"The Dark Money Funding Climate Change Denial"

"The network of corporate-funded right wing think tanks in America is massive. The money that flows to these organizations is even more massive than the networks themselves, and it flows in almost total secrecy thanks to Donors Trust and Donors Capital Fund.

These think tanks and astroturf groups are the leaders in climate change denial, spreading misinformation and corrupt data to the masses in order to downplay — and in many cases flat out deny — the reality of anthropogenic climate change.

And though we may not have the names of individual donors, a new report from The Guardian does a great job of laying out how much money is flowing to these climate change denial groups."

Farron Cousins reports for DeSmog June 20, 2015.

SEE ALSO:

"The 'Secret Science Committee' Behind the Pope’s Encyclical" (Grist)

Opinion: "Cracks Appear in the Climate Change Deniers’ Defenses" (Washington Post: Katrina vanden Heuvel)

"How Climate Change Deniers Got It Right — But Very Wrong" (MSNBC)

"Climate Deniers Are Quickly Bringing About Their Own Worst Nightmare" (The Nation)

"Hiding in Plain Sight: The Spectacle of Climate Denial" (TomDispatch)

"Climate Change Deniers Hate Me. Here's Why." (Huffington Post/Greenpeace)

Commentary: "DENY-A-PALOOZA" (Environmental Health News)

"We Asked Climate Deniers What They Think of the Pope. Here's What They Said." (Guardian/Climate Desk)