CO2 is Green

The organization denies scientific evidence for global warming and argues against proposed actions to mitigate global warming. To this end, the organization has purchased ads in major newspapers, such as The Washington Post, as well as television ads, both of which argue that proposed measures to reduce carbon dioxide emissions would have deleterious economic effects, that carbon dioxide is not the main cause of global warming, and that, in keeping with the organization's name, increasing levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide would have positive environmental effects—for example, the TV ad states that "higher CO₂ levels than we have today would help the Earth's ecosystems,"^[2] and the ad in the Washington Post states that the Waxman-Markey bill "is based on the false premise that man-made CO₂ is a major cause of climate change," but "Real, empirical evidence indicates it is not."^[4] The ads have been met with much criticism; for example, Leo Hickman wrote that the ad "would be almost funny if it weren't so depressing."^[5]

• Individual and political action on climate change
• Merchants of Doubt
• The Climate Reality Project
• 350.org