Ah yes, disinformation at it’s best….not directly related to our Peninsula, but the folks that you meet in many public forums shouting against Climate Change, could do with a little fact checking of their own.
According to a report by Mike De Souza in the Vancouver Sun, a major Alberta-based oil and gas company helped to kick-start an elaborate public relations project designed to cast doubt on scientific evidence linking human activity to global warming with a $175,000 donation in 2004 channeled through the University of Calgary. The contribution was part of $507,975 raised to produce a video and engage in public relations, advertising and lobbying activities against the Kyoto Protocol and government measures to restrict fossil fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.