==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, [httphttps://www.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, [httphttps://www.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"/>
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