Comments on: Skeptics of human-caused global warming meet in New York http://energyonmymind.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/skeptics-of-human-caused-global-warming-meet-in-new-york/ Observations on the future of alternate energy Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:53:31 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Greg http://energyonmymind.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/skeptics-of-human-caused-global-warming-meet-in-new-york/#comment-37 Greg Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:38:00 +0000 http://energyonmymind.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/skeptics-of-human-caused-global-warming-meet-in-new-york/#comment-37 Some facts seem to be missing here, like the fact that the Heartland Institute has made it clear that no corporate funds at all were used to help pay for the conference. It was entirely financed by individuals and foundations with no financial interest in the subject of global warming. All 50 cosponsors of the conference are listed in the program for the event, none of them is a corporation, and none of them made a financial contribution toward the event, so their funding is irrelevant. Cosponsors were asked to help promote the event (on their web sites and in mailings to their members) in exchange for limited numbers of free tickets, a standard cosponsorship arrangement for conferences of this kind. The Heartland Institute receives about 16% of its total income from corporations, the rest comes from individuals and foundations. No one corporation has EVER contributed more than 5% of Heartland’s annual budget. All energy companies COMBINED in 2007 gave less than 5% of the organization’s total budget. ExxonMobil hasn’t contributed since 2006. If funding determines a think tank’s perspective, then you might expect Heartland to be 95% in favor of global warming alarmism! -Greg, Legislative Specialist for The Heartland Institute Some facts seem to be missing here, like the fact that the Heartland Institute has made it clear that no corporate funds at all were used to help pay for the conference. It was entirely financed by individuals and foundations with no financial interest in the subject of global warming.

All 50 cosponsors of the conference are listed in the program for the event, none of them is a corporation, and none of them made a financial contribution toward the event, so their funding is irrelevant. Cosponsors were asked to help promote the event (on their web sites and in mailings to their members) in exchange for limited numbers of free tickets, a standard cosponsorship arrangement for conferences of this kind.

The Heartland Institute receives about 16% of its total income from corporations, the rest comes from individuals and foundations. No one corporation has EVER contributed more than 5% of Heartland’s annual budget. All energy companies COMBINED in 2007 gave less than 5% of the organization’s total budget. ExxonMobil hasn’t contributed since 2006. If funding determines a think tank’s perspective, then you might expect Heartland to be 95% in favor of global warming alarmism!

-Greg, Legislative Specialist for The Heartland Institute

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