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Fake Science, Fakexperts, Funny Finances, Free of Tax 2 SEPP, Heartland, CSCDGC, Allies & DONORS John R Fake science, fakexperts, funny finances, free of tax 2 SEPP, Heartland, CSCDGC, allies & DONORS John R. Mashey V2 10/23/12 (sections changed *) Fred Singer Craig Idso Whitney Ball Joseph Bast Joe Camel Diane C Bast Z.2008.07-8 James Taylor Contents E. NIPCC –Council for Tobacco Research reborn? 34 K. CSCDGC, CO2Science, SPPI and Ferguson 77 Executive Summary 2 Fig. E.1 NIPCC People, Activities, Orgs 36 K.1 A tax-free Idso family business 77 Fig. ES.1 Murky maze of money, memes * 3 Fig. K.1.1 Money to FoF, CSCDG, SPPI 78 0. Front Matter 6 F. Advocacy anti-science - start with tobacco 37 Fig. K.1.2 CSCDGC, CO2Science finances 79 0.1 Advice on reading this report 6 Fig. F.1 General flow of money, memes 37 K.2 CO2Science – Craig’s subsidiary 80 0.2 Key references and further reading * 6 Fig. F.2 1984~ % smoking starts by age 38 K.3 Robert Ferguson and SPPI (fake entity) 81 0.3 Glossary 7 Fig. F.3 % smoking starts, from F.2 38 K.4 Summary 82 0.4 501(c)(3) non-profits, IRS-?? tags 8 Fig. F.4 Philip Morris 1991-2001 funding 39 0.5 Memes 11 Fig. F.5 What did think tanks do for PM? 40 N. Nature, Science and AAAS. 83 0.6 Recipient glossary and top funders 12 N.1 Nature 83 0.7 Tobacco Playbook, climate anti-science 13 G. Heartland Institute funding and elected officials 43 N.2 Science 84 1 Introduction 14 G.1 Joseph Bast defends Joe Camel, wants $ 43 N.3 AAAS statement 28 June 2011 85 2 SEPP, Singer and 2 years of dead Chairman 15 G.2 Heartland and some donors 1999- 2003 48 P. American Institute of Professional Geologists 86 3 SEPP’s funny finances 17 G.3 Climate outreach, elected officials 50 Fig. 3.1 – SEPP at a glance 1998-2010 17 G.4 Legislator’s Guide to G. W. Experts 51 W. Environment and Climate News analysis 90 4 Heartland, tobacco, NIPCC and CSCDGC 18 G.5 Prospectus the audience is legislators 54 W.1 Overview 90 5 Allegations 20 W.2 Readership primarily elected officials 91 6 Conclusions 21 H. Heartland Financials 55 W.3 Words and viewpoints 92 H.1 Overview 55 W.4 Articles, advertisements chronology 94 A. SEPP 1998-2010 by Form 990s 22 Fig. H.1.1 Top-Level Financials * 55 Fig. W.4.1 Common E&CN content 94 A.1 Governance or lack thereof 22 Fig. H.1.2 Support, expenses 56 X. E&CN Authors and some quotees 95 Fig. A.1.1 Board, roles, hours/week 22 Fig. H.1.3 Assets and trading 56 X.1 Key contributors - overview 95 A.2 Financials overview 23 Fig. H.1.4-1 Anonymous Donor Barre Seid * 57 Fig. X.1.1 E&CN selected contributors 97 Fig. A.2.1 Financials from 990s 23 Fig. H.1.4-2 Heartland funding overview * 58 X.2 Brief biographies of relevant authors 98 Fig. A.2.2 Support, expenses 24 Fig. H.1.4-3 Seid, Shimer, Bast and others * 59 Y. E&CN – the most common deceptions 108 Fig. A.2.3 Assets and trading 24 Fig. H.1.5 DONORS and others itemized * 60 Y.1 Global Satellite Temperatures 108 Fig. A.2.4 Known grants to SEPP 25 H.2 Program service expenses 63 Y.2 Crichton is Right! Wrong. 110 A.3 Program expenses 26 Fig. H.2.1-1 Program service expenses 63 Y.3 Fakeducation from fakexperts, for years * 113 Fig. A.3.1 Program Expenses 26 Fig. H.2.1-2 Program Service Expenses 64 Z. E&CN Excerpts and annotations 121 Fig. A.3.2 Program service revenue vs expenses 27 H.3 Grants and allocations 65 Z.2001 5 issues 121 B. SEPP income partially visible, usually obscure 28 Fig. H.3.1-1 Grants and allocations 65 Z.2002 10 issues 127 B.1 Tobacco funding chains 28 Fig. H.3.1-2 Grants and allocations 66 Z.2003 9 issues 137 B.2 Fossil energy funding chains 28 H.4 Funny foreign grants -NZ, CA, AU, IN? 67 Z.2004 9 issues 145 C. SEPP research, education, science … not 30 Z.2005 10 issues 154 C.1 Singer professional background 30 I. Follow the money to DONORS 68 Z.2006 10 issues 164 C.2 Peer-reviewed papers few, weak 30 I.1 Philanthropy Roundtable 68 Z.2007 10 issues 171 C.3 Books and talks 31 I.2 Donors Trust (DC),Donors Capital Fund (DCF) 69 Z.2008 8 issues 186 C.4 Articles for general public 32 I.3 DONORS summary and a new Koch fund * 71 Z.2009 3 issues 196 C.5 Influence on public opinion? 33 I.4 Grants from DONORS (DT+DCF) * 72 Z.2010 4 issues 206 C.6 Summary 33 I.5 Whitney Ball, her brother and her father * 76 Z.2011 7 issues 215 Z.2012 1 Issue. 228 1 Fake science, fakexperts, funny finances, free of tax 2 John R. Mashey D R A F T V2 10/23/12 Executive Summary Heartland Institute’s Joseph Bast staunchly defended “Joe Camel,” the Science is built through credible peer-reviewed journals, but infamous campaign to addict younger children. Heartland got tobacco anti-science or “advocacy science” uses OpEds, blogs, funding for many years, along with a Philip Morris Board member. newsletters and personal attacks on scientists. It is fake Whitney Ball’s DONORS TRUST funded a major expansion of Heartland “advocacy science” designed to confuse non-scientists, often for climate anti-science. Singer collected old associates to help write financial and/or ideological reasons. Modern anti-science was Merchants of Doubt “NonGovernmental International Panel on Climate Change“ (NIPCC) created by the tobacco industry in the 1950s and then used against climate reports, filled with unsupported claims and long-refuted anti-science. science, often by the same well-experienced think tanks and individuals. He was helped by Craig Idso, of the Center for the Study of Carbon “Fake science” reports have long been used by tobacco companies and Dioxide and Global Change (CDCDGC), whose money flows also seem others who privatize profits and socialize large losses or risks unusual. Robert Ferguson’s Science and Public Policy Institute (SPPI) was “Independent experts” write fake science reports that would quickly be a website and a PO Box in a UPS store. He was actually a CSCDGC rejected by real science journals, but confuse the target audience. employee. “Fakexperts” such as Michael Crichton are relentlessly quoted and promoted as though scientifically credible. Under Jay Lehr and James Taylor, anti-science permeated Heartland’s Fake education and disinformation is distributed via well-organized PR Environment and Climate News (E&CN) sent mostly to elected officials. channels, newsletters, blogs, often to legislators. Heartland incessantly touted its access and influence with such officials, Some think tanks clearly focus on PR and lobbying, not research or but its tax forms claimed no lobbying. It ran “fake science” conferences, education, but still claim to be tax-exempt 501(c)(3) public charities. Some paying for government staff attendance. It sent money to foreign non- “patterns and practices” of odd money flows emerge only by comparing charity advocacy groups, sent anti-science handbooks to school boards and sets of charities’ public IRS Form 990s with external context. urged parents to complain. It has been criticized in Nature and Science. S. Fred Singer is President of the Science and Environmental Policy Free speech allows people to express opinions, even lie about facts, but Project (SEPP), but has done almost all the work himself for 20 years. tax-free operation is a revocable privilege. Spreading factual untruths A trek through his and other 990s unearthed many curiosities. and confusion about smoking or climate science is neither research nor Singer claimed Frederick Seitz as Chairman for two years after his demise education in the public interest I allege that: and 20 years after a Philip Morris staffer had written in 1989: SEPP, Heartland, CSCDGC and others are really advocacy groups “Dr. Seitz is quite elderly and not sufficiently rational to offer advice.” that have repeatedly abused the rules of tax-free public-charity status, that funders have paid for advocacy beyond that allowed, that there is SEPP’s finances were curious. SEPP paid no salaries, even for Singer’s already much evidence for status revocations, 60-hour workweeks. Money flowed oddly. Asset trades often exceeded that the IRS could unearth much more financial fakery. normal income and they accumulated to $1.5M, tax-free. The next page summarizes flows of money and the memes (advocacy) that it buys. It is a murky money maze filled with fake science, fakexperts, funny finances, all free of tax. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Dr. Mashey is an easy-to-Google semi-retired Bell Labs (1973-1983) / Silicon He was profiled in Science for his efforts against climate anti-science: Valley (1983-) computer scientist, corporate executive and a nonprofit Trustee. www.desmogblog.com/science-article-recognizes-john-mashey He has worked with a wide variety of scientists and engineers, many of whom He is a member of AAAS, AGU, APS, ACM, and IEEE CS. have used software or hardware he helped create. JohnMashey (at) yahoo DOT com 2 Fake science, fakexperts, funny finances, free of tax 2 John R. Mashey D R A F T V2 10/23/12 Fig. ES.1 Murky maze of money, memes * IRS-?? Tags indicate obvious/ possible violation of 501(c)3 public charity Some corporations and private foundations fund a network of public rules, as per §0.4.
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