Tomorrow (CFACT), Competitive Enterprise Institute, Frontiers of Freedom and The George C. Marshall Institute. 3. SPECIFIC EVIDENCE OF CORPORATE FUNDING CLIMATE DENIAL CAMPAIGNS AND ORGANIZATIONS OF Campaigns were designed and executed by oil trade associations like American Petroleum Institute, and NGOs like Competitive Enterprise Institute being funded by ExxonMobil and other corporations. A full spreadsheet of every grant we have documented from ExxonMobil to organizations involved in climate denial was submitted with my materials. This is also available in electronic form as are all of the supporting documents. Case Studies in our presentation: a. 1998 API Memo (see above) b. Cooler Heads Coalition The Cooler Heads Coalition (CHC), the longest running climate denial coalition, describes itself as an “informal and ad-hoc group focused on dispelling the myths of global warming…” Translation: a coalition of climate denying organizations, funded through the years by ExxonMobil, the Koch Brothers, the Mercers and other ‘dark money’, who have worked to stall the implementation of effective climate policy since 1997. A $95,000 grant from Exxon to Competitive Enterprise Institute likely kickstarted the Cooler Heads Coalition. In subsequent years, Exxon gave over $11 million to organizations that joined the coalition. This included almost $3 million in grants that were earmarked for climate change. c. Revealing discrepancies and omissions in ExxonMobil financial reports12 In 2004 and 2005, we discovered multiple differences between the way ExxonMobil Foundation grants were described in the Exxon tax forms (IRS 990) and their annual WorldWide Giving Report, usually published around the annual general meeting. Some examples of these omissions and discrepancies: 1. Frontiers of Freedom– the 2005 IRS Form lists $90,000 for “Climate Change Efforts” while the Worldwide Giving Report lists $90,000 as “General Operating Support” 2. American Legislative Exchange Council, the 2005 Exxon IRS Form lists three grants; $80,000 for “Energy Sustainability Project (Climate Change)”, $20,000 for “Project Support” and $21,500 for “Climate Change Environmental Outreach”. The Worldwide Giving report for the same year does not list “Climate Change” in parentheses after “Energy Sustainability 12 ExxonMobil Foundation, “2005 Worldwide Giving Report,” 2005 (available at https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1019881-2005-exxon-giving-report.html); ExxonMobil Foundation, “Form 990,” 2005 (available at https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1019882-2005-exxonmobil-foundation-form990.html). Climate Investigations Center - September 2018 page 7