Big Oil Launches Attack on Al Gore

[AnnInLa]

Sorry if this is a dupe:


Big Oil Launches Attack On Al Gore

Today, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) will unveil two 60-second TV ads focusing on what it calls “global warming alarmism and the call by some environmental groups and politicians to reduce fossil fuel and carbon dioxide emissions.” The ad, which will be aired in more than a dozen cities across the country, is being released just a week before the May 24th opening (in LA and NYC) of Al Gore’s new movie on global warming, An Inconvenient Truth.

Who is CEI? The Washington Post explains:

The Competitive Enterprise Institute, which widely publicizes its belief that the earth is not warming cataclysmically because of the burning of coal and oil, says Exxon Mobil Corp. is a “major donor” largely as a result of its effort to push that position.

CEI also gets funding from other oil companies through the American Petroleum Institute.

Exxon documents reveal the company gave $270,000 to CEI in 2004 alone. $180,000 of that was earmarked for “global climate change and global climate change outreach.” Exxon has contributed over $1.6 million to CEI since 1998.
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Exxon’s spokesperson Tom Cirigliano has explained why the company is so dedicated to funding CEI’s pushback on global warming:

We want to support organizations that are trying to broaden the debate. … There is this whole issue that no one should question the science of global climate change that is ludicrous. That’s the kind of dark-ages thinking that gets you in a lot of trouble.

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http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/17/attack-on-gore/

[Uncle Joe]

1. I think we were a minute apart., a photo finish.

:) :hi:

[AnnInLa]

3. You must be a "Think Progress" addict too!

sorry for the dupe!

[BeFree]

2. Gore's messing with them...

...this here's proof of his success.

If I had to say, I'd say Gore will get re-elected in 2008, just as 100 MPG cars begin hitting the roads. Oil companies' heydays are just about over.

[glitch]

4. they never learn. nt