Ferguson, R

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<b>Robert E. Ferguson</b>, aka <b>Bob Ferguson</b>, is the President of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute" title="Science and Public Policy Institute">Science and Public Policy Institute</a> (SPPI), an organization that promotes the views of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Global_warming_skeptics" title="Global warming skeptics">global warming skeptics</a> and was founded in mid-2007. However, his salary appears to come through the Idsos' <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Center_for_the_Study_of_Carbon_Dioxide_and_Global_Change" title="Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change">Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change</a>.</p>

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<h2>Contents</h2>

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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Ferguson_%28Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute%29#At_Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">At Science and Public Policy Institute</span></a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Ferguson_%28Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute%29#Ties_to_the_American_Legislative_Exchange_Council"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council</span></a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Ferguson%28Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute%29#Work_for_Frontiers_of_Freedom.28Center_for_Science_and_Public_Policy.29"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Work for Frontiers of Freedom (Center for Science and Public Policy)</span></a>

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<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Ferguson_%28Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute%29#Related_FoF_Funding"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Related FoF Funding</span></a>

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<li class="toclevel-3"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Ferguson_%28Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute%29#From_Exxon"><span class="tocnumber">3.1.1</span> <span class="toctext">From Exxon</span></a></li>

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<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Ferguson_%28Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute%29#FoF_Form_990_on_Ferguson"><span class="tocnumber">3.2</span> <span class="toctext">FoF Form 990 on Ferguson</span></a></li>

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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Ferguson_%28Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute%29#Praise_for_climate_skeptics"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Praise for climate skeptics</span></a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Ferguson_%28Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute%29#Background"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Background</span></a>

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<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Ferguson_%28Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute%29#Education"><span class="tocnumber">5.1</span> <span class="toctext">Education</span></a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Ferguson_%28Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute%29#Military_experience"><span class="tocnumber">5.2</span> <span class="toctext">Military experience</span></a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Ferguson_%28Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute%29#Political_experience"><span class="tocnumber">5.3</span> <span class="toctext">Political experience</span></a></li>

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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Ferguson_%28Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute%29#Speaking_engagements"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Speaking engagements</span></a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Ferguson_%28Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute%29#Articles_and_resources"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">Articles and resources</span></a>

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<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Ferguson_%28Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute%29#Related_SourceWatch_articles"><span class="tocnumber">7.1</span> <span class="toctext">Related SourceWatch articles</span></a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Ferguson_%28Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute%29#External_resources"><span class="tocnumber">7.2</span> <span class="toctext">External resources</span></a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Ferguson_%28Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute%29#External_articles"><span class="tocnumber">7.3</span> <span class="toctext">External articles</span></a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Ferguson_%28Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute%29#References"><span class="tocnumber">7.4</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li>

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<h2><span class="mw-headline">At Science and Public Policy Institute</span></h2>

<p><i>See <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute" title="Science and Public Policy Institute">Science and Public Policy Institute</a>, particularly the section "Who pays Bob Ferguson?"</i>

<h2><span class="mw-headline">Ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council</span></h2>

<p>In August 2011, Ferguson spoke on "Benefit Analysis of CO<sub>2</sub>"<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Ferguson%28Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute%29#cite_note-0" title="">[1]</a></sup> (previously known as "Warming Up to Climate Change: The Many Benefits of Increased Atmospheric CO<sub>2</sub>"<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Ferguson%28Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute%29#cite_note-1" title="">[2]</a></sup>) at the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Energy,Environment_and_Agriculture_Task_Force" title="Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force">Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force</a> meeting at the 2011 <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=American_Legislative_Exchange_Council" title="American Legislative Exchange Council">American Legislative Exchange Council</a> (ALEC) Annual Meeting.<sup id="cite_ref-EEAMeetingMaterials_2-0" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Ferguson%28Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute%29#cite_note-EEAMeetingMaterials-2" title="">[3]</a></sup> He was accompanied by <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Craig_Idso" title="Craig Idso">Craig Idso</a> of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Center_for_the_Study_of_Carbon_Dioxide_and_Global_Change" title="Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change">Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change</a> and MEP <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Roger_Helmer" title="Roger Helmer">Roger Helmer</a>, a Member of the European Parliament for the East Midlands of Great Britain who represents the Conservative Party and has used his position on the European Parliament to fight increased regulation of member states through the European Union.<sup id="cite_ref-EEAMeetingMaterials_2-1" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Ferguson_%28Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute%29#cite_note-EEAMeetingMaterials-2" title="">[3]</a></sup>

<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=ALEC" title="ALEC" class="mw-redirect">ALEC</a> is not a lobby; it is not a front group. It is much more powerful than that. Through ALEC, behind closed doors, corporations hand state legislators the changes to the law they desire that directly benefit their bottom line. Along with legislators, corporations have membership in ALEC. Corporations sit on all nine ALEC task forces and vote with legislators to approve “model” bills. They have their own corporate governing board which meets jointly with the legislative board. <i>(ALEC says that corporations do not vote on the board.)</i> They fund almost all of ALEC's operations. Participating legislators, overwhelmingly conservative Republicans, then bring those proposals home and introduce them in statehouses across the land as their own brilliant ideas and important public policy innovations—without disclosing that corporations crafted and voted on the bills. ALEC boasts that it has over 1,000 of these bills introduced by legislative members every year, with one in every five of them enacted into law. ALEC describes itself as a “unique,” “unparalleled” and “unmatched” organization. It might be right. It is as if a state legislature had been reconstituted, yet corporations had pushed the people out the door. Learn more at <a href="http://alecexposed.org/" class="external text" title="http://alecexposed.org/" rel="nofollow">ALECexposed.org</a>.

<h2><span class="mw-headline">Work for Frontiers of Freedom (Center for Science and Public Policy)</span></h2>

<p>Ferguson was previously the initial Executive Director of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Center_for_Science_and_Public_Policy" title="Center for Science and Public Policy">Center for Science and Public Policy</a> (CSSP), a project of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Frontiers_of_Freedom_Institute" title="Frontiers of Freedom Institute" class="mw-redirect">Frontiers of Freedom Institute</a> (FOF).<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Ferguson_%28Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute%29#cite_note-3" title="">[4]</a></sup>

<h3><span class="mw-headline">Related FoF Funding</span></h3>

<h4><span class="mw-headline">From <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Exxon" title="Exxon" class="mw-redirect">Exxon</a></span></h4>

<p><i>This appears to be a duplicate of the "Exxon funding" section of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Frontiers_of_Freedom" title="Frontiers of Freedom">Frontiers of Freedom</a> page, so should probably be moved/removed.</i>

Related funding to Frontiers of Freedom from <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Exxon" title="Exxon" class="mw-redirect">Exxon</a> included:</p>

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<dd>$100,000 for the "Center for Sound Science and Public Policy" (sic)</dd>

<dd>$97,000 for "Global Climate Change Outreach Activities"</dd>

<dd>$35,000 for "Global Climate Change Science Projects"</dd>

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<p>In subsequent years Exxon continued its support for the project, including:</p>

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<dd>2003: $50,000 for "Project Support - Sound Science Center" <sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Ferguson_%28Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute%29#cite_note-5" title="">[6]</a></sup></dd>

<dd>2004: $70,000 for "Project Support- Science Center & Climate Change"<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Ferguson_%28Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute%29#cite_note-6" title="">[7]</a></sup> :2005: $140,000 but without a specific amount for CSPP identified;</dd>

<dd>2006: $90,000 for the "Science & Policy Center"<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Ferguson_%28Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute%29#cite_note-7" title="">[8]</a></sup></dd>

<dd>2007: $90,000 for "energy literacy"<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Ferguson_%28Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute%29#cite_note-8" title="">[9]</a></sup></dd>

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<h3><span class="mw-headline">FoF Form 990 on Ferguson</span></h3>

<p>2004: FOF's 2004 annual return submitted to the Internal Revenue Service states that for his work for CSSP, Ferguson was paid $100,000 and also lists him as one of the directors of the think tank.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Ferguson_%28Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute%29#cite_note-9" title="">[10]</a></sup>.

2007: In FOF's 2007 annual return, Ferguson is listed as working 40 hours a week on CCSP duties and as director of the organization, but without being paid.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Ferguson_%28Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute%29#cite_note-10" title="">[11]</a></sup>

<h2><span class="mw-headline">Praise for climate skeptics</span></h2>

<p>In a February 2007 interview with Michael Coulter for the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Heartland_Institute" title="Heartland Institute">Heartland Institute</a>'s publication <i><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Environment%26_Climate_News" title="Environment & Climate News">Environment & Climate News</a></i>, Ferguson stated that "there are quite a few environmental groups who bring scientists to the Hill, but CSPP is the only group that tries to bring in both sides." Ferguson stated that "misdirected global warming policies will likely create a monstrous misallocation of resources. We could give housing and clean water to the entire world, and eliminate all major diseases, for just a fifth of what proposals such as the Kyoto Protocol and the British Stern Report might end up costing." He went on to prise [sic -ed] the role of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Global_warming_skeptics" title="Global warming skeptics">global warming skeptics</a>. "It is my experience which guides my firm support of the proposition that skeptics and those who have the courage to support them are actually helpful in getting the science right ... They do not, as some improperly suggest, 'obfuscate' the issue: They assist in clarifying it by challenging weaknesses in the 'consensus' argument, and they compel necessary corrections," he said. Michael Coulter's article made no mention of the role of Exxon in funding the CSPP.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Ferguson%28Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute%29#cite_note-11" title="">[12]</a></sup>

<h2><span class="mw-headline">Background</span></h2>

<h3><span class="mw-headline">Education</span></h3>

<p>From a biographical note:<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Ferguson_%28Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute%29#cite_note-12" title="">[13]</a></sup></p>

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<li>undergraduate degree in history, Brigham Young University</li>

<li>master's degree in legislative affairs, George Washington University</li>

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<h3><span class="mw-headline">Military experience</span></h3>

<p>"Ferguson served active duty in the US Army from 1966-1970."<sup id="cite_ref-personnel_13-0" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Ferguson_%28Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute%29#cite_note-personnel-13" title="">[14]</a></sup>

<h3><span class="mw-headline">Political experience</span></h3>

<p>Ferguson "has 26 years of Capitol Hill experience, having worked in both the House and Senate...considerable policy experience in climate change science, mercury science, energy and mining, forests and resources, clean air and the environment"; more specifically:<sup id="cite_ref-personnel_13-1" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Ferguson_%28Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute%29#cite_note-personnel-13" title="">[14]</a></sup></p>

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<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=House_Republican_Study_Committee" title="House Republican Study Committee">House Republican Study Committee</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Senate_Republican_Policy_Committee&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Senate Republican Policy Committee (page does not exist)">Senate Republican Policy Committee</a></li>

<li>1981-1997, Chief of Staff to Congressman <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Jack_Fields&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jack Fields (page does not exist)">Jack Fields</a> (R-TX)</li>

<li>1997-2002, Chief of Staff to Congressman <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=John_E._Peterson" title="John E. Peterson" class="mw-redirect">John E. Peterson</a> (R-PA)</li>

<li>2002, Chief of Staff to Congressman <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Rick_Renzi" title="Rick Renzi">Rick Renzi</a> (R-AZ)</li>

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<h2><span class="mw-headline">Speaking engagements</span></h2>

<p>Ferguson is a speaker at the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=International_Conference_on_Climate_Change%282009%29" title="International Conference on Climate Change (2009)" class="mw-redirect">International Conference on Climate Change (2009)</a> organized by the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Heartland_Institute" title="Heartland Institute">Heartland Institute</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Think_tank" title="Think tank" class="mw-redirect">think tank</a>. <sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Ferguson%28Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute%29#cite_note-14" title="">[15]</a></sup></p>

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<li>November 14, 2007: Ferguson was a speaker, along with <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Lord_Monckton" title="Lord Monckton" class="mw-redirect">Lord Monckton</a>, at the "the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Eastern_Coal_States_Coalition" title="Eastern Coal States Coalition">Eastern Coal States Coalition</a>" conference at the Marriott Griffin Gate Conference Center in Lexington Ky. The announcement for the event by the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=West_Virginia_Coal_Association" title="West Virginia Coal Association">West Virginia Coal Association</a> stated that Ferguson would "present his new text -- 'Essential Readings in Climate Science'"<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Ferguson_%28Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute%29#cite_note-15" title="">[16]</a></sup></li>

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<h2><span class="mw-headline">Articles and resources</span></h2>

<h3><span class="mw-headline">Related SourceWatch articles</span></h3>

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<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Global_warming_skeptics" title="Global warming skeptics">Global warming skeptics</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Heartland_Institute" title="Heartland Institute">Heartland Institute</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=International_Conference_on_Climate_Change_%282009%29" title="International Conference on Climate Change (2009)" class="mw-redirect">International Conference on Climate Change (2009)</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute" title="Science and Public Policy Institute">Science and Public Policy Institute</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Center_for_the_Study_of_Carbon_Dioxide_and_Global_Change" title="Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change">Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change</a></li>

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<h3><span class="mw-headline">External resources</span></h3>

<h3><span class="mw-headline">External articles</span></h3>

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<li>Bob Ferguson, <a href="http://www.heartland.org/bin/media/newyork09/PowerPoint/Robert_Ferguson.ppt" class="external text" title="http://www.heartland.org/bin/media/newyork09/PowerPoint/Robert_Ferguson.ppt" rel="nofollow">"State Climate Policies: Arkansas as Profile"</a>, Presentation to the Heartland Institute's <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=International_Conference_on_Climate_Change_%282009%29" title="International Conference on Climate Change (2009)" class="mw-redirect">International Conference on Climate Change (2009)</a>, March 9, 2009. (PowerPoint)</li>

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<h3><span class="mw-headline">References</span></h3>

<li id="cite_note-0"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Ferguson_%28Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute%29#cite_ref-0" title="">↑</a> American Legislative Exchange Council, <a href="http://sourcewatch.org/images/9/91/ALEC_2011_Annual_Meeting_Agenda_Archived_August_3.jpg" class="external text" title="http://sourcewatch.org/images/9/91/ALEC_2011_Annual_Meeting_Agenda_Archived_August_3.jpg" rel="nofollow">ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting Agenda</a>, online meeting agenda, image archived August 3, 2011</li>

<li id="cite_note-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Ferguson_%28Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute%29#cite_ref-1" title="">↑</a> American Legislative Exchange Council, <a href="http://sourcewatch.org/images/0/0b/ALEC_2011_Annual_Meeting_Agenda_Archived_July_22.jpg" class="external text" title="http://sourcewatch.org/images/0/0b/ALEC_2011_Annual_Meeting_Agenda_Archived_July_22.jpg" rel="nofollow">ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting Agenda</a>, online meeting agenda, image archived July 22, 2011</li>

<li id="cite_note-EEAMeetingMaterials-2">↑ <sup><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Ferguson%28Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute%29#cite_ref-EEAMeetingMaterials_2-0" title="">3.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Ferguson%28Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute%29#cite_ref-EEAMeetingMaterials_2-1" title="">3.1</a></sup> American Legislative Exchange Council, "Energy, Environment, and Agriculture 2011 Annual Meeting Task Force Meeting," speaker biographies and materials, August 4, 2011, on file with CMD</li>

<li id="cite_note-3"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Ferguson_%28Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute%29#cite_ref-3" title="">↑</a> <a href="http://www.ff.org/centers/csspp/misc/press1/hg/20040922.htm" class="external text" title="http://www.ff.org/centers/csspp/misc/press1/hg/20040922.htm" rel="nofollow">"New Study Released on the Safety of the Fish We Eat"</a>, Media Release, September 22, 2004.</li>

<li id="cite_note-4"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Ferguson_%28Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute%29#cite_ref-4" title="">↑</a> Exxon, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/images/6/6f/Public_policy1_2002.pdf" class="external text" title="http://www.sourcewatch.org/images/6/6f/Public_policy1_2002.pdf" rel="nofollow">"Public Information and Policy Research"</a>, Exxon website, 2002, page 3.(Pdf)</li>

<li id="cite_note-5"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Ferguson_%28Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute%29#cite_ref-5" title="">↑</a> Exxon, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/images/9/92/Exxon_Public_Policy_Contributions_2003.pdf" class="external text" title="http://www.sourcewatch.org/images/9/92/Exxon_Public_Policy_Contributions_2003.pdf" rel="nofollow">"Public Information and Policy Research"</a>, Exxon website, 2003, page 3.(Pdf)</li>

<li id="cite_note-6"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Ferguson_%28Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute%29#cite_ref-6" title="">↑</a> Exxon, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Image:Exxon_Public_Policy_Contributions_2004.pdf" class="external text" title="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Image:Exxon_Public_Policy_Contributions_2004.pdf" rel="nofollow">"Public Information and Policy Research"</a>, Exxon website, 2004, page 4.(Pdf)</li>

<li id="cite_note-7"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Ferguson_%28Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute%29#cite_ref-7" title="">↑</a> Exxon, <a href="http://www.exxonmobil.com/Corporate/Files/Corporate/gcr_contributions_public06.pdf" class="external text" title="http://www.exxonmobil.com/Corporate/Files/Corporate/gcr_contributions_public06.pdf" rel="nofollow">"Public Information and Policy Research"</a>, Exxon website, 2006, page 2.(Pdf)</li>

<li id="cite_note-8"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Ferguson_%28Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute%29#cite_ref-8" title="">↑</a> Exxon, <a href="http://www.exxonmobil.com/Corporate/files/gcr_contributions_public07.pdf" class="external text" title="http://www.exxonmobil.com/Corporate/files/gcr_contributions_public07.pdf" rel="nofollow">"Public Information and Policy Research"</a>, Exxon website, 2006(??), page 2.(Pdf)</li>

<li id="cite_note-9"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Ferguson_%28Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute%29#cite_ref-9" title="">↑</a> Frontiers of Freedom Institute, <a href="http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2004/541/773/2004-541773197-01fbf28b-9.pdf" class="external text" title="http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2004/541/773/2004-541773197-01fbf28b-9.pdf" rel="nofollow">2004 IRS Return</a>, Guidestar, page 17. (Pdf)</li>

<li id="cite_note-10"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Ferguson_%28Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute%29#cite_ref-10" title="">↑</a> Frontiers of Freedom Institute, <a href="http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2006/541/773/2006-541773197-038e81a5-9.pdf" class="external text" title="http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2006/541/773/2006-541773197-038e81a5-9.pdf" rel="nofollow">2007 IRS Return</a>, Guidestar, page 19. (Pdf)</li>

<li id="cite_note-11"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Ferguson%28Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute%29#cite_ref-11" title="">↑</a> Michael Coulter, <a href="http://www.heartland.org/policybot/results/20508/Presenting_Science_Without_Bias_A_profile_of_Robert_Ferguson.html" class="external text" title="http://www.heartland.org/policybot/results/20508/Presenting_Science_Without_Bias_A_profile_of_Robert_Ferguson.html" rel="nofollow">"Presenting Science Without Bias: A profile of Robert Ferguson"</a>, <i><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Environment%26_Climate_News" title="Environment & Climate News">Environment & Climate News</a></i>, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Heartland_Institute" title="Heartland Institute">Heartland Institute</a>, February 2007.</li>

<li id="cite_note-12"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Ferguson_%28Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute%29#cite_ref-12" title="">↑</a> Michael Coulter, "<a href="http://www.heartland.org/policybot/results/20508/Presenting_Science_Without_Bias_A_profile_of_Robert_Ferguson.html" class="external text" title="http://www.heartland.org/policybot/results/20508/Presenting_Science_Without_Bias_A_profile_of_Robert_Ferguson.html" rel="nofollow">Presenting Science Without Bias: A profile of Robert Ferguson</a>," The Heartland Institute's Environment & Climate News, February 2007.</li>

<li id="cite_note-personnel-13">↑ <sup><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Ferguson%28Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute%29#cite_ref-personnel_13-0" title="">14.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Ferguson%28Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute%29#cite_ref-personnel_13-1" title="">14.1</a></sup> <a href="http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/personnel.html" class="external text" title="http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/personnel.html" rel="nofollow">"Personnel"</a>, Science and Public Policy Institute website, undated but accessed February 2009.</li>

<li id="cite_note-14"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Ferguson_%28Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute%29#cite_ref-14" title="">↑</a> "<a href="http://www.heartland.org/events/NewYork09/speakers.html" class="external text" title="http://www.heartland.org/events/NewYork09/speakers.html" rel="nofollow">Speakers</a>," Heartland Institute website, accessed January 2009.</li>

<li id="cite_note-15"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Ferguson_%28Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute%29#cite_ref-15" title="">↑</a> <a href="http://www.wvcoal.com/news/wvcoal-news/160-speakers-announced-for-eastern-coal-states-meeting.html" class="external text" title="http://www.wvcoal.com/news/wvcoal-news/160-speakers-announced-for-eastern-coal-states-meeting.html" rel="nofollow">"Speakers Announced for Eastern Coal States Meeting"</a>, West Virginia Coal Association, October 27, 2007.</li>

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<i>This group may have largely morphed into the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute" title="Science and Public Policy Institute">Science and Public Policy Institute</a>, also headed by Ferguson; please see that page - particularly its timeline - for details, and consider the information below as largely historic.</i>

The '<b>Center for Science and Public Policy</b> is described on its webpage as "a non-profit, non-partisan public policy organization."<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Center_for_Science_and_Public_Policy#cite_note-0" title="">[1]</a></sup> However, it is not a separately incorporated non-profit group but a project of the corporate-funded group, the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Frontiers_of_Freedom_Institute" title="Frontiers of Freedom Institute" class="mw-redirect">Frontiers of Freedom Institute</a>. (In 2006 one FF media release referred to it as "Frontiers' Center for Science and Public Policy".<sup id="cite_ref-CSPP_1-0" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Center_for_Science_and_Public_Policy#cite_note-CSPP-1" title="">[2]</a></sup>)</p>

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On its website, the project claims that it "relies on scientific experts in many nations and the vast body of peer-reviewed literature to help lawmakers, policy makers, and the media distinguish between scientific findings that are agenda-driven and those that are based on accepted scientific methods and practices. In a timely manner, the Center's Science Watch Team alerts policy makers, the media, and the public to unreliable scientific claims and unjustified alarmism which often lead to public harm. We strive for a fair and balanced examination of science."<sup id="cite_ref-CSPP_1-1" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Center_for_Science_and_Public_Policy#cite_note-CSPP-1" title="">[2]</a></sup></p>

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<h2>Contents</h2>

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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Center_for_Science_and_Public_Policy#Launch"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Launch</span></a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Center_for_Science_and_Public_Policy#Personnel"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Personnel</span></a>

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<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Center_for_Science_and_Public_Policy#Former_Personnel"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Former Personnel</span></a></li>

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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Center_for_Science_and_Public_Policy#Articles_and_Resources"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Articles and Resources</span></a>

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<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Center_for_Science_and_Public_Policy#Related_SourceWatch_Articles"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Related SourceWatch Articles</span></a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Center_for_Science_and_Public_Policy#References"><span class="tocnumber">3.2</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Center_for_Science_and_Public_Policy#External_Articles"><span class="tocnumber">3.3</span> <span class="toctext">External Articles</span></a></li>

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<h2><span class="mw-headline">Launch</span></h2>

<p>At the time of its launch in March 2003, the institute had great ambitions for the center claiming that it "will enlist the help of world-renowned scientists to serve as a resource for Members of Congress, administrative agencies, and the media to evaluate the deluge of scientific findings that so often drives public policy." The Institute's President, George C. Landrith, bemoaned that "not a day goes by that we don't hear a claim in the media that a product we use every day an artificial sweetener, a pesticide, our cell phones is harmful to our health or safety". The center, he said, would "help lawmakers distinguish between good science and bad science, between the kind of science that is driven by an agenda and engineered to produce certain results, and the kind that is based on sound scientific principles and techniques."<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Center_for_Science_and_Public_Policy#cite_note-2" title="">[3]</a></sup>

However, what Landrith did not mention was that <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Exxon" title="Exxon" class="mw-redirect">Exxon</a> had provided $100,000 in 2002 specifically for the "Center for Sound Science and Public Policy" (sic) as well as a further $97,000 for "Global Climate Change Outreach Activities", and a further $35,000 for "Global Climate Change Science Projects";<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Center_for_Science_and_Public_Policy#cite_note-3" title="">[4]</a></sup>

The earliest submissions from CSPP date from approximately May 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Center_for_Science_and_Public_Policy#cite_note-4" title="">[5]</a></sup> These submissions did not mention Exxon's funding.

If the institute had high hopes for the Center at the time of its launch, its subsequent performance has been less than spectacular.

Between March 2005 and August 2007 CSSP published a weekly bulletin titled <i>Climate Weekly</i>, then <i>Climate and Environment Weekly</i> and finally <i>Climate and Environment Review</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Center_for_Science_and_Public_Policy#cite_note-5" title="">[6]</a></sup> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Ferguson%28Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute%29" title="Robert Ferguson (Science and Public Policy Institute)">Robert Ferguson</a>, the previous Executive Director of the CSPP and director of Frontiers of Freedom, was the editor of this from the initial edition until the May 10, 2007 edition.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Ferguson%28Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute%29" title="Robert Ferguson (Science and Public Policy Institute)">Robert Ferguson</a> was the previous Executive Director and is the <sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Center_for_Science_and_Public_Policy#cite_note-6" title="">[7]</a></sup> After Ferguson ceased editing it, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Paul_Georgia" title="Paul Georgia">Paul Georgia</a>, the new Executive Director of the CSPP edited it until August 2007 when it was discontinued.</p>

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Its only other activities on global warming have been five presentations by institute staff or others, mostly in 2007 with only one in 2008;<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Center_for_Science_and_Public_Policy#cite_note-7" title="">[8]</a></sup> six media releases or columns<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Center_for_Science_and_Public_Policy#cite_note-8" title="">[9]</a></sup> thirteen "articles"<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Center_for_Science_and_Public_Policy#cite_note-9" title="">[10]</a></sup> and 39 commentaries on global warming issues which are touted as "papers".<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Center_for_Science_and_Public_Policy#cite_note-10" title="">[11]</a></sup>

<h2><span class="mw-headline">Personnel</span></h2>

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<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Paul_Georgia" title="Paul Georgia">Paul Georgia</a> is the Chief Economist for the institute and Executive Director of the Center for Science & Public Policy.</li>

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<h3><span class="mw-headline">Former Personnel</span></h3>

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<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Ferguson_%28Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute%29" title="Robert Ferguson (Science and Public Policy Institute)">Robert Ferguson</a> was the previous Executive Director and is the founder and President of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute" title="Science and Public Policy Institute">Science and Public Policy Institute</a>, another <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Global_warming_skeptics" title="Global warming skeptics">global warming skeptics</a> group.</li>

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<h2><span class="mw-headline">Articles and Resources</span></h2>

<h3><span class="mw-headline">Related SourceWatch Articles</span></h3>

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<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Frontiers_of_Freedom" title="Frontiers of Freedom">Frontiers of Freedom</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Science_and_Public_Policy_Institute" title="Science and Public Policy Institute">Science and Public Policy Institute</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Global_warming" title="Global warming">Global warming</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Global_warming_skeptics" title="Global warming skeptics">Global warming skeptics</a></li>

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<h3><span class="mw-headline">References</span></h3>

<li id="cite_note-0"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Center_for_Science_and_Public_Policy#cite_ref-0" title="">↑</a> <a href="http://ff.org/centers/celpr/press/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=252&Itemid=83" class="external text" title="http://ff.org/centers/celpr/press/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=252&Itemid=83" rel="nofollow">"The Center for Science and Public Policy"</a>, Frontiers of Freedom Institute website, accessed February 2009.</li>

<li id="cite_note-CSPP-1">↑ <sup><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Center_for_Science_and_Public_Policy#cite_ref-CSPP_1-0" title="">2.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Center_for_Science_and_Public_Policy#cite_ref-CSPP_1-1" title="">2.1</a></sup> <a href="http://ff.org/centers/celpr/press/90520061225.html" class="external text" title="http://ff.org/centers/celpr/press/90520061225.html" rel="nofollow">"News Corporation’s Unfair Conduct is Holding Rural America Hostage: Innocent Rural Consumers Will Lose Their Distant Network Signals"</a>, Media Release, September 5, 2006.</li>

<li id="cite_note-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Center_for_Science_and_Public_Policy#cite_ref-2" title="">↑</a> <a href="http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-13163461.html" class="external text" title="http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-13163461.html" rel="nofollow">"Frontiers of Freedom Institute Opens 'Center for Science and Public Policy'"</a>, Media Release, U.S. Newswire, March 17, 2003. (Sub req'd for full text).</li>

<li id="cite_note-3"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Center_for_Science_and_Public_Policy#cite_ref-3" title="">↑</a> Exxon, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/images/6/6f/Public_policy1_2002.pdf" class="external text" title="http://www.sourcewatch.org/images/6/6f/Public_policy1_2002.pdf" rel="nofollow">"Public Information and Policy Research"</a>, Exxon website, 2002, page 3.(Pdf)</li>

<li id="cite_note-4"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Center_for_Science_and_Public_Policy#cite_ref-4" title="">↑</a> Frontiers of Freedom, <a href="http://ff.org/centers/csspp/misc/12220040248.html" class="external text" title="http://ff.org/centers/csspp/misc/12220040248.html" rel="nofollow">"Specific Comments on Menendez Climate Change Amendment Findings"</a>, Frontiers of Freedom website, May 2, 2003.</li>

<li id="cite_note-5"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Center_for_Science_and_Public_Policy#cite_ref-5" title="">↑</a> Center for Science and Public Policy, <a href="http://ff.org/centers/csspp/misc/library/index.html" class="external text" title="http://ff.org/centers/csspp/misc/library/index.html" rel="nofollow">"Climate and Environment Weekly Archives"</a>, Center for Science and Public Policy website, accessed February 2009.</li>

<li id="cite_note-6"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Center_for_Science_and_Public_Policy#cite_ref-6" title="">↑</a> Frontiers of Freedom, <a href="http://www.ff.org/centers/csspp/library/co2weekly/20070510/" class="external text" title="http://www.ff.org/centers/csspp/library/co2weekly/20070510/" rel="nofollow">"Climate & Environment Review May 10, 2007"</a>, Frontiers of Freedom website, accessed February 2009.</li>

<li id="cite_note-7"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Center_for_Science_and_Public_Policy#cite_ref-7" title="">↑</a> Frontiers of Freedom, <a href="http://ff.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=50&Itemid=92" class="external text" title="http://ff.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=50&Itemid=92" rel="nofollow">"Global Warming - Presentations"</a>, Frontiers of Freedom website, accessed February 2009.</li>

<li id="cite_note-8"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Center_for_Science_and_Public_Policy#cite_ref-8" title="">↑</a> Frontiers of Freedom, <a href="http://ff.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=46&Itemid=78" class="external text" title="http://ff.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=46&Itemid=78" rel="nofollow">"Global Warming - Press Releases"</a>, Frontiers of Freedom website, accessed February 2009.</li>

<li id="cite_note-9"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Center_for_Science_and_Public_Policy#cite_ref-9" title="">↑</a> <a href="http://ff.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=45&Itemid=76" class="external text" title="http://ff.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=45&Itemid=76" rel="nofollow">"Global Warming - Articles"</a>, Frontiers of Freedom website, accessed February 2009.</li>

<li id="cite_note-10"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Center_for_Science_and_Public_Policy#cite_ref-10" title="">↑</a> Frontiers of Freedom, <a href="http://ff.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=43&Itemid=77" class="external text" title="http://ff.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=43&Itemid=77" rel="nofollow">"Global Warming - Papers"</a>, Frontiers of Freedom website, accessed February 2009.</li>

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