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The Manufactured Doubt Industry and the Hacked Email Controversy by Jeff Masters In 1954, the tobacco industry realized it had a serious problem. Thirteen scientific studies had been published over the preceding five years linking smoking to lung cancer. With the public growing increasingly alarmed about the health effects of smoking, the tobacco industry had to move quickly to protect ...

Number one:  There is no scandal, there are just powerful interests trying to fool the public into thinking there is a scandal. Number two: Here are some of the powerful interests For the SECOND QYARTER of 2009, here is a list compiled by the Center for Public Integrity of all the oil, gas, and coal mining groups that spent more than $100,000 on lobbying (this includes all lobbying, not...

Valero Energy's Bill Klesse says a carbon permit system will hasten the demise of America's oil refiners. It sure won't help any. In five years the U.S. will have the plants to produce some 70 million more gallons ...

your allies. Deny that all you want. Somehow, these emails suddenly make global warming a hoax or conspiracy. The religion is yours. Real scientists not funded by the oil and coal industry agree that the Earth is warming. http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comme nt.ht... From the Center for Public Integrity, there are 2,663 climate change lobbyists on Capital Hill Chevron $6...

Alpha_Geek wrote: Following the money trail with the Wall Street Journal... It's op-ed, but where the money is going is factual. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB100014240527487039 39404574566124250205490.html?m od=rss_Today's_Most_Popular Obviously doesn't understand anything about university research grants...

3 comments by: Zacks.com   November 30, 2009 | about: SUN / TSO / VLO / WNR / XOM       The U.S. Energy Department's weekly inventory release showed a smaller-than-expected build in crude stockpiles, a surprise drop in distillates and improvement in refinery run-rates. However, this piece of positive data was somewhat tempered by reports ...

The industrial money is used to promote regulations for the benefit of the companies doing the lobbying. There is normally an implication that such lobbying is a bad thing, axiomatically. There was a list of money allocated to lobbying provided by Wharfie. I was surprised BP's contribution was so low. I think I would increase that to $40 million. It's important to get good ...

"Fact is everyone knows a clique of scientists has been rigging the data." We do, and we will name names, beginning with Freddy Seitz, Freddy Singer, McIntyre and McKittick, Soon and Baulinas,... The Manufactured Doubt industry and the hacked email controversy Posted by: JeffMasters, 3:07 PM GMT on November 25, 2009 In 1954, the tobacco industry realized it had a serious problem. ...

Hoggan did/does the PR for Air New Zealand and Alcoa... Eh! Suspect they might be climate changing companies. bingobob777, on 27 November 2009 - 07:41 PM, said: http://www.wundergro...l?entrynum=1389 In 1954, the tobacco industry realized it had a serious problem. Thirteen scientific studies had been published over the preceding five years linking smoking to lung cancer. With the ...