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> astrophysicist and geoscientist Willie Soon Over the last 14 years Willie Soon, a researcher at the Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics, received a t
by the_why_of_y 5y ago
> astrophysicist and geoscientist Willie Soon
Over the last 14 years Willie Soon, a researcher at the Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics, received a total of $1.25m from Exxon Mobil, Southern Company, the American Petroleum Institute (API) and a foundation run by the ultra-conservative Koch brothers
There were no grants from Nasa, the National Science Foundation or the other institutions which were funding his colleagues at the Center for Astrophysics. According to the documents, his work was funded almost entirely by the fossil fuel lobby.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/feb/21/climate-change-denier-willie-soon-funded-energy-industry https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/feb/21/climate-...
- willmadden 5y agoInstead of ad hominem attacks you should address his research directly. The major climate models are deeply flawed. They've admitted as much.
- jacquesm 5y ago'follow the money' is not an ad hominem attack. It is a tried and true method of finding out where a parties loyalties lie.