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This is their latest go-to source for misinformation. It's set up and functions exactly like The Tobacco Institute, only in this case they are serving the right wing energy establishment.
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Tobacco_Institute
The Breakthrough Institute – Why The Hot Air?
June 17, 2013
I’ve recently stumbled upon a number of articles by the Breakthrough Institute (BTI) that aimed at discrediting renewable energy on the one hand and on the other preaching about nuclear energy as the solution for the global energy crisis of the 21st century. With their hearts and minds pre-set on pushing their narrative, that some kind of a nuclear salvation is being held back by leftish environmentalists (sinister!), the so called German “Energiewende” (Energy Transition) has apparently become a regular target of the Breakthrough Institute staff’s publications.
June 17, 2013
I’ve recently stumbled upon a number of articles by the Breakthrough Institute (BTI) that aimed at discrediting renewable energy on the one hand and on the other preaching about nuclear energy as the solution for the global energy crisis of the 21st century. With their hearts and minds pre-set on pushing their narrative, that some kind of a nuclear salvation is being held back by leftish environmentalists (sinister!), the so called German “Energiewende” (Energy Transition) has apparently become a regular target of the Breakthrough Institute staff’s publications.
Read more at http://cleantechnica.com/2013/06/17/the-breakthrough-institute-why-the-hot-air/#ABU468biCz85Axtk.99
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