Deniers:Organisations:Citizens for a Sound Economy and SCE Educational Foundation

 

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Contents 1 Details 2 Key Quotes 2.1 May 26th, 2003 2.2 Unknown Date 3 Quotes 4 Key Deeds 4.1 June 7th, 2002 5 Deeds 6 Funding

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Website: http://www.cse.org

1523 16th Street, NW, 2nd Floor
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 783-3870
Fax: (202) 232-8356

CSE was created in 1984 as a free-market public policy organization that advocates privatization and deregulation, particulalry in environmental issues. CSE claims 280,000 members, many at the state level. Currently headed by Dick Armey, the organization has been endorsed by Ronald Reagan, Bob Dole, Jack Kemp, and Newt Gingrich.

CSE's official position on global warming states, "overall, the theory of climate change is far from settled, and there is not a consensus in the scientific community on the issue." The then go on to cite climate skeptic Sallie Baliunas as representative of "scientists." The statement continues, "scientists are also skeptical of the ability of policies such as the Climate Stewardship Act or the Kyoto Protocol to actually have any impact on global climate." Citizens for a Sound Economy is also a member of the Cooler Heads Coalition as of 4/04 (http://www.cse.org/informed/key_template.php?issue_it=22).

CSE was also very active in opposing EPA's stricter air standards in the late 1990s and led a multi-million dollar campaign against the Clinton Healthcare plan. According to Disinfopedia.com, in 1984 wealthy Libertarians Charles G. Koch and David H. Koch asked Rich Fink to develop a plan for an effective free-market advocacy organization to operate in Washington, DC. Later that year, Fink, who is now executive vice president at Koch Industries, produced a lengthy business plan that resulted in CSE and the CSE Educational Foundation. Fink became CSE's first president. Ever since, Koch Industries and the Koch Family Foundations have continued to give substantial financial support to CSE and CSE Foundation. (http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Citizens_for_a_Sound_Economy)

In 2000, internal documents leaked to the Washington Post showed that 85 percent of CSE's 1998 funding came from major corporations including $1 million a piece from Philip Morris and US West, $700,000 from the largest sugar interests in Florida, and $175,000 from Exxon. The article went on to raise credibility issues, citing the fact that CSE received the large donations from the sugar industry while actively opposing Federal Everglades restoration in Florida (Dan Morgan, Washington Post, February 16, 2000 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2000/02/16/MN100835.DTL&type=printable).

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[edit] Key Quotes

[edit] May 26th, 2003

"Don't allow our corporations to be used as pawns for a radical agenda which is not based on science...Human impact on global warming is likely negligible at best!"
Source:"Stop the Extremists on Global Warming: An open letter to ExxonMobil Shareholders" 5/26/03

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"In the case of global warming it is not clear that there is enough evidence to support a costly new regulatory regime."
Source: "Global Warming: A Political, Economic and Scientific Backgrounder," CSE

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[edit] June 7th, 2002

CSE President and CEO Paul Beckner signed a letter to President Bush, asking him to withdraw the "Climate Action Report 2002" and demand that it be rewritten based on "sound science". The letter also recommends that Bush "dismiss or re-assign all administration employees who are not pursuing your agenda, just as you have done in several similar instances."
Source:Joint Letter To President Bush On The EPA's Climate Action Report 6/7/02

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[edit] Funding

Total funding to Citizens for A Sound Economy and CSE Educational Foundation from Exxon corporations since 1998: $US 380,250

1998
$75,000 ExxonMobil Corporate Giving
Source:ExxonMobil 1998 grants list

2000
$30,000 ExxonMobil Foundationgeneral support
Source:ExxonMobil Foundation 2000 IRS 990

2001
$275,250 ExxonMobil Foundation250,250 for 'Co2 Regulatory Project' and 25K for general operations.
Source:ExxonMobil 2001 Annual Report

late 80s, early 1990s
$unknown Mobil Corporation
Source: 1997 Right Guide, 'Masks of Deception'

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