Friday, June 10, 2005
But Wait...There's More
Last night I tried to explain the connection between the ExxonMobil Corporation and the Bush White House. Long story short, through groups like the Competitive Enterprise Institute and the American Enterprise Institute, ExxonMobil appears to be steering the Bush administration's environmental policy and is responsible for their anti-global warming stance.
But with a little more digging and the help of ElGringo from DailyKos, I've found that the ExxonMobil/CEI/AEI connection extends even further than I thought. The three main players in last night's post were Roger Bate, Michael S. Greve, and Joel Schwartz. All three men were associated with both CEI and AEI. As it turns out, they are also associated with a number of other ExxonMobil funded groups as are some of their CEI and AEI colleagues.
All of the following organizations boast members of CEI or AEI amongst their rosters and all have received money from ExxonMobil:
For a grand total of $1,566,523. And that's just in 2002 alone! How much do you suppose they've spent in the last four-plus years since Bush took office?
Through the CEI and the AEI, ExxonMobil has its fingers in a lot of pies right now. And not just any pies but some very influential pies, indeed. These think-tanks are advising on governmental policy as we speak. And ExxonMobil's reach gets longer and longer the deeper I dig.
Scared yet? I am.
But with a little more digging and the help of ElGringo from DailyKos, I've found that the ExxonMobil/CEI/AEI connection extends even further than I thought. The three main players in last night's post were Roger Bate, Michael S. Greve, and Joel Schwartz. All three men were associated with both CEI and AEI. As it turns out, they are also associated with a number of other ExxonMobil funded groups as are some of their CEI and AEI colleagues.
All of the following organizations boast members of CEI or AEI amongst their rosters and all have received money from ExxonMobil:
- * All dollar amounts taken from ExxonMobil's 2002 Public Information and Policy Research available here
- Advancement of Sound Science Center, Potomac, Maryland - Steven Milloy (CEI) - $10,000
- AEI-Brookings Institute - $25,000
- American Council for Capital Formation Center for Policy Research, Washington, D.C. - Kevin Hassett (AEI) - $299,523
- American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, Washington, D.C. - $255,000
- Cato Institute, Washington, D.C. - Clyde Wayne Crews (CEI), Casandra C. Moore (CEI) - $30,000
- Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow, Washington, D.C. - Roger Bate (AEI/CEI) - $35,000
- Competitive Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C. - $405,000
- Frontiers of Freedom, Fairfax, Vrginia - Myron Ebell (CEI) - $232,000
- George C. Marshall Foundation, Washington, D.C. - Roger Bate (CEI/AEI) - $90,000
- Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C. - Ben Lieberman (CEI) - $75,000
- Institute for Energy Research, Houston, Texas - Robert L. Bradley (CEI) - $30,000
- National Center for Policy Analysis, Dallas, Texas - Joel Schwartz (CEI/AEI) - $30,000
- Reason Foundation/Reason Public Policy Institute, Los Angeles, California - Joel Schwartz (CEI/AEI) - $50,000
For a grand total of $1,566,523. And that's just in 2002 alone! How much do you suppose they've spent in the last four-plus years since Bush took office?
Through the CEI and the AEI, ExxonMobil has its fingers in a lot of pies right now. And not just any pies but some very influential pies, indeed. These think-tanks are advising on governmental policy as we speak. And ExxonMobil's reach gets longer and longer the deeper I dig.
Scared yet? I am.
