| − | '''Philip Cooney''' was chief of staff of the [[White House]] [[Council on Environmental Quality]] during the [[George W. Bush]] administration. In 2005, he left that job to work for [[Exxon Mobil]]. Previously, he had worked as a [[lobbyist]] for the [[oil industry]]. He has recently come under malicious and [[deceit]]ful attack from the [[environmentalism]] lobby for exercising executive control over government climate reports to emphasize the uncertainty in the scientific community about [[Global warming]].<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/19/AR2007031901327.html] Official Defends Editing Climate Papers, Associated Press</ref> | + | '''Philip Cooney''' was chief of staff of the [[White House]] [[Council on Environmental Quality]] during the [[George W. Bush]] administration. In 2005, he left that job to work for [[Exxon Mobil]]. Previously, he had worked as a [[lobbyist]] for the [[oil industry]]. He has recently come under malicious and [[deceit]]ful attack from the [[environmentalism]] lobby for exercising executive control over government climate reports to emphasize the uncertainty in the scientific community about [[Global warming]].<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/19/AR2007031901327.html] Official Defends Editing Climate Papers, Associated Press</ref> |