The biggest skeptic propaganda organization that I know of is the Heartland Institute, which has an annual budget in the single millions. Greenpeace alone has an annual budget in the $hundred millions and there are dozens of other substantial environmentalist non-profits. The NOAA has a budget in the $billions, of which $hundreds of millions are dedicated to climate research, and that is not the only federal organization that deals with climate research. And there are other countries which have budgets allocated for this stuff. For example, all of the choicest anti-science quotes from climategate came out of the UK's University of East Anglia Climate Research Unit[1][2] and their struggle to prevent skeptics from accessing data.
I don't know that the global warming hypothesis is untrue. But I do know that our current process is not a method designed to find truth. Scientific data should be open to all humanity, and not hidden for the sake of advancing political agendas.
[1] "Why should I make the data available to you, when your aim is to try and find something wrong with it?"
[2] "The two MMs have been after the CRU station data for years. If they ever hear there is a Freedom of Information Act now in the UK, I think I’ll delete the file rather than send to anyone."
I don't know that the global warming hypothesis is untrue. But I do know that our current process is not a method designed to find truth. Scientific data should be open to all humanity, and not hidden for the sake of advancing political agendas.
[1] "Why should I make the data available to you, when your aim is to try and find something wrong with it?"
[2] "The two MMs have been after the CRU station data for years. If they ever hear there is a Freedom of Information Act now in the UK, I think I’ll delete the file rather than send to anyone."