{"id":4755,"date":"2015-06-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www-prod.greenpeace.org\/usa\/competitive-enterprise-institute-cei\/"},"modified":"2024-11-21T08:52:07","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T08:52:07","slug":"competitive-enterprise-institute-cei","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/climate\/climate-deniers\/front-groups\/competitive-enterprise-institute-cei\/","title":{"rendered":"Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class='p4subtitle'>Koch Industries Climate Denial Front Group<\/span><br \/><span class='p4descriptive_paragraph'>$838,259 from Koch foundations, 1997-2017; $100,000 from David Koch in 2009.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"leader\"><a class=\"zoom\" href=\"http:\/\/www.exxonsecrets.org\/html\/orgfactsheet.php\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI)<\/a>, among many other statements denying the seriousness of global warming, has argued that climate change would create a <a class=\"zoom\" href=\"http:\/\/www.exxonsecrets.org\/html\/orgfactsheet.php#src30\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;milder, greener, more prosperous world&#8221; and that &#8220;<strong>Kyoto<\/strong> was a power grab based on deception and fear.&#8221;<\/a> CEI 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>.<\/div>\n<div class=\"leader\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"leader\"><a class=\"zoom\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalwarming.org\/2009\/12\/18\/climategate-and-consensus-nonsense\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CEI<\/strong> maintains a website<\/a> as part of their aggressive campaign to convince the public that global warming is uncertain, and has spent considerable time and effort adding to the echo chamber\u00a0around &#8220;Climate Gate.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>A full version of CEI&#8217;s\u00a02009 IRS tax filings published by PR Watch revealed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prwatch.org\/news\/2014\/07\/12541\/koch-political-spending\">David Koch\u00a0gave $100,000 to CEI<\/a>\u00a0that year, rather than through his private nonprofit foundation. <strong>Such data is rarely made public and is not accounted for in the table below.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/secureusa.greenpeace.org\/convio\/koch_funding.php?o=12\" width=\"600\" height=\"1150\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Koch Industries Climate Denial Front Group$838,259 from Koch foundations, 1997-2017; $100,000 from David Koch in 2009. 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