So, we can see that UB thinks there are less than 100 climate scientists in the whole world and that 97% of them agree so since science is based upon consensus and not the scientific method that him and algore agree that the issue has been settled.
*golfclap*
You just dropped the average redneck IQ by 10 points UB...
Oh shit
I jsut realized
You are talking about the heartland institute
The Heartland Institute does not disclose its funding sources. According to its brochures, Heartland receives money from approximately 1,600 individuals and organizations, and no single corporate entity donates more than 5% of the operating budget,[SUP]
[37][/SUP] although the figure for individual donors can be much higher, with a single anonymous donor providing $4.6 million in 2008, and $979,000 in 2011, accounting for 20% of Heartland's overall budget, according to reports of a leaked fundraising plan.[SUP]
[38][/SUP] Heartland states that it does not accept government funds and does not conduct contract research for special-interest groups.[SUP]
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MediaTransparency reported that Heartland received funding from
politically conservative foundations such as the
Castle Rock Foundation, the
Sarah Scaife Foundation, the
John M. Olin Foundation, and the
Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation.[SUP]
[40][/SUP] In 2011, the Institute received $25,000 from the
Charles G. Koch Foundation.[SUP]
[14][/SUP] The Charles Koch Foundation states that the contribution was "$25,000 to the Heartland Institute in 2011 for research in healthcare, not climate change, and this was the first and only donation the Foundation made to the institute in more than a decade".[SUP]
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Oil and gas companies have contributed to the Heartland Institute, including over $600,000 from
ExxonMobil between 1998 and 2005.[SUP]
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Greenpeace reported that Heartland received almost $800,000 from ExxonMobil.[SUP]
[20][/SUP] In 2008, ExxonMobil said that they would stop funding to groups skeptical of climate warming, including Heartland.[SUP]
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[44][/SUP] Joseph Bast, president of the Heartland Institute, argued that ExxonMobil was simply distancing itself from Heartland out of concern for its public image.[SUP]
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The Heartland Institute has also received funding and support from tobacco companies
Philip Morris,[SUP]
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Altria and
Reynolds American, and
pharmaceutical industry firms
GlaxoSmithKline,
Pfizer and
Eli Lilly.[SUP]
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The Independent reported that Heartland's receipt of donations from Exxon and Philip Morris indicates a "direct link"..."between anti-global warming sceptics funded by the oil industry and the opponents of the scientific evidence showing that passive smoking can damage people's health."[SUP]
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As of 2006, the Walton Family Foundation (run by the family of the founder of
Wal-Mart) had contributed approximately $300,000 to Heartland. The Heartland Institute published an op-ed in the
Louisville Courier-Journal defending Wal-Mart against criticism over its treatment of workers. The Walton Family Foundation donations were not disclosed in the op-ed, and the editor of the
Courier-Journal stated that he was unaware of the connection and would probably not have published the op-ed had he known of it.[SUP]
[45][/SUP] The
St. Petersburg Times described the Heartland Institute as "particularly energetic defending Wal-Mart."[SUP]
[45][/SUP] Heartland has stated that its authors were not "paid to defend Wal-Mart" and did not receive funding from the corporation; it did not disclose the $300,000+ received from the Walton Family Foundation.[SUP]
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In 2012, following the February 2012 document leak (see below) and a controversial advertising campaign, the institute lost substantial funding as corporate donors sought to dissociate themselves from the institute. According to the advocacy group
Forecast the Facts, Heartland lost more than $825,000, or one third of planned corporate fundraising for the year. The shortfall led to the Illinois coal lobby sponsoring the institute's May 2012 climate conference – the "first publicly acknowledged donations from the coal industry".[SUP]
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