on transparency, Feb. 20, 2015 (142 pages)