{"id":4741,"date":"2015-06-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www-prod.greenpeace.org\/usa\/independent-womens-forum-iwf\/"},"modified":"2024-11-20T14:46:58","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T14:46:58","slug":"independent-womens-forum-iwf","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/climate\/climate-deniers\/front-groups\/independent-womens-forum-iwf\/","title":{"rendered":"Independent Women\u2019s Forum (IWF)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class='p4subtitle'>Koch Industries Climate Denial Front Group<\/span><br \/><span class='p4descriptive_paragraph'>$844,115 from Koch foundations, 1997-2012.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"leader\">The Independent Women&#8217;s Forum has spread misinformation on climate science and touts the work of <a class=\"zoom\" title=\"IWF climate deniers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iwf.org\/news\/show\/20230.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">climate deniers<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The Independent Women&#8217;s Forum was run by <a class=\"zoom\" title=\"IWF Nancy Pfotenhauer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iwf.org\/authors\/show\/275.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nancy Pfotenhauer<\/a>\u00a0(formerly Nancy Mitchell), who was Koch Industries&#8217; <a class=\"zoom\" title=\"IWF chief in-house lobbyist\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iwf.org\/authors\/show\/275.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chief in-house lobbyist<\/a> from 1996 to 2001. In 2003, <a class=\"zoom\" title=\"IWF AFP\" href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20031119043957\/http:\/iwf.org\/news\/031028a.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IWF affiliated itself with Americans for Prosperity (AFP),<\/a> a group that split from Citizens for a Sound Economy. Pfotenhauer served as <a class=\"zoom\" title=\"IWF CEO of AFP\" href=\"http:\/\/www.americansforprosperity.org\/search\/node\/nancy+pfotenhauer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">president and CEO of AFP until 2005.<\/a> Pfotenhauer left IWF to work on the McCain presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Through its annual college essay contest, IWF offered a <a class=\"pdf\" href=\"http:\/\/iwf.org\/files\/dce02fa712f354026e20778d189a8313.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$10,500 in prizes<\/a> in 2008 to college students authoring papers on the economic implications of climate change, using the following prompt (<em>emphasis added<\/em>):<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWhile there are differing views among scientists regarding global warming, do you believe the potential costs to the American economy in terms of <em>diminished economic growth, jobs and higher costs for goods and services<\/em> are worth the cost of proposed climate policies to address the issue? If so, why? Or, do you believe this money should be spent on other priorities (and if so, where and why)?&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>IWF soft-launched a project called <a class=\"zoom\" title=\"IWF MESS\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iwf.org\/iwfmedia\/show\/20895.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mothers for Educating with Sound Science<\/a> (MESS), including radio appearances questioning the science of global warming and warning of dire impacts of global warming pollution regulation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/secureusa.greenpeace.org\/convio\/koch_funding.php?o=44\" width=\"570\" height=\"1150\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Koch Industries Climate Denial Front Group$844,115 from Koch foundations, 1997-2012. The Independent Women&#8217;s Forum has spread misinformation on climate science and touts the work of climate deniers. 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