Conservative Womens Forum
<p>Pope's foundation is also a backer of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Civitas_Institute" title="Civitas Institute">Civitas Institute</a>, a <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=501%28c%29%283%29" title="501(c)(3)">501(c)(3)</a> nonprofit, and its <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=501%28c%29%284%29" title="501(c)(4)">501(c)(4)</a> sister group, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Civitas_Action" title="Civitas Action" class="mw-redirect">Civitas Action</a>. Between 2005 and 2009, the Pope Foundation has accounted for about 99 percent of the Civitas Institute's foundation income. Pope was also a founder of Civitas Action, which has raised nearly $265,000 since August -- more than 70 percent of that directly from Pope's company. In October 2010, Civitas Action spent $5,750 on mailers targeting North Carolina House Speaker <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Joe_Hackney&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Joe Hackney (page does not exist)">Joe Hackney</a> and Senate leader <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Marc_Basnight&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Marc Basnight (page does not exist)">Marc Basnight</a>,<b> Democrats who have been supportive of efforts to address </b><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Global_warming" title="Global warming"><b>global warmin</b>g</a>. Hackney led the state's <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Climate_change" title="Climate change">climate change</a> commission for a time before appointing in his place Rep. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Pricey_Harrison&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pricey Harrison (page does not exist)">Pricey Harrison</a> (D), one of the legislature's strongest environmental advocates. Basnight has talked about his concern that global warming and associated sea rise could inundate the region and supports a move to <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Clean_energy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Clean energy (page does not exist)">clean energy</a> sources. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Frances_De_Luca&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Frances De Luca (page does not exist)">Frances De Luca</a>, president of the Civitas Institute and the former state director of the North Carolina chapter of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Americans_for_Prosperity" title="Americans for Prosperity">Americans for Prosperity</a>, has said more mailers are planned.<sup id="cite_ref-ss_1-2" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Art_Pope#cite_note-ss-1" title="">[2]</a></sup></p>
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Running against 15-term Hackney is Cathy Wright, a nursing instructor who's also worked as a<b> lobbyist </b>for medical groups. Her campaign manager did not respond to Facing South's request for information about her position on climate change. But Wright does say she's a member of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Conservative_Womens_Forum&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Conservative Womens Forum (page does not exist)">Conservative Womens Forum</a>, which promotes a book calling global warming a "scam" and is critical of clean energy solutions from <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Cap-and_trade" title="Cap-and trade" class="mw-redirect">cap-and trade</a> legislation to <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Wind_power" title="Wind power" class="mw-redirect">wind power</a> to the promotion of compact-fluorescent light bulbs. Additionally, her campaign website links directly to both the John Locke Foundation and the Civitas Institute. Basnight's opponent is <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Hood_Richardson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hood Richardson (page does not exist)">Hood Richardson</a>, a retired minerals geologist and commissioner for Beaufort County, N.C. Richardson calls global warming a "problem that has since been debunked as based on faulty science." He also criticizes Basnight for helping create the state climate change commission, saying it will "severely harm businesses." He cites the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=John_Locke_Foundation" title="John Locke Foundation">John Locke Foundation</a> for his assertions.<sup id="cite_ref-ss_1-3" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Art_Pope#cite_note-ss-1" title="">[2]</a></sup>
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Pope's foundation is also a backer of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Civitas_Institute" title="Civitas Institute">Civitas Institute</a>, a <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/501%28c%29%283%29" title="501(c)(3)">501(c)(3)</a> nonprofit, and its <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/501%28c%29%284%29" title="501(c)(4)">501(c)(4)</a> sister group, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Civitas_Action" title="Civitas Action" class="mw-redirect">Civitas Action</a>. Between 2005 and 2009, the Pope Foundation has accounted for about 99 percent of the Civitas Institute's foundation income. Civitas Action spent $5,750 on mailers targeting North Carolina House Speaker <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Joe_Hackney&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Joe Hackney (page does not exist)">Joe Hackney</a> and Senate leader <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Marc_Basnight&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Marc Basnight (page does not exist)">Marc Basnight</a>, Democrats who have been supportive of efforts to address <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Global_warming" title="Global warming">global warming</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ss_25-5" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/North_Carolina_and_coal#cite_note-ss-25">[26]</a></sup>
Running against 15-term Hackney is Cathy Wright, a nursing instructor who's also worked as a lobbyist for medical groups. Her campaign manager did not respond to Facing South's request for information about her position on climate change. But Wright does say she's a member of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Conservative_Womens_Forum&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Conservative Womens Forum (page does not exist)">Conservative Womens Forum</a>, which promotes a book calling global warming a "scam" and is critical of clean energy solutions from <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Cap-and_trade" title="Cap-and trade" class="mw-redirect">cap-and trade</a> legislation to <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Wind_power" title="Wind power" class="mw-redirect">wind power</a> to the promotion of compact-fluorescent light bulbs. Additionally, her campaign website links directly to both the John Locke Foundation and the Civitas Institute. Basnight's opponent is <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Hood_Richardson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hood Richardson (page does not exist)">Hood Richardson</a>, a retired minerals geologist and commissioner for Beaufort County, N.C. Richardson calls global warming a "problem that has since been debunked as based on faulty science." He also criticizes Basnight for helping create the state climate change commission, saying it will "severely harm businesses" and cites the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/John_Locke_Foundation" title="John Locke Foundation">John Locke Foundation</a> for his assertions.<sup id="cite_ref-ss_25-6" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/North_Carolina_and_coal#cite_note-ss-25">[26]</a></sup></p>