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'''The Science and Public Policy Institute''' (SPPI) is a ] organization which concerns itself with issues related to carbon dioxide and global warming. It is based in ], USA and was founded in 2003. It was described by the '']'' as "a one-man operation that brings scientists to Capitol Hill on two issues: global warming and the health effects of mercury."<ref name= "NYT">Jennifer Lee, "Exxon Backs Groups That Question Global Warming", ''New York Times'', May 28, 2003 (retrieved May 26, 2014)</ref> '''The Science and Public Policy Institute''' ('''SPPI''') is a United States public policy organization which promotes ].<ref name= "NYT">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/28/business/exxon-backs-groups-that-question-global-warming.html |title=Exxon Backs Groups that Question Global Warming |accessdate=January 29, 2016 |author=Jennifer 8. Lee |work=The New York Times |author-link=Jennifer 8. Lee |date=May 28, 2003}}</ref>


==Mission Statement== == Background ==
The mission of the nonprofit advocacy group Science and Public Policy Institute is to promote ''"sound public policy based on sound science."''<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Science and Public Policy Institute |url=https://www.desmog.com/science-and-public-policy-institute/ |access-date=2023-08-03 |website=DeSmog |language=en-US}}</ref>
The Science and Public Policy Institute describes itself as:

<blockquote>a nonprofit institute of research and education dedicated to sound public policy based on sound science. Free from affiliation to any corporation or political party, we support the advancement of sensible public policies for energy and the environment rooted in rational science and economics. Only through science and factual information, separating reality from rhetoric, can legislators develop beneficial policies without ]s that might threaten the life, liberty, and prosperity of the citizenry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/our_mission.html|title=Mission Statement|work=Science and Public Policy Institute}}</ref></blockquote>
With a strong emphasis on ], SPPI was established in the middle of 2007. It heavily references works by climate change science denier ], who served as editor of the organization's "Monthly CO2 Report", has published many of his works with SPPI, and who is also listed as the organization's "Chief Policy Advisor."<ref name=":0" />

The SPPI has analyzed the states for observed climate change and the impact or expense of climate change regulations or prevention measures, in addition to releasing original articles on subjects including climate change and mercury in the environment. SPPI has been called a "front" for the Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change (CSCDGC), with whom it frequently co-publishes papers.<ref name=":0" />


==Staff== ==Staff==
The organization's Executive Director is Robert Ferguson, and the chief policy adviser is ]. ] is the institute's Meteorology Adviser. Further science advisers, as listed in 2011, include: The organization's executive director is Robert Ferguson, and the chief policy adviser is Christopher Monckton. Joe D'Aleo is the institute's Meteorology Adviser. Further science advisers, as listed in 2011, include:
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==Publications== ==Publications==
The Science and Public Policy Institute funded a film "''Apocalypse? No!''" intended to show errors in the ] documentary, '']''. It shows Monckton giving a presentation to the ].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/education/article2652851.ece|title= Please, sir - Gore's got warming wrong|author=Jonathan Leake|newspaper=]|date=October 14, 2007}}</ref> The Science and Public Policy Institute funded a film "''Apocalypse? No!''" intended to show errors in the ] documentary, '']''. It shows Monckton giving a presentation to the ].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/education/article2652851.ece|archive-url=https://archive.today/20110524024949/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/education/article2652851.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 24, 2011|title= Please, sir - Gore's got warming wrong|author=Jonathan Leake|newspaper=]|date=October 14, 2007}}</ref>


The SPPI took an interest in the ] ("Climategate"). Its position is elaborated in a 45-page paper released on Dec. 7th 2009 titled "Climategate: Caught Green-Handed!: Cold facts about the hot topic of global temperature change after the Climategate scandal", which concluded that global warming is a myth.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/images/stories/papers/originals/Monckton-Caught%20Green-Handed%20Climategate%20Scandal.pdf|title=Climategate: Caught Green-Handed|format=pdf|work=Science and Public Policy Institute}}</ref> The SPPI took an interest in the ] ("Climategate").
Its position is elaborated in a 45-page paper released in December 2009, titled ''Climategate: Caught Green-Handed!: Cold facts about the hot topic of global temperature change after the Climategate scandal'', which concluded that global warming is a myth.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/images/stories/papers/originals/Monckton-Caught%20Green-Handed%20Climategate%20Scandal.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110228000502/http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/images/stories/papers/originals/Monckton-Caught%20Green-Handed%20Climategate%20Scandal.pdf|url-status=usurped|archive-date=February 28, 2011|title=Climategate: Caught Green-Handed|work=Science and Public Policy Institute}}</ref>


==Funding== ==Funding==
The Institute is operated by The Frontiers of Freedom Foundation, Inc.<ref>Center for Science in the Public Interest, page at ''Integrity in Science'' (retrieved May 6, 2015)</ref><ref>Sourcewatch, (retrieved May 26, 2014)</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Mann |first=Michael E. |title=The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines |isbn=0231526385 |publisher=Columbia University Press |year=2013 |quote=the Center for Science and Public Policy, a project of the industry-funded Frontiers of Freedom (a group that has received hundreds of thousands of dollars from ExxonMobil)}}</ref> a policy organization founded was founded in 1996 by Republican ex-Senator Malcolm Wallop of Wyoming.<ref>, ''LA Times,'' September 15, 2011 (retrieved May 6, 2015)</ref> On its website SPPI does not detail the sources of its funding. ''The New York Times'' listed the fossil-fuel company ] as one of its funders.<ref name= "NYT"/> The Institute is operated by '''The Frontiers of Freedom Foundation, Inc.''',<ref>Center for Science in the Public Interest, page at ''Integrity in Science'' (retrieved May 6, 2015)</ref><ref>Sourcewatch, (retrieved May 26, 2014)</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Mann |first=Michael E. |title=The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines |isbn=978-0231526388 |publisher=Columbia University Press |year=2013 |quote=the Center for Science and Public Policy, a project of the industry-funded Frontiers of Freedom (a group that has received hundreds of thousands of dollars from ExxonMobil)}}</ref> a policy organization founded in 1996 by former Senator ], Republican of ].<ref>, Associated Press (September 15, 2011)</ref> On its website SPPI does not detail the sources of its funding. In 2002, Frontiers of Freedom had a budget of $700,000, with fossil-fuel company ] donating $230,000 of that sum.<ref name="NYT"/>


==References== ==References==
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==External links== ==External links==
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The Science and Public Policy Institute (SPPI) is a United States public policy organization which promotes climate change denial.

Background

The mission of the nonprofit advocacy group Science and Public Policy Institute is to promote "sound public policy based on sound science."

With a strong emphasis on global warming denial, SPPI was established in the middle of 2007. It heavily references works by climate change science denier Christopher Monckton, who served as editor of the organization's "Monthly CO2 Report", has published many of his works with SPPI, and who is also listed as the organization's "Chief Policy Advisor."

The SPPI has analyzed the states for observed climate change and the impact or expense of climate change regulations or prevention measures, in addition to releasing original articles on subjects including climate change and mercury in the environment. SPPI has been called a "front" for the Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change (CSCDGC), with whom it frequently co-publishes papers.

Staff

The organization's executive director is Robert Ferguson, and the chief policy adviser is Christopher Monckton. Joe D'Aleo is the institute's Meteorology Adviser. Further science advisers, as listed in 2011, include:

Willie Soon was at one time the chief science advisor.

Publications

The Science and Public Policy Institute funded a film "Apocalypse? No!" intended to show errors in the Al Gore documentary, An Inconvenient Truth. It shows Monckton giving a presentation to the Cambridge University Union.

The SPPI took an interest in the Climatic Research Unit email controversy ("Climategate"). Its position is elaborated in a 45-page paper released in December 2009, titled Climategate: Caught Green-Handed!: Cold facts about the hot topic of global temperature change after the Climategate scandal, which concluded that global warming is a myth.

Funding

The Institute is operated by The Frontiers of Freedom Foundation, Inc., a policy organization founded in 1996 by former Senator Malcolm Wallop, Republican of Wyoming. On its website SPPI does not detail the sources of its funding. In 2002, Frontiers of Freedom had a budget of $700,000, with fossil-fuel company Exxon-Mobil donating $230,000 of that sum.

References

  1. ^ Jennifer 8. Lee (May 28, 2003). "Exxon Backs Groups that Question Global Warming". The New York Times. Retrieved January 29, 2016.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "Science and Public Policy Institute". DeSmog. Retrieved 2023-08-03.
  3. Jonathan Leake (October 14, 2007). "Please, sir - Gore's got warming wrong". Sunday Times. Archived from the original on May 24, 2011.
  4. "Climategate: Caught Green-Handed" (PDF). Science and Public Policy Institute. Archived from the original on February 28, 2011.
  5. Center for Science in the Public Interest, Center for Science and Public Policy/Center for Sound Science and Public Policy page at Integrity in Science (retrieved May 6, 2015)
  6. Sourcewatch, Frontiers of Freedom (retrieved May 26, 2014)
  7. Mann, Michael E. (2013). The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0231526388. the Center for Science and Public Policy, a project of the industry-funded Frontiers of Freedom (a group that has received hundreds of thousands of dollars from ExxonMobil)
  8. Malcolm Wallop dies at 78; was Republican U.S. senator, Associated Press (September 15, 2011)

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