"In what has become an annual non-event, the Heartland Institute will gather the who's-who of the global warming denial network together in Chicago this weekend for the fourth International Conference on Climate Change.

As in years past, the event is expected to receive very little mainstream media coverage.  The deniers like to think the reason is some liberal media conspiracy.  In reality, the lack of interest stems chiefly from the fact that this denial-a-palooza fest is dripping with oil money and represents a blatant industry effort to greenwash oil and coal while simultaneously attacking the credibility of climate scientists."

The story extensively details the funding ties.

Brendan DeMelle reports for DeSmogBlog May 10, 2010. [2]

See Also:

Thursday: House Hearing on Political Attacks Against Climate Scientists [3]

New Scientist: Special Issue on Science Denial [4]