Who Are You Gonna Believe?

You just knew this would happen sooner or later with the impending release of Al Gore's movie on global warming "An Inconvenient Truth" on May 24. According to Think Progress

Today, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) will unveil two 60-second TV ads focusing on what it calls “global warming alarmism and the call by some environmental groups and politicians to reduce fossil fuel and carbon dioxide emissions.” The ad, which will be aired in more than a dozen cities across the country, is being released just a week before the May 24th opening (in LA and NYC) of Al Gore’s new movie on global warming, An Inconvenient Truth.

Here is a big surprise...

Exxon documents reveal the company gave $270,000 to CEI in 2004 alone. $180,000 of that was earmarked for “global climate change and global climate change outreach.” Exxon has contributed over $1.6 million to CEI since 1998.

CEI’s general counsel Sam Kazman said, “I think what attracted [Exxon] to us was our position on global warming.” CEI’s position? The Institute believes the dangers of global warming are akin “to that of ‘an alien invasion.’”

Let's hope the American people realize that the oil companies that are funding this organization know that doing something about global warming means doing something about oil and using less of it. The oil companies are only concerned with profit in the short term and give a rip about the long term effects of their business on the planet. This has to change.

Thanks to Matt Stoller at MyDD for the heads up.