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Octafish

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24. Some environmentalists may be more equal than others.
Sun Jan 20, 2013, 02:49 PM
Jan 2013
Hijacking the Environmental Movement with Green (Backs, That Is)

“In the middle of a swirl of bogus climate scandals trumped up by deniers, here is the real Climategate, waiting to be exposed.” writes Johann Hari, in the March edition of The Nation.

Hari is talking about the fact that many recognized and highly respected environmental organizations appear to have been bought and paid for, beginning as early as the 1980s, with donations from Big Business, notably oil and gas companies.

Case in point; the National Wildlife Federation, which – under the leadership of Jay Hair – allegedly switched its allegiance from environmental defense to corporate profit-taking, and its funding sources from the traditional wealthy but conscious-ridden elites (some of them members) to energy companies, most of whom are engaged in lucrative but highly pollutive coal, oil and gas extraction.

The proof of this, says Hari, is that the NWF (and The Nature Conservancy, or TNC) started giving these companies awards which recognized them as environmental stewards par excellence. This, in exchange for the energy companies’ financial support.

With companies like Shell and BP using such awards to polish their images during periods when the negative press generated by their environmental rape hit hardest, and the NWF able to spread its financially enhanced (albeit tarnished) wings over a bigger segment of the environmental landscape, the ethical conundrum of using oil funds to finance environmental defense was resolved, says Hari, and other environmental groups quickly jumped on the bottomless bank account bandwagon.

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All Out War on Wolves [View all] G_j Jan 2013 OP
Insults. Bullying. Threats. Octafish Jan 2013 #1
Thank You G_j Jan 2013 #2
Just the fact that Sarah from Alaska is a wolf hater aint_no_life_nowhere Jan 2013 #3
same club G_j Jan 2013 #4
And in good news, Wolf Murderer Extraordinaire Ken Salazar is leaving joeybee12 Jan 2013 #5
I just heard that five minutes ago! G_j Jan 2013 #7
Wolves are so beautiful. Aristus Jan 2013 #6
yes, they are! G_j Jan 2013 #8
kr Solly Mack Jan 2013 #9
More reasons to hate humans Tyrs WolfDaemon Jan 2013 #10
Saw a really good documentary a few weeks ago. Separation Jan 2013 #11
remember what network it was on? G_j Jan 2013 #12
I think I saw it on Netflix??? Separation Jan 2013 #13
Grizzly man with Timothy Treadwell is another good one. Undaunted Jan 2013 #15
A good friend of mine helped recover his and his girlfriends parts Separation Jan 2013 #16
It's sad ,really. He seemed like a nice guy. Undaunted Jan 2013 #17
Great G_j Jan 2013 #18
Sorry my OCD kicked in. Separation Jan 2013 #19
I watched the whole show G_j Jan 2013 #21
Du rec. Nt xchrom Jan 2013 #14
This dead alpha is only in the news because G_j Jan 2013 #20
Wolf Killings are Based on the Most Cynical of Premises Octafish Jan 2013 #22
Hadn't seen this, thank you George G_j Jan 2013 #23
Some environmentalists may be more equal than others. Octafish Jan 2013 #24
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