Mother Jones has tallied some 40
ExxonMobil-funded organizations that either have sought to undermine
mainstream scientific findings on global climate change or have maintained
affiliations with a small group of “skeptic” scientists who continue to do
so. Beyond think tanks, the count also includes quasi-journalistic outlets
like Tech CentralStation.com (a website providing “news, analysis, research,
and commentary” that received $95,000 from ExxonMobil in 2003), a
FoxNews.com columnist, and even religious and civil rights groups. In total,
these organizations received more than $8 million between 2000 and 2003 (the
last year for which records are available; all figures below are for that
range unless otherwise noted). ExxonMobil chairman and CEO Lee Raymond
serves as vice chairman of the board of trustees for the AEI, which received
$960,000 in funding from ExxonMobil. The AEI-Brookings Institution Joint
Center for Regulatory Studies received another $55,000.
