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The reaction has been interesting, particularly since the David-Goliath nature of funding is laid bare here.

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Look at the numbers. The skeptics have managed to turn the propaganda around against a tide of money, and it is really some achievement.

Entity	USD
Greenpeace	$300m	2010 Annual Report
WWF	$710m	”  ($524m Euro)
Pew Charitable Trust	$360m	2010 Annual Report
Sierra Club	$56m	2010 Annual Report
NSW climate change fund (just one random govt example)	$750m	NSW Gov (A$700m)
Heartland Institute	$6.4m
US government funding for climate science and technology	$7,000m	“Climate Money” 2009
US government funding for “climate related appropriations”	$1,300m	USAID 2010
US government funding for skeptical scientists	$ 0
Annual turnover in global carbon markets	$120,000m	2010 Point Carbon
Annual investment in renewable energy	$243,000m	2010  BNEF

 These are annual turnovers or annual budgets