Fossil fuel funded report denies the expert global warming consensus | John Abraham
The infamous Heartland Institute has distributed to elected officials a nonsense, non-science report full of denial
We all know about the various organizations that fund or support the climate-change denial industry. Perhaps the best known is the Heartland Institute, which actually puts on climate "conferences" and publishes materials that appear at first glance to be scientifically sound. We who work and follow the climate change science and public discussions know enough to be skeptical about anything produced by groups like the Heartland Institute - their veneer of scientific credibility is very thin.
On the other hand, perhaps the intended audience isn't scientists are even people who closely follow the science. Perhaps their intended audience is legislators, teachers, and others who have influence over society?
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