Nicotine isn't addictive.
Smoking doesn't cause cancer. Climate change isn't real.
Sound familiar?
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myths. No one spreads misinformation like these
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front group?
The Heartland Institute—one of the most vocal
anti-science organizations in America—has taken hundreds
of thousands of dollars from dirty energy1
AND tobacco giants like Philip Morris.2
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It's like a bad case of déjà vu. In the 1990s, Philip
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deceptive "policy studies" that echoed the company's own
harmful misinformation.3 These days,
Heartland is leading the charge against climate
science—from sowing confusion and doubt with its reports
to resorting to billboards equating climate scientists
with Osama Bin Laden and the Unabomber.4
It took decades to expose Big Tobacco's lies, but
we're exposing climate deniers' misinformation now—and
UCS members power the charge to set the record straight.
When you commit to the fight and take advantage of our
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UCS relies on individuals like you to help us push back
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Thank you, Larry, for your
support.
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Sincerely,
Kathleen Rest, PhD, MPA
Executive Director
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1.http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/climate-skeptic-group-works-to-reverse-renewable-energy-mandates/2012/11/24/124faaa0-3517-11e2-9cfa-e41bac906cc9_story.html
2.
http://www.pmdocs.com/pdf/2075574228B_20_201367191456.pdf
[PDF]
3. Ibid.
4. http://blog.ucsusa.org/whos-the-crazy-one-here
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