Galileo Movement
{{#badges: Climate change | Front groups | CoalSwarm}}The Galileo Movement is a a climate sceptic lobby group set up to oppose carbon pricing, based in Australia. On its website the group states that "our objective is to expose misrepresentations pushing a 'price on carbon dioxide'."[1]
Founded in 2011 by retirees John Smeed, an engineer, and Case Smit, a hygienist, the group launched its website in May, 2011. The group's patron is conservative Australian broadcaster, Alan Jones.[2]
The group blames global warming on variations in solar radiation, ocean-atmosphere oscillations, deviations in the Earth's orbit, and mountain-building continental drift and associated volcanic eruptions — all dismissed by mainstream science.[3] It warns of "climate police" having the right to intrude into people's lives in Australia, and suggests that the global warming "movement" has parallels with Hitler, Stalin and Mao who convinced their people to murder their fellow countryman. Its "panel of experts" include News Ltd blogger Andrew Bolt, climate sceptic blogger Jo Nova, and prominent sceptics William Kininmonth, Bob Carter, Ian Plimer, David Flint, and Christopher Monckton.
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Personnel
Project Leader: Malcolm Roberts, is a businessman and mining industry consultant with a degree in geology.[4]
Funding
Sources of funding are unknown, although Smeed and Smit claim to be funding the Movement themselves. Smeed and Smit organised and underwrote the 2010 Australian tour of climate sceptic, Christopher Monckton, forking out the $115,000 cost.[5] The retirees claim to have funded this from their own pockets.
Aims
The Galileo Movement's primary aim is to oppose any price on carbon dioxide emissions, or any carbon tax or carbon trading scheme in Australia.
Contact details
Phone: 1300 766 715
Website: http://www.galileomovement.com.au/galileo_movement.php
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ "The Galileo Movement", Galileo Movement website, accessed May 2011.
- ↑ "Patron", Galileo Movement website, accessed May 2011.
- ↑ "Green Deals: Solar strikes back", Climate Spectator, May 19, 2011.
- ↑ "Malcolm Roberts's declaration of interests", Conscious.com.au (Blog), May 17, 2011.
- ↑ Abbott meets lord of the climate sceptics (2011-05-19). Retrieved on 2011-05-19. “The $115,000 cost has been picked up by two retirees, scientist Case Smit and engineer John Smeed”
