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1 ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT POWER

2 Has Many Parts

3 MAJOR PARTS OF BIG GREEN Environmental Groups Foundation donors Corporate donors Federal agency grants Academia Intergovernmental agencies International agencies Transnational organizations

4 ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS 16,084 GREEN GROUPS (2009) $13.4 billion total revenue 2009 Some are EDUCATIONAL with limited lobbying. 501c3. Some are CIVIC with unlimited lobbying. 501c4. MOST ENVIRO GROUPS NEVER HEARD OF AGENDA 21 AND HAVE THEIR OWN AGENDAS FOR SOCIAL CONTROL, MOSTLY ON ISSUES OF: A) CLIMATE CHANGE B) POLLUTION CONTROL C) ANTI-CORPORATE / ANTI-CAPITALIST IDEOLOGY D) ANTI-GLOBALIZATION

5 15 TOP GREEN GROUPS $2.5 BILLION 2012 Izaak Walton League ($2,912,245) Defenders of Wildlife ($24,838,978) Sierra Club Foundation ($47,163,599) National Audubon Society ($96,206,883) Natural Resources Defense Council ($98,701,707) Conservation International Foundation ($140,766,897) Wildlife Conservation Society ($230,042,654) Friends of the Earth ($6,151,456) The Wilderness Society ($24,862,909) National Wildlife Federation ($84,726,518) Sierra Club ($97,757,678) Environmental Defense Fund ($111,915,138) World Wildlife Fund ($208,495,555) Greenpeace International ($406,000,000) The Nature Conservancy ($949,132,306)

6 TRACKING S.D. GROUPS IS DIFFICULT S.D. IS A DIFFUSE IDEA WITH NO SINGLE DEFINITION OR CONTROL CENTER. THE IDEA HAS BECOME A MOVEMENT. MOVEMENTS HAVE EXACT STRUCTURES: 1) THEY HAVE MANY SEPARATE GROUPS; 2) THEY HAVE MANY SEPARATE LEADERS; 3) THEY SHARE AN IDEOLOGY; 4) THEY ARE NETWORKS WITH NO CENTRAL CONTROL POINT.

7 AGENDA 21 GROUPS ARE PRIMARILY LAND USE GROUPS MOST BUT NOT ALL ARE SMALL AND LOCAL THEY USUALLY HAVE RABID ACTIVISTS THEY USUALLY ATTACK PROPERTY RIGHTS PIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL LAND TRUST ALLIANCE SMART GROWTH AMERICA RAILS TO TRAILS CONSERVANCY SAN FRANCISCO BICYCLE COALITION AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

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9 A FOUNDATION A non-profit trust Created by a wealthy individual with a gift of stock, converted to a diversified portfolio. Grants are paid from dividends and capital gains. Public cannot donate to a private foundation.

10 FOUNDATIONS SET THE ENVIRONMENTAL AGENDA BY SELECTING WHO GETS THE MONEY

11 PRESCRIPTIVE GRANTS PROGRAMS DESIGNED BY FOUNDATION MANAGERS GRANTS COME WITH INSTRUCTIONS DELIVERABLES REQUIRED PERFORMANCE MANDATORY

12 : $81 billion foundation green grants 26,500 U.S. Environmental groups in 2012 Under 100 get over 90% of foundation money

13 Foundation strategy: Fund whole networks for one program: lobbying, media, technical, academic, etc. NETWORKS ARE THE SECRET OF POWER, NIMBLE, FAST, AND HARD TO BEAT.

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17 Most corporate donations are given as a result of activist blackmail / protests / disruptions of business. Most such donations usually go only to the offending activist group. Corporations almost never give unsolicited grants.

18 BEN & JERRY S ICE CREAM PATAGONIA OUTDOOR GEAR RECREATIONAL EQUIPMENT ESPRIT CLOTHING PARTNER FORMED THE FOUNDATION FOR DEEP ECOLOGY WITH THE CASH FROM A DIVORCE SETTLEMENT

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20 Most federal grants and contracts are posted online

21 SMART GROWTH AMERICA $4,173,316 from Environmental Protection Agency and National Endowment for the Arts. SUSTAINABLE EARTH INITIATIVE $13,435,731 National Aeronautics and Space Administration. SUSTAINABLE ECOSYSTEMS INSTITUTE $922,896 Interior Department, Energy Department. SUSTAINABLE RESOURCES GROUP INTL. 1,674,333,053,316 ($1.6 trillion). Defense Department. EARTH SAVERS, INC. $69,741,330,230. Defense. SUSTAINABILITY A TO Z LLC $20,909,111 Department of Homeland Security

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23 ACADEMICS: SCIENTISTS, DOCTORS LUST FOR GRANTS International Council for Science (ICSU) American Lung Association National Science Foundation International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) International HIV/AIDS Alliance Global Health Technologies Coalition American Association for the Advancement of Science

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25 GLOBAL POLITICAL POWER Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Intergovernmental Committee of Experts on Sustainable Development Financing INTERGOVERNMENTAL GROUPS ARE OWNED BY NATIONS AND HOUSED IN THE UNITED NATIONS. THE UNITED STATES USES THEM TO ASSERT GLOBAL AND DOMESTIC POWER AND HAS FUNDING, CENSORSHIP AND VETO POWER OVER THEM.

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27 GLOBAL POWER AND INFLUENCE Global Environment Facility (World Bank) Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Organization of American States (OAS) World Trade Organization (WTO) These and many more are part of Big Green through networks of officials. Conferences are the major networking mechanism for International Agencies

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29 NON-STATE GLOBAL ACTION Greenpeace; Air France, Catholic Church, Chase Manhattan, Friends of the Earth, Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission, Anaconda, Doctors Without Borders, Oxfam, Citizens for Global Solutions, Ford Foundation, Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest, Unilever, Intelsat, One World Trust, Arctic Council, Commission for Labor Cooperation, Human Rights Watch, World Economic Forum, Global Agenda Councils. THOUSANDS MORE A GLOBAL SOCIETY WITHOUT A STATE

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