From Think Progress
By Faiz

Today, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) will unveil two 60-second TV ads focusing on what it calls global warming alarmism and the call by some environmental groups and politicians to reduce fossil fuel and carbon dioxide emissions. The ad, which will be aired in more than a dozen cities across the country, is being released just a week before the May 24th opening (in LA and NYC) of Al Gore’s new movie on global warming, An Inconvenient Truth.

Who is CEI? The the Washington Post explains:

The Competitive Enterprise Institute, which widely publicizes its belief that the earth is not warming cataclysmically because of the burning of coal and oil, says Exxon Mobil Corp. is a major donor largely as a result of its effort to push that position.

CEI also gets funding from other oil companies through the American Petroleum Institute.

Exxon documents reveal the company gave $270,000 to CEI in 2004 alone. $180,000 of that was earmarked for global climate change and global climate change outreach. Exxon has contributed over $1.6 million to CEI since 1998.

CEI’s general counsel Sam Kazman said, I think what attracted [Exxon] to us was our position on global warming. CEI’s position? The Institute believes the dangers of global warming are akin to that of ˜an alien invasion.’

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