Deniers:Organisations:Independent Institute

 

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Contents 1 Details 2 Key Quotes 2.1 November 10th, 2003 3 Quotes 4 Key Deeds 4.1 July 28th, 2003 5 Deeds 6 Funding

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Website http://www.independent.org

100 Swan Way
Oakland, CA 94621
Phone: 510-632-1366
Fax: 510-568-6040

Founded in 1985, The conservative Independent Institute is "a non-profit, non-politicized, scholarly research and educational organization which sponsors comprehensive studies of major economic, social and environmental problems."

The Institute has sponsored climate skeptic Fred Singer and has been a member of the Cooler Heads Coalition. The Institute's Web site quotes praise from many luminaries, including Ronald Reagan, Edwin Meese, and William Niskanen of the Cato Institute.In 1999, the Independent Institute came under fire for being not so independent. A 18 September New York Times piece outlined how the Independent Institute put out full paged newspaper ads bank-rolled by Microsoft. The ads supported Microsoft's claim of innocence in the face of federal anti-trust charges. According to The New York Times, Microsoft paid for the ads and was also the largest individual donor to the organization that year (David Callahan, "The Think Tank as Flack," Washington Monthly, November 1999).

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[edit] Key Quotes

[edit] November 10th, 2003

"Thus, human-induced climate warming, although expected from greenhouse theory, is difficult to demonstrate and likely to remain insignificant in comparison to natural climate variations."
Source:S. Fred Singer Article 11/10/03

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[edit] July 28th, 2003

Released a report entitled "New Changes in Climate Science: What the EPA Isn't Telling Us". Written by a panel of climate change skeptics, the report argued that scientific models that predict global warming are based on faulty science and that if warming occurred, it would not adversely impact humans.
Source:Independent Institute Press Release 7/28/03

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[edit] Deeds

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[edit] Funding

Total funding to Independent Institute from Exxon corporations since 1998: $US 70,000

1998
$10,000 ExxonMobil Corporate Giving
Source:ExxonMobil 1998 grants list

2000
$5,000 ExxonMobil Foundationgeneral support
Source:ExxonMobil Foundation 2000 IRS 990

2001
$5,000 ExxonMobil Foundation
Source:ExxonMobil 2001 Annual Report

2002
$10,000 ExxonMobil Foundation
Source:ExxonMobil 2002 Annual Report

2003
$10,000 ExxonMobil Foundation
Source:ExxonMobil 2003 Corporate Giving Report

2005
$30,000 ExxonMobil Foundation
Source:ExxonMobil 2005 DIMENSIONS Report (Corporate Giving)

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