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By Katie Herzogon Jun 14, 2016Share
Perhaps this should come as no surprise, but there is now definitive proof that Big Coal has been secretly bankrolling climate deniers in science, media, and the government. And they’ve been doing it for years.
According to Peabody Energy’s recent bankruptcy filings and analysis by the Center for Media and Democracy, the nation’s largest coal company has funded individuals, nonprofits, and political groups that actively work to undermine government and private-sector action to address climate change. The list includes:
Willie Soon, an aerospace engineer and go-to “climate expert” for Big Oil and conservatives alike
Laurence Tribe, who received $435,000 to fight the Clean Power Plan in court
ALEC, the infamous conservative lobbying network
The Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT), makers of the recent climate change-denying film Climate Hustle
The Center For The Study Of Carbon Dioxide And Global Change, whose chairman, Craig D. Idso, wrote, “Contrary to misguided assertions, political correctness, and government edicts, carbon dioxide is not a pollutant.”
Berman And Company, a public relations firm working together with conservative think tanks to release reports opposing the Clean Power Plan
Roy Spencer, academic for-hire who received $4,000 from Peabody to testify on their behalf at a hearing on the impact of carbon dioxide
The Republican Attorneys General Association, the Republican Governors Association, and the Democratic Governors Association
And there are many, many more. “These groups collectively are the heart and soul of climate denial,” Kert Davies, founder of the Climate Investigation Center, told the Guardian. “It’s the broadest list I have seen of one company funding so many nodes in the denial machine.”
Despite Peabody’s best efforts to influence politics and the public discourse, the future for the coal industry is bleak. Coal production in the U.S. is now at a 35-year low, and Peabody’s bankruptcy proceedings happen alongside fellow energy giants Arch Coal, Patriot Coal, Walter Energy, and Alpha Natural Resources. Meanwhile, prospects for renewable investments have never looked better.
Big Coal is on it’s way out — let’s hope they take their dirty money, and their climate denial, with them.
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In late spring, the crabs return to shallow bays in and around New York to mate after a winter in deeper water. Birds that feast on their eggs wait hungrily. Source article: Time for Horseshoe Crabs and the Shorebirds That Love Them ; ; ;
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The report about the impact of climate change on dozens of World Heritage sites is missing a section on damage to the Great Barrier Reef. Credit: Australia, Fearing Fewer Tourists, Has Chapter Taken Out of Climate Report ; ; ;
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Bad news for Stonehenge, Venice and the Statue of Liberty. A report says climate change could pose a colossal threat to World Heritage sites on five continents. Read more: Report Warns of Climate Change Disasters That Rival Hollywood’s ; ; ;
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