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Its IRS filings are intriguing, including reporting expenses of almost $350,000 for "Contract labor".
SW: add ties to ALEC
{{#badges: AEX|Climate change}}The '''Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change''', one of ''Mother Jones'' magazine's 2009 [[global warming skeptic]] "Dirty Dozen of Climate Change Denial"<ref name=mojo12>Josh Harkinson, [http://motherjones.com/environment/2009/12/dirty-dozen-climate-change-denial-11-idso-family The Dirty Dozen of Climate Change Denial: No. 8: Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change (A.K.A. The Idso Family)], Mother Jones, December 4, 2009, Accessed August 26, 2010.</ref>. Founded in 1998 by members of the [[Idso family]], its income has burgeoned in recent years. ==Ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council== In August 2011, Center founder and Chairman [[Craig Idso]] spoke on "Benefit Analysis of CO<sub>2</sub>"<ref>American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://sourcewatch.org/images/9/91/ALEC_2011_Annual_Meeting_Agenda_Archived_August_3.jpg ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting Agenda], online meeting agenda, image archived August 3, 2011</ref> (previously known as "Warming Up to Climate Change: The Many Benefits of Increased Atmospheric CO<sub>2</sub>"<ref>American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://sourcewatch.org/images/0/0b/ALEC_2011_Annual_Meeting_Agenda_Archived_July_22.jpg ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting Agenda], online meeting agenda, image archived July 22, 2011</ref>) at the [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]] meeting at the 2011 [[American Legislative Exchange Council]] (ALEC) Annual Meeting.<ref name="EEAMeetingMaterials">American Legislative Exchange Council, "Energy, Environment, and Agriculture 2011 Annual Meeting Task Force Meeting," speaker biographies and materials, August 4, 2011, on file with CMD</ref> He was accompanied by [[Robert Ferguson]] of the [[Science and Public Policy Institute]] and MEP [[Roger Helmer]], a Member of the European Parliament for the East Midlands of Great Britain who represents the Conservative Party and has used his position on the European Parliament to fight increased regulation of member states through the European Union.<ref name="EEAMeetingMaterials"/> {{about_ALEC}}
==IRS Form 990 curiosities==
The Center's 2009 IRS 990 reports paying $187,500 to [[Robert E. Ferguson]] of [[Science and Public Policy Institute | SPPI]], plus a $60k bonus, for a total of $247,500. The circumstances surrounding this payment remain unclear.<ref>When asked about this payment from the Center several days ago, Ferguson couldn't explain it, & got off the phone saying he'd look into it and call back. Subsequent attempts to speak with him have not been successful.</ref> (and [[Science and Public Policy Institute|SPPI]] appears to be a shell company...)
* Josh Harkinson, [http://motherjones.com/environment/2009/12/dirty-dozen-climate-change-denial-11-idso-family The Dirty Dozen of Climate Change Denial: No. 8: Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change (A.K.A. The Idso Family)], Mother Jones, December 4, 2009.
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[[Category: Co-sponsor of the Heartland Institute's International Conference on Climate Change (2009)]]
