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    Posted May 4, 2012 by
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    The War on Environmentalists Continues

    By rosehips  |  Posted May 4, 2012  |  Chicago, Illinois
     

    The Heartland Institute is a well-known think tank famous for global warming denial and campaigns of disinformation designed to discredit climatologists and environmentalists.

     

    They launched their latest campaign against environmentalists with the above image broadcast on a series of electronic billboards around Chicago. Within 24 hours the group removed the billboards, calling it an "experiment."

     

    I guess comparing people who are concerned with the future of the earth and of humanity to Ted Kaczynski was determined to be a bit over the top?

     

    What will they think of next?

     

    From the HuffPo:

     

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/04/heartland-climate-change-billboard_n_1478011.html?utm_campaign=050412&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Alert-green&utm_content=Photo

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