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Willie Soon Scandal: Topics for Smithsonian Inspector General
First, we have an idea for coming clean, a remedy…the illustrious Smithsonian Institution should sponsor free screenings nationwide of the upcoming theatrical film Merchants of Doubt, pay for school kids everywhere to go see it. …
Willie Soon Harvard Smithsonian Documents Reveal Southern Company Scandal
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 …
Willie Soon Fails Conflict of Interest Test in Science Bulletin Article
Dr. Willie Soon, an astrophysicist, is an employee of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (which has little to do with Harvard except it’s location, but that’s another story…) Dr. Soon raises money for his research, like many …
Big Oil Paid Edelman and FleishmanHillard Over $400 Million Since 2008
The Center for Public Integrity has just released a report compiling spending by industry trade associations on public relations over the past decade or so. The report, titled Who needs lobbyists? See what big business …
WBEZ Interview: PR firm Edelman faces PR scandal
After the interview Tuesday on WBEZ Chicago (below), Edelman shifted slightly yesterday and published a “Position on Climate Change”, and while leaving lots of wiggle room, is being more declarative in its statements. This may …
PR Industry Climate Change Survey
“I don’t believe we are obligated in any way to respond. There are only wrong answers for this guy.” That was the first response we got to our survey email, accidentally copied back to us …
Department of Interior Opens Atlantic Coast to Oil Exploration, Politicians Open Wallets to Donations
The U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced on Friday, July 18, that it would begin considering applications for permits to conduct geological testing for oil-and-gas (O&G) reserves in federal waters …
CIC Briefing: Craig Idso Heartland Institute NIPCC Climate Denial
Background briefing, April 2014 Craig Idso: “Climate change is good for you” This week the Heartland Institute will release another chapter of its NIPCC, the “not the IPCC” document that will tell you the opposite …
Is America an Energy Superpower or Energy Colony?
This week the Hill hosted several hearings organized to push for “energy exports” as a geopolitical weapon. We see this as the oil industry using the crisis in Ukraine and Crimea to get what they …
2014 CPAC Climate Panel Stacked with Serial Deniers
Today at the 2014 Conservative Political Action Conference being held just outside Washington DC, there was a panel on climate whose speakers collectively have been Dealing in Doubt for probably 75 years. The panel included Joe Bast …