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'''The Lavoisier Group''' is a [[global warming skeptic]] organisation, based in Australia. It argues that the evidence for global warming is based on inexact science and that any policy responses, such as signing the Kyoto Protocol, would be too expensive for Australia's industry.
The group is closely associated with the Australian mining industry, and was founded in 2000 by [[Ray Evans]], then an executive at [[Western Mining Corporation]] (WMC), who was also involved in founding the [[HR Nicholls Society]] and the [[Bennelong Society]]. [[Hugh Morgan]], former WMC boss and head of the [[Business Council of Australia]] until 2005, delivered the group's inaugural speech.
==Membership==Lavoisier is a fairly small operation, with under 100 members and an annual budget of around $10,000. [<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/11/26/1101219743320.html |title=The global warming sceptics - Science - www.theage.com.au |publisher=theage.com.au |accessdate=2009-12-13 }}</ref> Most of the members are over 60 years old. Secretary Ray Evans describes the 90-odd Lavoisier members as a "dad's army" of mostly retired engineers and scientists from the mining, manufacturing and construction industries,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/11/26/1101219743320.html|title=The global warming sceptics - Science - www.theage.com.au |publisher=theage.com.au |accessdate=2009-11-02 }}</ref> such as [[Garth Paltridge]] and [[Ian Plimer]] .
==Ideology==
In 2001 Australian economist John Quiggin wrote that the Lavoisier Group is "devoted to the proposition that basic principles of physics...cease to apply when they come into conflict with the interests of the Australian coal industry." [http://www.uq.edu.au/economics/johnquiggin/news/Lavoisier0104.html]
*[[Donald McGauchie]], Chairman of [[Telstra]], former president of the [[National Farmers' Federation]], and board member of the [[Reserve Bank of Australia]]
*[[Bob Foster]], ex-General Manager Marketing with BHP Petroleum
*[[David Archibald]]
==Other Sourcewatch resources==
West Melbourne VIC 8007 [http://www.lavoisier.com.au/]
(This post office box is shared by the [[HR Nicholls Society]] [http://www.hrnicholls.com.au/forms/postalmember.pdf] and the [[Bennelong Society]] [http://www.bennelong.com.au])
==References==
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== External links ==
*Melissa Fyfe [http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/11/26/1101219743320.html The global warming sceptics], ''The Age'', November 27 2004
*Tim Flannery, "[http://www.smh.com.au/news/environment/civilisations-darkest-hour/2005/09/23/1126982230888.html Civilisation's Darkest Hour]", ''Sydney Morning Herald'', September 24, 2005
* Ian Enting [http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2011/07/04/257904/climate-science-doubt-political-ends/"How climate science deniers spread doubt for political ends"] Climate Progress Jul 4, 2011
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