14 June 2005
We should all be steaming
Philip Cooney, chief of staff of its Council on Environmental Quality, has resigned. Cooney had altered reports on climate change, but was exposed by a whistleblower, Rick Piltz. So where will Cooney, with head bowed down in shame, be heading? It turns out that he will join Exxon Mobil Corporation. I wonder what Cooney's cover sheet in his job ap looked like. "Have worked hard for Exxon in the public sector, and would now like to use these talents in the private sector. Am a a good team-player." White House spokeswoman Dana Perino insisted that Cooney's departure was "completely unrelated" to the disclosure two days earlier that he had altered several government climate change reports that were issued in 2002 and 2003. Yeah. Well. I guess we'll all believe that if you really want us to. Don't wanna get anyone's temperature up.
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Mother Jones did an article on the link with ExxonMobile and skewed information on global climate change.
"There is overwhelming scientific consensus that greenhouse gases emitted by human activity are causing global average temperatures to rise. Conservative think tanks are trying to undermine this conclusion with a disinformation campaign employing “reports” designed to look like a counterbalance to peer-reviewed studies, skeptic propaganda masquerading as journalism, and events like the AEI luncheon that Crichton addressed. The think tanks provide both intellectual cover for those who reject what the best science currently tells us, and ammunition for conservative policymakers like Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla.), the chair of the Environment and Public Works Committee, who calls global warming “a hoax.”
This concerted effort reflects the shared convictions of free-market, and thus antiregulatory, conservatives. But there’s another factor at play. In addition to being supported by like-minded individuals and ideologically sympathetic foundations, these groups are funded by ExxonMobil, the world’s largest oil company. Mother Jones has tallied some 40 ExxonMobil-funded organizations that either have sought to undermine mainstream scientific findings on global climate change or have maintained affiliations with a small group of “skeptic” scientists who continue to do so. Beyond think tanks, the count also includes quasi-journalistic outlets like Tech CentralStation.com (a website providing “news, analysis, research, and commentary” that received $95,000 from ExxonMobil in 2003), a FoxNews.com columnist, and even religious and civil rights groups. In total, these organizations received more than $8 million between 2000 and 2003"
http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2005/05/some_like_it_hot.html
I guess I need to renew my subscription to Mother Jones. That's amazing stuff. With the consolidation of the media, all Exxon will have to do pretty soon is pay their 8 million to Clear Channel and suddenly the rantings of a couple of wingbat scientists with generous corporate funding will be all we'll hear.
Of course today, June 15, he got a job. Shock of shocks: He has been hired by Exxon.
After taking leave to spend more time with his family. So much for family values.
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