A Deliberate Plan To Create Confusion About Global Warming?

Interviews with representives from Greenpeace and the Sierra Club, and two Arctic explorers who report on their expedition to find the impact of global warming.

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June 13, 2005, 6:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech


"The New York Times reported that a White House official who once led the oil industry's fight against limits on greenhouse gases has repeatedly edited government climate reports in ways that play down links between such emissions and global warming...The Bush administration today defended Cooney's participation...

The Guardian of London has reported that the environmental group, Greenpeace, obtained documents which showed President Bush’s global climate policy was heavily influenced by ExxonMobile and other oil companies."

[Includes transcript of interviews, audio, and streaming video. Fast forward streaming video to 27 minutes for this segment.]

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

Thursday, June 9, 2005 in Democracy Now!

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