Now we here at Greenpeace being of non-violent nature can't condone a literal interpretation of Max's comment, but he has a metaphorical point (so to speak): Milloy and his dwindling band of climate skeptics are obstructing action on a real planetary emergency, but one whose deadliest impact will be on the toddlers of today. They pay the price, while the lobbyists getting rich off Exxon paychecks are duping the public, journalists, and government officials who ought to know better.

Follow the money. Exxonsecrets.org is a watchdog information source where you can connect the dots between Exxon dollar signs and "Global Warming is a myth" spin. We've set it up as public service to journalists and elected officials who want to know precisely who pays for these guys' microphones. Let's type in Steve Milloy and see what pops up (click for bigger):

Those red dollar signs indicate Exxon funding.

Steve Milloy
Founder and Publisher, junkscience.com
Adjunct Scholar, Cato Institute Columnist, FoxNews.com Director, Advancement of Sound Science Center/Coalition.

One of the primary purposes of his website, junkscience.com, is to "debunk" environmentalism. Milloy has started a host of short-lived "organizations" to provide financial cover for his activities. These indude Citizens for the Integrity of Science, The Advancement of Sound Science Center, NoMoreScares.com, Regulatory Impact Analysis Project, Inc, and the Environmental Policy Analysis Network. Some have been registered as non-profits with the IRS, but have one employee (Milloy) and sometimes one other board member.

Milloy was once Executive Director of the defunct Advancement of Sound Science Coalition and is still the director of the Advancement of Sound Science Center, an apparently related entity. He was also Director of the National Environmental Policy Institute. Milloy's publications include "Junk Science Judo," "Science without Sense" (Cato Institute, 1995), "Science-Based Risk Assessment: A Piece of the Superfund Puzzle" (National Environmental Policy Institute, 1995) and "Silencing Science" (Cato Institute 1999) which he co-wrote with Michael Gough. Though Milloy denies ever having been a lobbyist, Milloy shows up in federal lobbying registration data for 1997 as having expenditures on his behalf, indicating his firm, the EOP Group, believed him to be an active lobbyist. The same federal records indicate Milloy represented the American Petroleum Institute, FMC Corp, Fort Howard, International Food Additives Council, and Monsanto. Interestingly, according to these records, Milloy lobbied for Monsanto on the subject of "food safety and labeling," which is lobbyist speak for "biotech foods." (Center for Responsive Politics, Lobbyist Database) According to the Washington Representatives, Milloy was still registered as a lobbyist with the EOP Group in 1999, with the American Petroleum Institute and FMC Corp listed as clients. (1999 Washington Representatives).

Max has set up a googlefight between Karmabanque and the offended organisation over here. All join the epic Google fight! It's non-violent...

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Brian Fitzgerald is Chief Web Editor over at www.greenpeace.org