Deniers: The National Center for Public Policy Research

 

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[edit] Details

777 North Capital Street NE Suite 803 Washington, DC 20002 Phone: 202-371-1400 Fax: 202-408-7773

The National Center for Public Policy Research is a free market think tank that issues publications on a wide variety of policy issues. NCPPR often acts as a bridge between the DC-based conservative think tanks and more grassroots anti-regulatory groups.

NCPPR's John P. McGovern M.D. Center for Environmental and Regulatory Affairs hosts the "Global Warming Information Center" (www.nationalcenter.org/Kyoto.html). The site features the writings NCPPR's climate change skeptics as well as outside skeptics like Willie Soon and S. Fred Singer. NCPPR President Amy Moritz Ridenour created the NCPPR-sponsored site Envirotruth.org, which has a section listing the "myths" of climate change. "Envirotruth" links to ActivistCash.com, a food and tobacco lobby front that bashes progressive and environmental groups, including Greenpeace. NCPPR is part of the Alliance for American network, the State Policy Network, and the Cooler Heads Coalition. (4/04) Though NCPPR often accuses environmentalists of basing policy decisions on emotion rather than science, Amy Ridenour of NCPPR once justified her organization's use of fundraising scare tactics: "It's just that you're competing with a lot of other organizations. People seem to respond better to emotion than they do with letters that have lots and lots of facts." (San Francisco Examiner, February 8, 1998)

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[edit] Key Quotes

[edit] April, 2004<br />

"There is no serious evidence that man-made global warming is taking place."<br /> Source: NCPPR website 4/04

[edit] April, 2004<br />

"There are many indications that carbon dioxide does not play a significant role in global warming."<br /> Source: NCPPR website 4/04

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[edit] Deeds

NCPPR was profiled in "The Fear Merchants, " an article criticizing the organization's direct mail fundraising in the San Francisco Chronicle, February 8, 1998. Among other things, the article revealed that NCPPR spent more than 77 percent of the groups' $2.3 million raised in 1995. The Council of Better Business Bureaus standards say fund-raising costs should not exceed 35 percent of the contributions raised.<br /> Source: "The Fear Merchants" San Fransisco Chronicle 02/08/98

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[edit] Funding

National Center for Public Policy Research has received $335,000 from ExxonMobil since 1998.

<br />1998 <br />$10,000 ExxonMobil Corporate Giving <br />Source: ExxonMobil 1998 grants list

<br />2000 <br />$30,000 ExxonMobil Foundation <br />general support <br />Source: ExxonMobil Foundation 2000 IRS 990

<br />2001 <br />$30,000 ExxonMobil Foundation <br />15K for 'climate change' 15K for general support <br />Source: ExxonMobil 2001 Annual Report

<br />2002 <br />$15,000 ExxonMobil Foundation <br />general support <br />Source: ExxonMobil 2002 Annual Report

<br />2002 <br />$30,000 ExxonMobil Corporate Giving <br />'educational activities' <br />Source: ExxonMobil 2002 Annual Report

<br />2003 <br />$25,000 ExxonMobil Foundation <br />General Operating Support <br />Source: ExxonMobil 2003 Corporate Giving Report

<br />2003 <br />$30,000 ExxonMobil Foundation <br />Global Climate Change/EnviroTruth Website <br />Source: ExxonMobil 2003 Corporate Giving Report

<br />2004 <br />$55,000 ExxonMobil Foundation <br />Source: Exxon Giving Report 2004

<br />2005 <br />$55,000 ExxonMobil Foundation <br />General Support and Educational Activities <br />Source: ExxonMobil 2005 DIMENSIONS Report (Corporate Giving)

<br />2006 <br />$55,000 ExxonMobil Corporate Giving <br />Source: ExxonMobil Corporate Giving Report 2006

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