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Deniers:Organisations:Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment
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Website: http://www.free-eco.org
662 Ferguson Road
Bozeman, MT 59718
Phone: 406-585-1776
Fax: 406-585-3000
FREE was founded in 1985 as a free-market environmental organization. Its mission is "to advance conservation and environmental values consistent with individual freedom and responsibility."
FREE is perhaps best known for its sponsorship of judicial junkets to Montana resort locations. Reportedly more than a third of the federal judiciary has heard FREE seminars along the lines of, "The Environment: A CEO's Perspective" and "Liberty and the Environment: A Case for Judicial Activism" (Washington Post, April 9, 1998 and FREE's website). A recent Washington Post article featured federal judges charged with violating judicial ethics. The judges in question had attended FREE seminars, then ruled on related cases (3-23-04).
FREE has been funded by a host of conservative foundations, including Castle Rock Foundation (Coors), The Claude R. Lambe Foundation, The John M. Olin Foundation , The Lilly Endowment, M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust, The Carthage Foundation and The True Foundation. Corporate Funders have included, The American Chemistry Council, ExxonMobil, General Electric, General Motors, Merck, and Shell. (2002 Funders from FREE website). In the past, FREE has also received funding from Amoco Company Foundation, ARCO Foundation, Boeing Company, Burlington Resources Foundation, Coca-Cola Foods, IBM, Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation, M.J. Monsanto Fund, Phillips Petroleum Foundation, Sarah Scaife Foundation, Shell Oil Foundation, and the Weyerhauser Company ( Capital Research Council, http://www.capitalresearch.org/search/orgdisplay.asp?Org=FRE100).
[edit] Key Quotes
[edit] November 13th, 2002
"Given the uncertainty around warming, and the fact that some models predict that temperature increases of up to 4.5 degrees Fahrenheit would have beneficial effects, increasing our adaptability to change may be more important than cutting emissions. The best way to do this, particularly for the developing world, is through economic growth. The wealthier a nation, the easier to adapt to changed conditions. Richer countries have greater resources to deal with environmental problems." Source:"Resiliency Is the Key to Climate Change" 11/13/02
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[edit] November 17th, 1999
"For people, the best defense against adverse consequences of warming is wealth. In this arena as in so many others, wealth buffers adversity. When comparing neighboring places with identical climates but differing wealth, for example Singapore and Malaysia, wealthier is healthier, safer, and far more resilient."
Source:"Ill-conceived Policy a Greater Threat Than Global Warming" 11/17/99
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[edit] Funding
Total funding to Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment from Exxon corporations since 1998: $US 240,000
1998
$10,000 ExxonMobil Corporate Giving
Source:ExxonMobil 1998 grants list
2000
$20,000 ExxonMobil Foundationgeneral support
Source:ExxonMobil Foundation 2000 IRS 990
2001
$20,000 ExxonMobil Foundation
Source:ExxonMobil 2001 Annual Report
2002
$30,000 ExxonMobil Foundation
Source:ExxonMobil 2002 Annual Report
2003
$30,000 ExxonMobil Foundation
Source:ExxonMobil 2003 Corporate Giving Report
2004
$20,000 Exxon CorporationClimate Seminar
Source:Exxon Giving Report 2004
2004
$20,000 ExxonMobil FoundationFederal Judicial Seminars
Source:Exxon Giving Report 2004
2004
$30,000 ExxonMobil FoundationGeneral Operating Support
Source:Exxon Giving Report 2004
2005
$30,000 ExxonMobil Foundation
Source:ExxonMobil 2005 DIMENSIONS Report (Corporate Giving)
2006
$30,000 ExxonMobil Foundation
Source:ExxonMobil Corporate Giving Report 2006