Inst for Study of Earth and Man ISEM SMU

H. Leighton Steward

Chairman of the Board

ExxonMobil Corporation

Five State Energy Company, L.L.C

Gaffney, Cline & Associates

Hunt Oil Company

New Horizon Exploration, Inc.

Lyco Energy Corporation

Petro-Hunt, L.L.C.

The Saurus Institute

Shell Oil Company

TXU Energy

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<h2>FACTSHEET: Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change, Center for the Study of CO2 and Climate Change</h2>

<h3>DETAILS</h3>

P.O Box 25697 Tempe, AZ 85285-5697

Phone: 480-966-3719

Fax: 480-966-0758

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H. Leighton Steward is the spokesman for front group <a href="http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Plants_Need_CO2" title="Plants Need CO2">Plants Need CO2</a> (the 501(c)(3) backed by coal baron <a href="http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Corbin_Robertson" title="Corbin Robertson" class="mw-redirect">Corbin Robertson</a>) and the registrant of its PlantsNeedCO2.org website. According to its corporate Certificate of Formation<a href="http://sourcewatch.org/index.php/H.Leighton_Steward#cite_note-0" title="">[1]</a>, Steward is also a director at oil and gas company <a href="http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=EOG_Resources" title="EOG Resources">EOG Resources</a>, formerly known as <a href="http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Enron_Oil_and_Gas_Company" title="Enron Oil and Gas Company" class="mw-redirect">Enron Oil and Gas Company</a>, where he earned $617,151 in 2008. Steward also serves as an honorary director of the <a href="http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=American_Petroleum_Institute" title="American Petroleum Institute">American Petroleum Institute</a>. <a href="http://sourcewatch.org/index.php/H.Leighton_Steward#cite_note-grist0904-1" title="">[2]</a>

According to the "Plants Need CO2" website, Steward is "a geologist, environmentalist, author, and retired energy industry executive" who's interested in "helping to educate the general public and the politicians about the tremendous benefits of carbon dioxide (CO2) as it relates to the plant and animal kingdoms and their related ecosystems and habitats, and the general health of humanity".<a href="http://sourcewatch.org/index.php/H._Leighton_Steward#cite_note-2" title="">[3]</a>

<h2>Contents</h2>

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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://sourcewatch.org/index.php/H._Leighton_Steward#Background">1 Background</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://sourcewatch.org/index.php/H._Leighton_Steward#Articles_and_resources">2 Articles and resources</a>

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<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://sourcewatch.org/index.php/H._Leighton_Steward#Related_SourceWatch_articles">2.1 Related SourceWatch articles</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://sourcewatch.org/index.php/H._Leighton_Steward#References">2.2 References</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://sourcewatch.org/index.php/H._Leighton_Steward#External_resources">2.3 External resources</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://sourcewatch.org/index.php/H._Leighton_Steward#External_articles">2.4 External articles</a></li>

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<h2>Background</h2>

Steward was previously President, Chairman and CEO of New Orleans-based oil and gas company <a href="http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Louisiana_Land_and_Exploration&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Louisiana Land and Exploration (page does not exist)">Louisiana Land and Exploration</a> Company. "Mr. Steward, who joined Louisiana Land in 1982, previously managed Burlington Northern's oil, gas and minerals activities. He also worked for the Shell Oil Company for 16 years. Mr. Steward is a geologist with degrees from Southern Methodist University...[He] is interested in protecting Louisiana's wetlands from erosion and serves with a number of oil industry groups."<a href="http://sourcewatch.org/index.php/H._Leighton_Steward#cite_note-3" title="">[4]</a>

<h2>Articles and resources</h2>

<h3>Related SourceWatch articles</h3>

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<li><a href="http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=American_Petroleum_Institute" title="American Petroleum Institute">American Petroleum Institute</a></li>

<li><a href="http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Front_groups" title="Front groups">Front groups</a></li>

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

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

<li><a href="http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Plants_Need_CO2" title="Plants Need CO2">Plants Need CO2</a></li>

<li><a href="http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=CO2_Is_Green" title="CO2 Is Green">CO2 Is Green</a></li>

<li><a href="http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Corbin_Robertson" title="Corbin Robertson" class="mw-redirect">Corbin Robertson</a></li>

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<h3>References</h3>

<li id="cite_note-0"><a href="http://sourcewatch.org/index.php/H._Leighton_Steward#cite_ref-0" title="">↑</a> Filing #801134935, filed June 15 2009 with the <a href="http://sos.state.tx.us/%7C" class="external text" title="http://sos.state.tx.us/|" rel="nofollow">Texas Secretary of State</a></li>

<li id="cite_note-grist0904-1"><a href="http://sourcewatch.org/index.php/H._Leighton_Steward#cite_ref-grist0904_1-0" title="">↑</a> Miles Grant, <a href="http://www.grist.org/article/2009-09-04-big-oil-creates-phony-climate-denial-site-lies-about-it/" class="external text" title="http://www.grist.org/article/2009-09-04-big-oil-creates-phony-climate-denial-site-lies-about-it/" rel="nofollow">"Big Oil creates phony climate denial site, lies about it"</a>, Grist, September 4, 2009.</li>

<li id="cite_note-2"><a href="http://sourcewatch.org/index.php/H._Leighton_Steward#cite_ref-2" title="">↑</a> Plants Need CO2 (2009). <a href="http://plantsneedco2.org/default.aspx/MenuItemID/294/MenuGroup/Home.htm" class="external text" title="http://plantsneedco2.org/default.aspx/MenuItemID/294/MenuGroup/Home.htm" rel="nofollow">About Plants Need CO2 - CO2 is Green & Green is Good</a>. Retrieved on 2009-09-18.</li>

<li id="cite_note-3"><a href="http://sourcewatch.org/index.php/H._Leighton_Steward#cite_ref-3" title="">↑</a> Daniel F. Cuff (1988-11-17). <a href="http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0713F938550C748DDDA80994D0484D81" class="external text" title="http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0713F938550C748DDDA80994D0484D81" rel="nofollow">Louisiana Land Gives President 2 More Titles</a>. NYTimes.com. Retrieved on 2011-03-30.</li>

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<h3>External resources</h3>

<h3>External articles</h3>

<div id="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Special:Categories" title="Special:Categories">Categories</a>: <a href="http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Category:Coal_Issues" title="Category:Coal Issues">Coal Issues</a> | <a href="http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Category:Energy" title="Category:Energy">Energy</a> | <a href="http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Category:Climate_change" title="Category:Climate change">Climate change</a> | <a href="http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Category:Front_groups_portal" title="Category:Front groups portal">Front groups portal</a> | <a href="http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Category:United_States" title="Category:United States">United States</a> | <a href="http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Category:Environment" title="Category:Environment">Environment</a></div>

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SMU

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