Huge piles of money. Gobs and gobs of it. From the Scientific American:
"Dark Money" Funds Climate Change Denial Effort
The largest, most-consistent money fueling the climate denial movement are a number of well-funded conservative foundations built with so-called "dark money," or concealed donations, according to an analysis released Friday afternoon.
The study, by Drexel University environmental sociologist Robert Brulle, is the first academic effort to probe the organizational underpinnings and funding behind the climate denial movement.
It found that the amount of money flowing through third-party, pass-through foundations like DonorsTrust and Donors Capital, whose funding cannot be traced, has risen dramatically over the past five years.
Where's my Ferrari? I'm still waiting for a jet pack - they promised me a jet pack!
Someone must be getting desperate to be publishing this kind of drivel.
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