How Donors Trust distributed millions to anti-climate groups | Environment
Dozens of exhibitors promote their oil and gas related businesses. By 2010, Donors Trust had distributed $118m to 102 thinktanks or action groups. Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA The secretive funding channel known as the Donors Trust patronised a host of conservative causes. But climate was at the top of the list. By 2010, Donors Trust had distributed $118m to 102 thinktanks or action groups which have a record of denying the existence of a human factor in climate change, or opposing environmental regulations. Recipients included some of the best-known thinktanks on the right. But relatively obscure organisations did not go overlooked. Americans for Prosperity, the Tea Party group seen as the strike force of the conservative oil billionaire Koch Brothers, received $11m since 2002. Levi Russell, spokesman for Americans for Prosperity, declined to comment on the importance of that support to the organisation.
Major News Outlets Give Fossil-Fuel-Funded Think Tanks a Free Platform
Robert Bryce has written op-eds for several major newspapers—which have failed to mention that he works for the fossil-fuel-backed Manhattan Institute. Photograph of Robert Bryce: Larry D Moore / Wikimedia Commons; oil field: IRC / Shutterstock The fossil fuel industry has long been a source of talking points and "studies" aimed at spreading doubt about climate change, and over the past few years, it has broadened its scope to undermine support for clean energy, as well. Often, this criticism is published in the form of articles in major media outlets—penned by employees of think tanks who don't disclose their groups' industry funding, a new study finds. The Checks and Balances Project, a pro-clean-energy watchdog group, surveyed stories published over the past five years in 60 news outlets, including national and regional newspapers, the Associated Press, and Politico. Other conservative think tanks have jumped in the clean-tech-bashing game, too.
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Joeri van den Steenhoven vertrekt als voorzitter van Kennisland
Joeri van den Steenhoven vertrekt per 1 september a.s. als voorzitter van Stichting Nederland Kennisland. ”Twaalf jaar geleden heb ik Kennisland mede opgericht en sinds 2006 heb ik er als voorzitter leiding mogen geven. Nu is het voor mij tijd voor een nieuwe uitdaging.” Chris Sigaloff, de huidige vicevoorzitter, zal hem opvolgen. Stichting Nederland Kennisland is een onafhankelijke denktank die de Nederlandse kenniseconomie wil versterken. Kennisland heeft er altijd hard aan gewerkt om haar visie in de praktijk te brengen. Joeri van den Steenhoven heeft vele vernieuwende projecten bedacht, ontwikkeld en uitgevoerd. Naast Kennisland is hij bestuurslid bij de Europese denktank Lisbon Council, lid van de Raad van Toezicht van het Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunsten en lid van de Raad van Advies van Nuffic. Voor hem is nu het moment gekomen Kennisland over te dragen aan een nieuwe generatie. Chris Sigaloff wordt de nieuwe voorzitter van Kennisland.
Telefónica
Telefónica, S.A. (Spanish pronunciation: [teleˈfonika]) is a Spanish broadband and telecommunications provider with operations in Europe, Asia, North America and South America,. Operating globally, it is the fifth-largest mobile network provider in the world. The company started as a public telecommunications company. Its head office is in the Distrito Telefónica in Madrid.[2][3] Telefónica is a supporter of the Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV (HbbTV) initiative (a consortium of broadcasting and Internet industry companies including SES, OpenTV and Institut für Rundfunktechnik) that is promoting and establishing an open European standard for hybrid set-top boxes for the reception of broadcast TV and broadband multimedia applications with a single user interface, and has run pilot HbbTV services in Spain.[4] History[edit] Current operations[edit] A map highlighting Telefónica's global operations. Telefónica operating countries Telefónica's partners and affiliates Europe[edit] Czech Republic[edit]
Telefónica - Press Office - News - Telefónica & Lisbon Council launch StartUp Europe Centre of Excellence
• StartUp Europe proposes 'hubs of innovation' to foster entrepreneurial spirit • Halting current 'brain drain' is crucial to Europe's future leadership in tech &innovation Brussels 2 October, 2012 Telefónica and the Lisbon Council – the Brussels-based think tank – today announced a three-year collaboration to establish StartUp Europe, a Centre of Excellence to develop and support entrepreneurship and drive job creation in the region. As Europe faces its highest unemployment rate in more than two decades – and hitting today’s young adults particularly hard – StartUp Europe is being established to stem the current ‘brain drain’ of talent from the region and empower youth, technology and entrepreneurship. Telefónica and the Lisbon Council have identified that one of the key levers to reverse this trend is to fast-track the creation of 'hubs of innovation' that will encourage entrepreneurial spirit across and help the region regain its leadership in technology and innovation.
Start-ups must turn the tide
3 oktober 2012 - In response to the alarming unemployment rates among youths, telecom giant Telefónica and the Brussels’ think tank the Lisbon Council together announced a new initiative to halt the European ‘brain drain’ and quickly create ‘hubs of innovation’. At the presentation of the centre of excellence (called StartUp Europe), Andreas Schleicher of the OECD once more underlined the severity of youth unemployment and the changing demand for skills. Telefónica and the Lisbon Council identify 'fast-tracking the creation of 'hubs of innovation' as a key lever to reverse the negative trends. Through encouraging entrepreneurial spirit across Europe they propose to help the region regain its leadership in technology and innovation. European Commissioner for Research, Máire Geoghegan-Quinn said: "Too often, we think of young people as lacking in skills and experience when, in fact, they can understand the new transformative technologies in a way that older people cannot.
Lisbon Council
Der Lisbon Council for Economic Competitiveness and Social Renewal ist ein in Brüssel ansässiger Think Tank, der 2003 gegründet wurde. Die Organisation setzt sich für die Lissabon-Strategie der Europäischen Union ein und fokussiert sich auf Themen, wie z. B. Bildung, Arbeit, nachhaltiges Wachstum und Innovation. Im Rahmen der sogenannten Founding Father Lecture Series geben politische und akademische Persönlichkeiten Reden zu bestimmten Themen, wie z. B. die Zukunft des europäischen Sozialmodells. Präsident der Organisation ist der seit über 25 Jahren in Europa lebende amerikanische Journalist Paul Hofheinz (ehemals Wall Street Journal).
