Protecting Coal Profits

From Think Progress LEAKED MEMO: Coal Industry Coordinating Propaganda Blitz Attacking Global Warming Science A secret memo by the coal industry details a coordinated campaign to spread misinformation about global warming. The memo expresses fear that if the government addresses climate change — through a carbon tax or regulating greenhouse gasses — it will cut into their profits. Their solution: “support the scientific community that is willing to stand up against the alarmists.” (The memo also refers to people who believe in global warming science as those “whose true motivation is to stop growth, develop renewable resources [and] discontinue the use of fossil fuels, especially coal.”) But the coal utility ran up against a problem: there is no scientific community who agrees with them. Read More at Think Progress