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Ten years ago, Fred Smith says, the Competitive Enterprise Institute had contributions from companies across the board in the petroleum industry. It still gets money from Exxon Mobil, the biggest and most hard-line oil company on the climate change issue, but many of its donors have stopped sending checks.

hmmmm I can believe it was hugely misintrepeted, but I am reluctant to trust scientist that are on payroll by (petroleum) compagnies any more than scientists hired by greenpeace.

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"I am reluctant to trust scientist that are on payroll by (petroleum) companies any more than scientists hired by greenpeace."

Nor should you. Everybody in this business has an agenda.

I cannot think of any issue in science, including stem-cells, abortion, physician assisted suicide, etc; that is as politicized as the climate change debate.