tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post4954976923517942891..comments2024-03-19T07:10:27.303-07:00Comments on Quark Soup by David Appell: Would You Believe Bill McKibben Doesn't Know Who Funds 350.org?David Appellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03318269033139447591noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post-32480448145295980382012-11-03T00:09:01.654-07:002012-11-03T00:09:01.654-07:00350.org's website posts all their institutiona...350.org's website posts all their institutional funders (but not individuals). It was not difficult to find and seems pretty transparent to me (below). Not very nice of him to forget all these people though.<br /><br />Our Sources<br />In addition to individual contributions, 350.org's work was supported by the following foundations in Fiscal Year 2011:<br /><br />Artists Project Earth<br />Arntz Family Foundation<br />Binnacle Family Foundation<br />Changing Horizons Fund<br />Chorus Foundation<br />Clif Bar Family Foundation<br />Flora Family Fund<br />Fullerton Family Foundation<br />Gould Family Foundation<br />Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment<br />HKH Foundation<br />Janelia Foundation<br />The Kendeda Fund<br />Lewis Family Foundation<br />The Libra Foundation<br />Mason Hirst Foundation<br />Mental Insight Foundation<br />Mertz Gilmore Foundation<br />The Minor Foundation for Major Challenges<br />Namaste Foundation<br />Oak Foundation<br />One Percent Foundation<br />The Overbrook Foundation<br />Rockefeller Brothers Fund<br />Rockefeller Family Fund<br />Swift Foundation<br />V. Kann Rasmussen Foundation<br />William B. Wiener, Jr. Foundation<br />Working Assets/CREDO Fund of the Tides FoundationAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11194468269898989350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post-82321855892476030022012-05-23T22:22:55.350-07:002012-05-23T22:22:55.350-07:00The interesting thing about the 350 program is, it...The interesting thing about the 350 program is, it could not be achieved even if all fossil fuel use in the world stopped tomorrow. CO2 in the atmosphere would just keep rising (not as rapidly), it is a function of air and ocean temperature. <br /><br />Neither have anything to do with CO2 in the air. <br /><br />I would rather be identified as a "denier" than a pathetic, bone-headed, obsessive-compulsive psychopath that refuses to examine a cause-and-effect relationship that isn't thereBrian G Valentinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01523059818774910427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post-29244406977541099012012-05-17T07:44:57.876-07:002012-05-17T07:44:57.876-07:00Lots of people don't believe in catostrophic a...Lots of people don't believe in catostrophic anthropogenic global warming. That hardly makes them deniers - or does it David?<br /><br /><a href="http://davidappell.blogspot.com/2012/05/why-its-ok-to-use-word-denier.html" rel="nofollow">Why It's OK to Use the Word "Denier" by David Appell</a>Hugh Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post-70727275581609752582012-05-17T03:35:07.517-07:002012-05-17T03:35:07.517-07:00- Interesting a Canadian eco-blogger basically cal...- Interesting a Canadian eco-blogger basically calls McKibben an evil capitalist exploiter in this post <a href="http://climatesoscanada.org/blog/2011/07/07/why-i-refuse-to-promote-bill-mckibben/" rel="nofollow">Why I Refuse to Promote Bill McKibben</a>stewgreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10223073927227101097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post-45383295747686017062012-05-16T10:59:05.635-07:002012-05-16T10:59:05.635-07:00Lots of people don't believe in religion. That...Lots of people don't believe in religion. That hardly makes them the antichrist -- and seeing what religious institutions have done over the centuries, there'd be plenty of competition anyway.David Appellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03318269033139447591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post-32020765293024939562012-05-16T09:21:21.846-07:002012-05-16T09:21:21.846-07:00Not curious enough to commit identity theft to fin...Not curious enough to commit identity theft to find out.<br />BTA, Peter Gleick proves that California doesn't care about ID theft enough to prosecute. <br />Maybe there is no foul in pretending to be a board member to infiltrate 350.org, Think Progress, or SciBlogs.papertigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05233780822178325215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post-81423754279908424752012-05-16T09:15:44.821-07:002012-05-16T09:15:44.821-07:00I was under the impression that George Soros doesn...I was under the impression that George Soros doesn't believe in religion, but I assume that about all communists. Could be my mistake. <br /><br />Back to main topic, same applies to Sciblogs. On the face it's a product of a for profit Canadian LLC, but there are no profits, and the mother company gets recapitalized every six months or so, just in the nick of time to keep the ship from going under.<br /><br />Who is their sugar daddy?papertigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05233780822178325215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post-74106420751115320182012-05-16T07:59:17.581-07:002012-05-16T07:59:17.581-07:00George Soros is the "antichrist?" Why, j...George Soros is the "antichrist?" Why, just because he supports organizations you don't?David Appellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03318269033139447591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post-89800081522799893682012-05-16T05:14:29.416-07:002012-05-16T05:14:29.416-07:00to save you suffering The question "How is 35...to save you suffering The question "How is 350.org funded ?is at 13'10"<br />Ans : "Not very well ...err to the degree we have any money at all it comes from a few foundations ..err ..err .. A foundation in Sweden Raspusin-or-somethin <br />- So you don't get any money from those big ones Rockerfeller, Pugh etc ?<br />- Err no .. Rockerfeller brothers gave us some right when we started out<br />- So they no longer fund you ?<br />- err I don't know<br />- well that's somethin people usually know<br />... moves on to say this summer has been the WARMEST SUMMER EVER in the northern hemisphere ..90 countries have set records (believe that if you want for a video recorded in mid July 2010 ..don't most hottest days come in August ?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post-78981984351287153272012-05-16T04:03:51.464-07:002012-05-16T04:03:51.464-07:00Really doesn't help your cause with George Sor...Really doesn't help your cause with George Soros funding so much of the efforts. He's the closest thing to an AntiChrist/Emperor Palpatine character on the world stage right now.Mike Manganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13416235741182138217noreply@blogger.com