Here’s an October 1995 internal memo I came across written by someone at tobacco giant Philip Morris outlining all the โpublic policy grantsโ and the totals received by US think tanks andย associations.
More than a few of the familiar names involved in the industry-funded war on climate science appear on this list,ย including:
Competitive Enterprise Institute –ย $200,000
Frontiers of Freedom –ย $10,000
Heartland Institute –ย $65,000
Heritage Foundation –ย $50,000
Hudson Institute –ย $25,000
National Center for Policy Analysis –ย $60,000
National Center for Public Policy Research –ย $50,000
National Association of Manufacturers –ย $130,000
Reason Foundation –ย $25,000
Who wants to bet this money wasn’t for anti-smokingย campaigns?
Udpate: and here’s a list of the $3.9 million provided to think tanks and associations from Philip Morris in 1998 for โpublic policyโย work.
Udpate 2: And here’s a great tobacco industry memo outlining how to go about โbuilding a successful front group coalition around a specific issue.โ
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