Well we all know that special interest groups have been behind the Denialist campaign for over a decade, but with more and more of these Denialist scams being shown up for the deceitful propagaters of misinformation, that they are, even Exxon is now trying to distance itself from these extremist loonies.

Exxon started dropping it's open financial support to some of the more extremist "think tanks", and "research institutes", over the last couple of years, and is dropping another 9 of these groups in this years budget.

To the dismay of many hard core Denialists, ( I am looking at you Grendel, lol) they removed funding from the ultra conservative, and more than slightly "creepy", Heartland Institute, in 2007, amongst a handful of other very extreme, ultra conservative Denialism supporters.

Even more newsworthy is the fact that in Exxon's latest "Corporate Citizenship" report, it has actually stated that, and I quote;


"in 2008 we will discontinue contributions to several public policy interest groups whose position on climate change could divert attention from the important discussion on how the world will secure the energy required for economic growth in an environmentally responsible manner.”

Even if they did bury it on the 41st page of a relatively obscure document, the fact remains that even the major supporter and promoter of Denialism, and Denialism campaigns, (they have "openly" funded these groups to the tune of $23 million so far, and that is just what has been publicly declared), is now seeking to distance themselves from the Denialist supporters as the world comes to fully appreciate just how totally bereft of scientific integrity, and how geo-politically deranged so many members of this particular group of extremists really is.

So perhaps we will now begin to see others review their support for Denialist causes and see real, and honest skeptics take their place, and start to ask realistic questions, instead of the disingenuous promotion of continuously recycled misinformation and deceit that has become the stock in trade of Denialists, and Denialism.

There is always a place for honest skepticism, and all scientists would welcome, and agree with that, so with Denialism fading into the dark corners where only the most bizzarre and wacky dwell, we can look forward to future debate on climate issues being far more honest and sensible.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKN2328446120080523

Yes - the oil companies have got their propaganda denialists, but the big issue is still being avoided - cleaning up their mess. Forget emissions - why hasn't the UN or whoever keeps an eye on the behaviour of certain corporations allowed Exxon and the like to get away with their hundreds of oil spills without major penalties.

Oil spills destroy fishing industries and cause enormous hardship to nations whose lives depend on fresh seafood not to mention the ecological damage and destruction of marine life. Yet these oil companies are not pursued by any global governance or individual government and class actions end up being deferred and appealed against for decades.

That's because the governments don't really have power over multinationals. It's the multinationals who pull the puppet strings - not only for government but for 'grassroots' attitudes.  

You want the population to have an attitude? No problem. We can engineer it.  We'll just portray ourselves as clean and green and promote our E10 with pictures of kids with balloons while buying hydrocarbon derived ethanol on the international spot market.

Lovely.