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Dan Lewis

Dan Lewis

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  • Graduated in 1994 in "Modern Languages and History." [1]

Background

Dan Lewis is the Chief Executive of the Economic Policy Center, a UK economic think tank with a mission to "promote high quality research and debate across all areas of economics in a free democratic society." Lewis has also been the Energy Policy Advisor for the Institute of Directors where he "published, edited, broadcasted and commissioned many papers on energy matters." he is the founder and Ch

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Tue, 2012-11-27 13:13Kevin Grandia
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Denial-a-Palooza: Does German Media Really Believe There is No Link Between Cigarettes and Lung Cancer?

A US group called the Heartland Institute will be in Munich, Germany this week holding a conference that has become known as "Denial-a-palooza" where a small group of unqualified "experts" gets together to talk about their conspiracy theory that climate change is a "hoax." This year, Heartland Institute is partnering with the Germany-based European Institute for Climate and Energy (EIKE) to host the "Eighth International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC8)" November 30 - December 1.

Usually Heartland holds Denial-a-palooza in the United States, but I suspect the group is taking their event overseas where the media is less likely to know the long and sordid details of Heartland's other efforts to attack conventionally accepted scientific conclusions. Not to mention Heartland's offensive Unabomber billboard campaign and a long list of other outrageous stunts. 

Perhaps the Heartland Institute is banking on the German media's failure to Google search for evidence of the group's long history of attacks on science and efforts to confuse the public about climate change and an array or other threats to public health and the planet.

Read more: Denial-a-Palooza: Does German Media Really Believe There is No Link Between Cigarettes and Lung Cancer?

Gertrud Höhler

Gertrud Höhler

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  •  Dr. phil., University of Mannheim (1967). [1], [2]

Background

Gertrud Höhler is a German literary critic, journalist and corporate consultant as well as an outspoken Christian Democrat and past advisor to Chancellor Helmut Kohl. She is also on the boards of a number of major Swiss and German companies. She has also done work for radio, television, newspapers and magazines, and has received a number of awards.

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Josef Reichholf

Josef H. Reichholf

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  • Dr. rer.nat. (Doctorate of Science), Ludwig-Maximilians University (1969). [1]

Background

Josef H (Helmut) Reicholf is a German zoologist, evolutionary biologist and ecologist. He was an Honorary Professor at the Technical University of Munich from 1974 to 2010, has headed the State Zoological Collection in Munich, and is a past board member of WWF Germany.

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Wed, 2012-05-23 12:40Michael Fisher
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A Closer Look at Heartland's ICCC7 Denial-a-Palooza Speakers and Sponsors

This afternoon, Joseph Bast delivered the closing remarks to the Heartland Institute's Seventh and final "International Conference on Climate Change." 

The final Denial-a-Palooza was co-sponsored by dozens of organizations that have received over $67 Million from ExxonMobil, Koch, and Scaife family foundations. 

There was tension in the air at this year's gathering in Chicago. In the past several weeks, Heartland's "Experts" have been jumping ship in the wake of Heartland's disastrous Unabomber billboard campaign, and some of Heartland's conference speakers even threatened not to show up.

More worrying to Heartland has been the sudden exodus of their corporate donors. Some suggested that this was cause for Heartland to cancel the conference, but it looks like they had one last hoorah left in them. (Barely, as Joe Bast admitted today.)

The sponsors and speakers who remained part of Heartland's Denial-a-Palooza network for this final conference are those who would choose to go down with a sinking ship rather than accept the scientific evidence of climate change driven by industrial pollution and other man-made impacts.

Below are links to DeSmogBlog's in-depth research on both the Sponsors and Speakers of ICCC7. This list of sponsor organizations is just a taste of the additions coming soon to the DeSmogBlog Disinformation Database.

Here is our comprehensive entry for The Heartland Institute.

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Tue, 2012-05-22 01:00Brendan DeMelle
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Heartland Denial-a-Palooza Sponsors Have Received $67 Million From ExxonMobil, Koch and Scaife Foundations

The Heartland Institute's Seventh "International Conference on Climate Change" - the somewhat-annual gathering of climate deniers that we call Denial-a-Palooza - is underway in Chicago. Heartland's contrarian gathering this year is clouded by the group's incredibly offensive billboard campaign that flamed out within hours but is causing lasting damage to the group's fading financial support from corporations, defections by staff and board directors and other headaches. 

Below is DeSmog's analysis of the "co-sponsors" of this year's ICCC7 conference showing that these organizations have received more than $67 million over the past three decades from ExxonMobil, the Koch Brothers and the right-wing Scaife family foundations. This is just a subset of the funding flowing to these groups from just three sources, and is certainly not all earmarked to cast doubt about climate change science and policy. But it provides a window into Heartland's current and historical support from fellow travelers who endorse the group's anti-science agenda. 

Here's the breakdown of funding to Heartland Institute *conference co-sponsors* from these sources:

ExxonMobil (1998-2010):              $7,312,500
Koch Foundations (1986-2010):     $14,391,975
Scaife Foundations (1985-2010):   $45,337,640

Grand Total:                               $67,042,115 

Here's the complete list along with the funding totals for each of the organizations.

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