{"id":4736,"date":"2015-06-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www-prod.greenpeace.org\/usa\/james-madison-institute-jmi\/"},"modified":"2024-11-20T14:46:19","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T14:46:19","slug":"james-madison-institute-jmi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/climate\/climate-deniers\/front-groups\/james-madison-institute-jmi\/","title":{"rendered":"James Madison Institute (JMI)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class='p4subtitle'>Koch Industries Climate Denial Front Group<\/span><br \/><span class='p4descriptive_paragraph'>$690,479 from Koch foundations, 1997-2017.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"leader\">The <strong>James Madison Institute<\/strong> (<strong>JMI<\/strong>) is a Florida-based libertarian organization. JMI publishes seasonal journals that have included a\u00a0<a class=\"pdf\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jamesmadison.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/pdf\/materials\/Journal_Summer2010_BEBBER.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">plea to Florida legislators<\/a> not to act on global warming following \u201cclimate-gate,\u201d the <a class=\"pdf\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jamesmadison.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/pdf\/materials\/Journal_Winter2010_MARTIN.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">promotion<\/a> of fossil fuel use, and the <a class=\"pdf\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jamesmadison.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/pdf\/materials\/Journal_SpringSummer2009_TAYLOR.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dismissal<\/a> of American jobs created by the clean energy sector.<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>JMI is a member of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/en\/campaigns\/global-warming-and-energy\/polluterwatch\/koch-industries\/state-policy-network-spn\/?__utma=1.834972712.1309880319.1345146585.1345148660.342&amp;__utmb=1.1.10.1345148660&amp;__utmc=1&amp;__utmx=-&amp;__utmz=1.1345137232.339.249.utmcsr=google|utmccn=%28organic%29|utmcmd=organic|utmctr=%28not%20provided%29&amp;__utmv=-&amp;__utmk=254992904\">State Policy Network<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>James Madison Institute\u2019s <a class=\"zoom\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jamesmadison.org\/about\/research-advisory-council.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">research advisory council<\/a> members includes James Taylor, the Heartland Institute&#8217;s senior fellow for environmental policy. Taylor is managing editor of Heartland&#8217;s <em>Environment and Climate News<\/em>, a nonscientific publication dedicated to promoting doubt over global warming and its implications. James Taylor frequently authors political\u00a0<a class=\"zoom\" href=\"http:\/\/heartland.org\/james-m-taylor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">articles<\/a> belittling climate science.<\/p>\n<p>JMI&#8217;s research advisory council includes numerous ties to Koch-funded groups, including the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/global-warming\/climate-deniers\/front-groups\/institute-for-humane-studies-ihs\/\">Institute for Humane Studies (IHS)<\/a> and the Charles Koch Institute&#8217;s Koch Associate Program, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/global-warming\/climate-deniers\/front-groups\/the-heritage-foundation\/\">Heritage Foundation<\/a>, the Cato Institute, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/global-warming\/climate-deniers\/front-groups\/independence-institute\/\">Independence Institute<\/a>, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/global-warming\/climate-deniers\/front-groups\/american-legislative-exchange-council-alec\/\">American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>James Madison Institute <a class=\"zoom\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jamesmadison.org\/about\/board-of-directors.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">director<\/a> Mark Crosswhite is the President and CEO of Gulf Power, a subsidiary of <a class=\"zoom\" href=\"http:\/\/polluterwatch.com\/southern-company\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Southern Company<\/a>, known for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=5&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=0ahUKEwiHnK2j4o3OAhVGDJoKHQh9DswQFgg4MAQ&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F1998%2F04%2F26%2Fus%2Findustrial-group-plans-to-battle-climate-treaty.html&amp;usg=AFQjCNEfe6sAlaQp0BZwMSSg4OIh3O-RtQ&amp;sig2=mKK9cKaz8B1dFh2WiVZsew\">coordinating<\/a> with oil companies to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2015\/feb\/27\/what-happened-to-lobbyists-who-tried-reshape-us-view-climate-change\">misrepresent<\/a> climate science, and secretly funding Smithsonian scientist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/global-warming\/climate-deniers\/koch-industries\/dr-willie-soon-a-career-fueled-by-big-oil-and-coal\/\">Willie Soon<\/a> for\u00a0research intended to contradict the broad scientific consensus that human fossil fuel use is most responsible for unnatural climate variability.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/secureusa.greenpeace.org\/convio\/koch_funding.php?o=24\" width=\"570\" height=\"1150\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Koch Industries Climate Denial Front Group$690,479 from Koch foundations, 1997-2017. 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