"Ed is currently a Principal Investigator on several climate change education grants funded by the National Science Foundation, NASA, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment, and Town Creek Foundation."
Looks like Ed's paycheck is directly tied to getting more gov goodies. No conflict of interest here.
George Mason University climate professor Jagadish Shukla was appointed last month to the Prime Minister’s Council on Climate Change for his native India.
Dr Shukla appears to be doing quite ok w/ climate change industry.