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It The 990 also reports reported $345,791 for "Contract contract labor".
Attempts to hear explanations for these curiosities from Ferguson and the Idsos have not been successful.<ref name=qs-craig>On Thursday 2011-03-31, Sherwood Idso told me to direct my Form 990 questions to Craig Idso; multiple attempts since then to reach Craig Idso to ask, have not been successful as of April 6 2011.</ref>
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{{#badges: AEX|Climate change}}The '''Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change''' is 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 increased in recent years.
It employs [[Science and Public Policy Institute]] head [[Robert Ferguson]], who it paid $312,500 in 2010.<ref>Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change 2010 IRS form 990, on Guidestar.org (EIN 86-0902777)</ref>.
==Ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council==
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==IRS Form 990 curiositiesinformation==
The Center's 2009 and 2010 IRS 990 reports paying $187,500 report payments 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...)
The Center reported income of $25,449 for 2003 <ref>(as seen on its 2007 Form 990)</ref>; this appears inconsistent with Exxon's reported 2003 donation of $40,000 plus Sarah Scaife Foundation's 2003 donation of $50,000.
==Mission==
The Center states on its website that its mission is to distribute "factual reports and sound commentary on new developments in the world-wide scientific quest to determine the climatic and biological consequences of the ongoing rise in the air's CO2 content" [http://www.co2science.org/scripts/CO2ScienceB2C/about/mission.jsp].
==CO2Science - related, but a separate entity==
Craig Idso's group CO2Science is a 501(c)(3) as well; it is EIN 20-2778308, at a Gilbert AZ address, and was founded in 2006.<ref>(Though if I read the 990s correctly, it reports income starting in 2005: 2005-2009 incomes were: 68k, 88k, 38k, 66k, and 57k.)</ref>, <ref>[http://www2.guidestar.org/organizations/20-2778308/co2science.aspx Guidestar on CO2Science]</ref>
==Funding==
===Remarkable recent increases===
The Center's yearly grants and contributions have increased markedly since 2005:<ref>2005-2009 numbers come from the Center's 2009 IRS Form 990, 2003-2004 from its 2007 990, on Guidestar.org .</ref>
:2009: $1,548,145
:2008: $1,065,971
In October 1999 Craig D. Idso and Keith E. Idso mentioned that they had "recently completed a project commissioned by the [[Greening Earth Society]] entitled "Forecasting World Food Supplies: The Impact of the Rising Atmospheric CO2 Concentration," which we presented at the Second Annual [[Dixy Lee Ray]] Memorial Symposium held in Washington, DC on 31 August - 2 September 1999." <ref>Craig D. Idso and Keith E. Idso, "[http://www.co2science.org/scripts/CO2ScienceB2C/articles/V2/N19/EDIT.jsp Give Peace a Chance by Giving Plants a Chance]", Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change, Volume 2, Number 19: 1 October 1999. </ref> The [[Greening Earth Society]], a front group of the [[Western Fuels Association]].
===2006, Oil industry business: Cenospheres===
Craig Idso incorporated Cenospheres.net Inc., serving the oilfield industry, in 2006.<ref>[http://starpas.azcc.gov/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=wsbroker1/names-detail.p?name-id=12785910&type=CORPORATION AZ Corp Comm]; It was dissolved in Aug. 2008, a few months after Cenospheres LLC was formed with principals Julene J. Idso and Lance L. Idso. (File #L-1449046-2)</ref>
==Personnel==
