Comments on: Another ExxonMobil deceit: They are still funding climate science deniers despite public pledge

By: Hey Skipper

Hey Skipper — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:24:54 +0000

receipt

deceit

I don’t think any other language has spelling bees.

[JR: Oops!]

By: JoeB

JoeB — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:00:09 +0000

What action can I take right now to do something about it, Joe?

By: PurpleOzone

PurpleOzone — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:29:04 +0000

I’m curious about what the list of grants encompasses. Is it nonprofit activities or all funds?
For instance, paying individuals to come speak to oil groups wouldn’t show up in a nonprofit list.
Nor would buying an author’s book in bulk and distributing it to legislators.

By: PurpleOzone

PurpleOzone — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:27:09 +0000

Boycott doesn’t work!
I’ve been boycotting Exxon Mobil for so many decades I forget why I started!
It was then called Esso. Maybe it was for price fixing. When the Exxon Valdez disaster came along — and they fought paying for it for decades — I couldn’t boycott it twice at one time.
But Exxon is still doing such a great business it can pay it’s CEO $400 million a year.

By: Deep Climate

Deep Climate — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:27:12 +0000

“Deceipt”? Anyway …

Somewhere I have a list of Heartland conference sponsors that received funding from ExxonMobil. As I recall there were at three or four.

Meanwhile cross referencing the ExxonSecrets list with grantees from 2008:

American Conservative Union Foundation*, Alexandria, Virginia 20,000

American Council for Capital Formation Center for Policy Research*,
Washington, D.C. 15,000

American Council on Science and Health*, New York, New York 15,000

American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research*, Washington, Event Support 10,000 General Support 235,000

American Spectator Foundation*, Arlington, Virginia 25,000

Annapolis Center for Science-Based Public Policy Inc.*, Maryland 105,000

Aspen Institute, Inc.*, Washington, D.C.
General Support 10,000 Global Energy Forum 90,000

Atlas Economic Research Foundation*, Arlington, Virginia
Event Support 2,500 General Support 100,000

About $600,000 – and that just the A’s.

The only positive note is that CFACT, sponsors of the execrable ClimateDepot, are no longer on the list as of 2008.

By: Rick Covert

Rick Covert — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:47:40 +0000

You can’t boycott the oil companies effectively because they can always rely on many other people not honoring the boycott. Gasoline, after all, is an inelastic product. People need it to get to work.

M;y next car will be electric if I have to convert an existing car or buy a new one but it will be electric.

By: James Thomson the second

James Thomson the second — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:53:15 +0000

One of the most popular radio stations in London is LBC. An odious character called Nick Ferrari does the breakfast show and he is the original ultra right wind shock jock. Every so often he does the “global warming is tosh” routine and lines up callers to tell us all the usual lies – “one volcano emits more CO2 than we do” … “the climate is changing it always has” …etc, etc. The latest one was put out just this morning.

How do we counter this? People like this have great influence on people’s views. Watch this and weep.

http://www.public.tv/ channel.php?pg=4&resource=A4WV-68UN-UXM0-DR9K-PP26

By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:23:06 +0000

Their commercials with an actor playing a scientist talking about lithium ion batteries make me sick. They are an oil company. They profit from exploiting the planet.

By: David B. Benson

David B. Benson — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:27:20 +0000

complain

By: David B. Benson

David B. Benson — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:27:00 +0000

But until then, comp0laim to the FTC about false advertising.