Institutionalizing delay: foundation funding and the creation of U.S. climate change counter-movement organizations

@article{Brulle2013InstitutionalizingDF,
  title={Institutionalizing delay: foundation funding and the creation of U.S. climate change counter-movement organizations},
  author={Robert J. Brulle},
  journal={Climatic Change},
  year={2013},
  volume={122},
  pages={681-694}
}
This paper conducts an analysis of the financial resource mobilization of the organizations that make up the climate change counter-movement (CCCM) in the United States. Utilizing IRS data, total annual income is compiled for a sample of CCCM organizations (including advocacy organizations, think tanks, and trade associations). These data are coupled with IRS data on philanthropic foundation funding of these CCCM organizations contained in the Foundation Center’s data base. This results in a… Expand
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