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Climate Investigations Center (CIC) was founded by "researcher and climate advocate"[1] Kert Davies who is also the CIC's director.[2]
Background
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According to The New York Times, The Center's obtained records showing that Exxon Mobil had provided $2 million in funding to the Competitive Enterprise Institute and its "affiliated foundations", as part of their support of "organizations that undercut climate science."[2]
Investigations
[edit]In March 2019 CIC published its "Trade Associations and the Public Relations Industry" report. According to a March 14, 2019 interview with Kert Davies by Huffington Post's Chris d'Angelo, CIC data showed that "[f]ossil fuel and other corporate trade groups paid public relations and advertising firms at least $1.4 billion from 2008 to 2017 to help them win over the American public". [3][4]
References
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IEEFA_20180405was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Schwartz, John (2017-12-21). "Exxon Mobil Fights Back at State Inquiries Into Climate Change Research". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-04-21.
- ^ "Big Business Spent $1.4 Billion On PR, Advertising Over The Last Decade | HuffPost Canada". March 14, 2019. Retrieved 2019-04-21.
- ^ "CIC's Trade Associations PR Investigation in the Media". Climate Investigations Center. 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2019-04-21.