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   From: TheComitteet@baraksa.su   
      
   Climate Hustle, produced by Climate Depot's Marc Morano for   
   CFACT, screens its world premiere in Paris, France on December   
   7, 2015 during the United Nations COP21 climate summit.   
      
   While Morano claims that the film contains interviews with   
   scientists, he fails to explain that his chosen subjects lack   
   credibility and are far outside the mainstream climate science   
   community.   
      
   In fact, 97 percent of actively publishing climate scientists   
   agree — that's right, there is an overwhelming 97% consensus   
   position that global warming is real and largely driven by   
   human activities such as the burning of fossil fuels.   
      
   Climate Hustle is designed to confuse people, create doubt and   
   further delay climate action — much as Marc Morano has been   
   paid to do for decades. Don't be conned by the Climate Hustler.   
   If you're looking for an entertaining film about climate   
   science denial, check out Merchants of Doubt instead, which   
   happens to feature Marc Morano.   
      
   Who Is Marc Morano?   
      
   Marc Morano is the executive director and chief correspondent   
   of ClimateDepot.com, a project of the Committee for a   
   Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT). Morano is also the   
   Communications Director at CFACT, which has received funding   
   from oil giants ExxonMobil and Chevron among other fossil fuel   
   interests. According to 2011 IRS Forms (PDF), Morano was the   
   highest paid staff member at CFACT with a salary of $150,000   
   per year. Morano's blog Climate Depot regularly publishes   
   articles questioning man-made global warming. [12], [13], [6],   
   [37]   
      
   Although he has no scientific expertise in the area, Morano has   
   become a prominent climate change denier. He has been called   
   “the Matt Drudge of climate denial”, the “King of the   
   skeptics,” and a “central cell of the climate-denial machine.”   
   He was also listed as one of 17 top “climate killers” by   
   Rolling Stone Magazine. He has accused climate scientists of   
   “fear mongering,” and has claimed that proponents of man-made   
   global warming are “funded to the tune of $50 billion.”   
      
      
      
   What is the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT)?   
      
   The Washington-DC-based Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow   
   (CFACT) is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization founded in 1985.   
   The conservative think-tank in Washington D.C. has received   
   funding from ExxonMobil, Chevron, as well as hundreds of   
   thousands of dollars from foundations associated with Richard   
   Mellon Scaife. CFACT has also received at least $7.8 million in   
   dark money through DonorsTrust and Donors Capital Fund.   
      
   CFACT's position on climate change is CO2 is “beneficial” to   
   plants and wildlife and therefore, “Regulating carbon dioxide   
   may be profitable for certain industries and governments, but   
   will impose enormous costs on society – while having no effect   
   on our weather and climate.”   
      
   CFACT has also suggested that the earth may be “cooling” and   
   therefore CO2 is a “benefit”: “Many climatologists and   
   astrophysicists believe recent sun spot, Pacific Ocean and   
   global temperature trends suggest that our planet may have   
   entered a cool phase that could last for 25 years. If that is   
   the case, the additional carbon dioxide being emitted by China,   
   India and other developing countries could bring a major   
   additional benefit: helping to protect wildlife habitats,   
   enhance oceanic biota and preserve crop yields under   
   sub-optimal climatic conditions.”   
      
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