Democracy Now: PR Executive James Hoggan on "Climate Cover-Up: The Crusade to Deny Global Warming"

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Run time: 10:42 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbeVIkNvrfU   Posted on YouTube: October 20, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: October 20, 2009 By DU Member: Turborama Views on DU: 309

 

The Yes Men arent the only group accused of pulling off a hoax in the debate over climate change legislation. In August, the American Petroleum Institute—the oil industrys top lobbying group—was found to have asked member oil companies to help recruit employees, retirees and contractors for anti-climate bill rallies around the country. Critics said the API was trying to fake a grassroots movement to give a false impression of widespread public opposition to tackling global warming. Our next guest, James Hoggan, has just published a new book on corporate efforts to mislead the public on human-driven climate change. Its called Climate Cover-Up: The Crusade to Deny Global Warming.

Sounds like he's talking about the Competitive Enterprise Institute

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Competitive_Enterprise_Institute

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competitive_Enterprise_Institute