{"id":15120,"date":"2015-12-09T07:49:24","date_gmt":"2015-12-09T12:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=15120"},"modified":"2015-12-09T07:49:24","modified_gmt":"2015-12-09T12:49:24","slug":"major-climate-science-denial-groups-offer-to-hide-fossil-fuel-funding-greenpeace-investigation-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=15120","title":{"rendered":"Major Climate Science Denial Groups Offer to Hide Fossil Fuel Funding, Greenpeace Investigation Finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 id=\"page-title\" class=\"page__title title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.desmogblog.com\/2015\/12\/08\/leading-climate-science-denial-groups-offer-hide-fossil-fuel-funding-greenpeace-investigation-finds\" target=\"_blank\">Major Climate Science Denial Groups Offer to Hide Fossil Fuel Funding, Greenpeace Investigation Finds<\/a><\/h3>\n<article class=\"node-10121 node node-blog node-promoted view-mode-full clearfix\">\n<header>\n<p class=\"submitted desktop-only\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.desmogblog.com\/sites\/beta.desmogblog.com\/files\/styles\/full_width_blog_image\/public\/blogimages\/3121471273_7b084d746f_opennstate_flickr.jpg?itok=-bZicmDM\" alt=\"\" width=\"826\" height=\"553\" \/><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"horizontal-social-bar horizontal-social-bar-top clearfix\">An\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/energydesk.greenpeace.org\/2015\/12\/08\/exposed-academics-for-hire\/\" target=\"_blank\">undercover investigation<\/a>\u00a0by environment group Greenpeace has found some of the world\u2019s most vocal climate science denial groups were willing to accept cash from fossil fuel interests in return for writing articles and reports that reject the impacts of greenhouses\u00a0gases.<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p>Greenpeace operatives posing as representatives of coal and oil companies were told that while the reports could be produced, there were ways that the sources of funding could be\u00a0hidden.<\/p>\n<p>Academics affiliated with leading\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">US<\/span>\u00a0academic institutions Princeton and Penn State universities are implicated in the Greenpeace\u00a0research.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report on the investigation at Greenpeace&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/energydesk.greenpeace.org\/2015\/12\/08\/exposed-academics-for-hire\/\" target=\"_blank\">EnergyDesk<\/a>\u00a0website, Princeton&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.desmogblog.com\/william-happer\" target=\"_blank\">Professor William Happer<\/a>\u00a0had revealed he had accepted cash from coal company Peabody Energy in return for providing testimony to\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">US<\/span>\u00a0congress but had routed the cash through a climate denial group. Happer also offered his services but said that a new climate science denial group,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.desmogblog.com\/co2-coalition\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"caps\">CO<\/span>2 Coalition<\/a>, should be used to channel the\u00a0funds.<\/p>\n<p>Groups including the Global Warming Policy Foundation and Donors Trust are also alleged to have been complicit in providing \u201cpeer review\u201d services for fossil fuel clients and, in the case of Donors Trust, in providing an untraceable route for the fossil fuel\u00a0payments.<\/p>\n<p>The story comes as Happer is preparing to give evidence to a congressional hearing of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commerce.senate.gov\/public\/index.cfm\/hearings?ID=CA2ABC55-B1E8-4B7A-AF38-34821F6468F7\" target=\"_blank\">Senate Subcomittee on Space, Science and Competitiveness,<\/a>\u00a0chaired by Republican and presidential hopeful Ted Cruz. That hearing is scheduled for Tuesday December 8 and also calls fellow \u201csceptics\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.desmogblog.com\/john-christy\" target=\"_blank\">Dr John Christy<\/a>, of the\u00a0University of Alabama in Huntsville,\u00a0Dr\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.desmogblog.com\/judith-curry\" target=\"_blank\">Judith Curry<\/a>of\u00a0Georgia Institute of Technology and conservative commentator\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.desmogblog.com\/mark-steyn\" target=\"_blank\">Mark Steyn<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Major Climate Science Denial Groups Offer to Hide Fossil Fuel Funding, Greenpeace Investigation Finds An\u00a0undercover investigation\u00a0by environment group Greenpeace has found some of the world\u2019s most vocal climate science denial groups were willing to accept cash from fossil fuel interests in return for writing articles and reports that reject the impacts of greenhouses\u00a0gases. 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