Actually I was thinking of Bjoern Lomborg, although he isn't a founding member (I had him conflated with Moore there).
-Adam John Sessoms wrote: >> From: >> Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> John Sessoms wrote: >>>> From: >>>> Bob Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> In this case, I am a bit suspicious. The climatologists have way too >>>> much incentive to find that 'The Sky Is Falling!' If it is, they are >>>> terribly important people and we must pay absolute attention to >>>> everything they say. If it isn't, then their work is just another >>>> 'ho-hum' fact in the ebb and flow of our planet. >>> The problem I have is it looks to me like the most vocal critics of >>> global warming are themselves politically and financially motivated >>> by who is paying for their research. I don't know of any scientist >>> global warming critic who doesn't have some kind of ties to major >>> industries who stand to have to spend some money if action is taken >>> to reduce our effect on the environment. >>> >>> As far as I can tell, all of the independents either see global >>> warming as a problem or a potential problem. It's not a question of >>> whether we're damaging our environment, but how soon that damage will >>> become so severe it will affect our chances of survival. And what >>> sacrifice is required, and who will make that sacrifice to prevent >>> that day from coming. Finally whether it is already too late or not. >>> >> Actually, there's at least one. One of the founders of Greenpeace >> publicly split with Greenpeace a few years ago over the issue of >> Global Warming along with Greenpeace's increasing Luddite tendencies. >> >> -Adam > Well, Actually, no there's not. > > Patrick Moore left Greenpeace 20 years ago, not just "a few years". > > And his so-called "Clean and Safe Energy Coalition" turns out to be > financed by the Nuclear Energy Institute, a trade association for the > nuclear power industry. The "Clean and Safe Energy Coalition" is > astro-turf, not grass roots, financed entirely by the nuclear power > industry. > > Nor are CASEnergy Coalition critics of global warming theories. They > exploit those theories to argue for more reliance on; less government > supervision of; and greater government subsidies to the nuclear power > industry. > > Former New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman, GWB's first director of > the EPA, is one of the group's leaders. As head of the EPA, she > challenged the validity of a government-commissioned report suggesting a > human contribution to global warming. > > Whitman appeared twice in New York City after the September 11 attacks > to inform New Yorkers that the toxins released by the attacks posed no > threat to their health. And the EPA released a report in which Whitman > said, "Given the scope of the tragedy from last week, I am glad to > reassure the people of New York and Washington, D.C. that their air is > safe to breathe and their water is safe to drink." > > Yet, a 2003 report by the EPA's inspector general determined that such > assurances were misleading. The EPA "did not have sufficient data and > analyses" to justify them when the report was issued. Further, the > report found that the White House had used the National security council > to control EPA communications and "convinced EPA to add reassuring > statements and delete cautionary ones" after the September 11 attacks. > > Whitman is now a lobbyist with Whitman Strategy Group. > > According to their own website, the Nuclear Energy Institute is "the > policy organization of the nuclear energy and technologies industry and > participates in both the national and global policy-making process. > NEI's objective is to ensure the formation of policies that promote the > beneficial uses of nuclear energies and technologies in the United > States and around the world." > > NEI was founded in 1994, by merging the Nuclear Utility Management and > Resources Council, the U.S. Council for Energy Awareness, the American > Nuclear Energy Council, and the nuclear division of the Edison Electric > Institute. NUMARC and USCEA were created by the Atomic Industrial Forum, > which "was created by the nuclear power industry in 1953 to focus on the > beneficial uses of nuclear energy," and created the "Atoms for Peace" PR > campaign. > > A partial list of NEI subsidary CASEnergy Coalition's *"members"* includes: > > *ABB* - "global leader in power and automation technologies that enable > utility and industry customers ..." "In addition to ABB's automation > activities directed at the oil and gas industries, ABB Lummus Global > continues to design and supply production facilities, refineries and > petrochemical plants." > > *American Nuclear Insurers* - "Our origin was the Price-Anderson Act, an > amendment to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. This Act encouraged the > commercial development of nuclear energy and established a framework for > handling potential liability claims." note: the Price-Anderson Act > required companies to obtain the maximum possible insurance cover > against accidents, determined to be $60 million, and provided a further > government commitment of $500 million to cover any claims in excess of > the private insurance. Companies were relieved of any liability beyond > the insured amount for any incident involving radiation or radioactive > releases regardless of fault or cause. The act was intended to be > temporary, and to expire in August 1967 as it was assumed that once the > companies had demonstrated a record of safe operation they would be able > to obtain insurance in the private market. As of today, the > Price-Anderson Act is still in effect, and the nuclear power industry > has still *not* obtained full private liability insurance. > > *Alliance for Sound Nuclear Policy* - "In statements made to the media, > the Alliance has claimed to represent "more than 26 million consumers, > seniors, environmentalists, business leaders and union members," but the > group does not have a Web site and is not registered as a lobbyist > organization. However, Public Citizen has learned that the Alliance is > housed at the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), the nuclear industry’s > lobbying organization. Alliance director Sherry Reilly has worked for > NEI in public relations for several years." > > ""This group appears to be intentionally obscuring information about its > membership and funding," said Joan Claybrook, Public Citizen president. > "This Alliance is nothing more than a front group for NEI. Its pro-Yucca > Mountain advertising campaign, which claims to represent the views of > consumers, is misleading and disingenuous absent full disclosure of the > Alliance’s close ties to the commercial nuclear industry."" > > Bechtel Power Corporation > CMS Energy > Distilled Spirits Council of the U.S. (?????????) > DTE Energy > Duke Power Company > Edison Electric Institute > Entergy Corporation > FirstEnergy Corp. > Florida Power & Light (absorbed by Progress Energy) > GE Energy > General Atomics > International Paper > iNuclear > National Association of Manufacturers > Nuclear Energy Institute > PG&E Corporation > Progress Energy > Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) > Sandia National Laboratories > Scientech, LLC > Westinghouse Electric Company > > Here's an excerpt from a 2006 NY Times Article on Moore and his group: > > http://select.nytimes.com/search/restricted/article?res=F30B16F8395B0C768EDDAD0894DE404482 > or > http://tinyurl.com/yms665 > > =+==+==+==+==+==+==+==+==+==+==+==+= > The New York Times > April 25, 2006 > Ex-Environmental Leaders Tout Nuclear Energy > By MATTHEW L. WALD > > The nuclear industry has hired Christie Whitman, the former > administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and Patrick Moore, > a co-founder of Greenpeace, the environmental organization, to lead a > public relations campaign for new reactors. > > ------------- > > Mrs. Whitman headed the E.P.A. when it published rules for the proposed > high-level nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain in Nevada. After > she left the office, the courts threw out the rules because they covered > only the first 10,000 years of waste storage, while peak releases of > radiation were expected after that time. > > Organizers released a list of 58 companies and institutions and 10 > people who they said were members of a new Clean and Safe Energy > Coalition, which Mr. Moore said would engage in ''grass-roots > advocacy.'' A spokesman for the Nuclear Energy Institute, the trade > association of reactor operators, acknowledged that it was providing all > of the financing, but would not say what the budget was. > > Mr. Moore said he favored efficiency and renewable energy, but added > that solar cells, which produce electricity from sunlight, were ''being > given too much emphasis and taking too much money.'' A dollar spent on > geothermal energy, he said, was ''10 to 12 times more effective in > reducing greenhouse emissions.'' > > Mr. Moore is the director of a company that distributes geothermal > systems in Canada. He is also a supporter of what he called > ''sustainable forestry'' because, he said, building with wood avoided > the use of materials whose manufacture releases greenhouse gases, like > steel and concrete. > > =+==+==+==+==+==+==+==+==+==+==+==+= > > It would appear Mr. Moore has his own financial ax to grind. > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
