Senators' Strong #WebOfDenial Speeches Collected and Annotated

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onJul 18, 2016 @ 14:26 PDT

Senators Launch Resolution, Speech Blitz Calling Out #WebOfDenial Blocking Climate Actionย summarized the comments by 19 US Senators July 11-12.ย  The text of their remarks was extracted from the Congressional Records, annotated and combined into the attached 42-page PDF. ย That is easily searchable, and may help guide selection of videos toย watch.

They offered strong words, including Senator Elizabeth Warren’s analysis of Viscount Christopher Monckton.

Pink shading is used to emphasis denierfunders, groups and indviduals, many found in theย DeSmog Research Databaseย or other analyses at DeSmog, which was mentioned 8 times by theย Senators.

The two tables below give page numbers of Senators’ remarks, showing first the funders they mentioned, and then the denial groups. ย Many Senators mentioned the Kochs, ExxonMobil, tobacco, and Donorsย Trust.

This was done quickly,ย so a few may have been missed. This follows the same modelย as in Crescendo to Climategate Cacophony (2010), especially pp.93-95, which shows funders X denial groups. ย Names in purple are those added for #WebOfDenial to the large spreadsheets accumulated overย years.

See also Fakery 2, especially pp.37-42 on tobacco donations to climate-denial groups,ย ย pp.68-76 on Donors Trust, and pp.77-82 on the Idso family businessย Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change and its fake-independent facade, Science and Public Policy Instiute, groupsย all mentioned by a fewย Senators.

The Senatorsย often referenced the crucial 2013 study by Professor Robert Brulle, introduced here inย Study Details Dark Money Flowing to Climate Science Denial, which also provides large versions of keyย figures.

It is well worth watching the videos as these well-informed Senators exposed theย @WebOfDenial.

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