Environmental Groups That Took Wind Industry Money

Conflicts of Interest: 
Environmental Organizations Take Offshore Wind Industry Money
Environmental organizations that have accepted wind industry donations 
1. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute received a donation of $500,000 from Ørsted in or after 2018. Woods Hole has endorsed offshore wind since at least 2019. 
2. The New England Aquarium received a donation pledge of $250,000 in 2018 from Bay State Wind. In 2019, Vineyard Wind donated an undisclosed amount to the Aquarium. In 2020, Equinor also donated an undisclosed amount. The Aquarium has supported offshore wind since at least 2021. 
3. The Environmental League of Massachusetts (ELM) received a donation ranging $5,000 - $9,000 and an event sponsorship in 2020 from Vineyard Wind. In the same year, FirstLight Power Resources donated $10,000+ to ELM. ELM has supported offshore wind since at least 2010. 
4. In October 2020, the Mystic Aquarium featured an exhibit promoting offshore wind. In June 2021, Ørsted and Revolution Wind donated $1,250,000 to Mystic Aquarium to create new pro-offshore wind exhibits and a video, among other allocations. 
5. The Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) received a donation pledge of $5,000 for five years from Bay State Wind in April of 2018, but did not ultimately receive the donation. Vineyard Wind is listed as a corporate donor in 2018 to CCS and was a corporate sponsor in 2020 and 2021. CCS has supported offshore wind since at least 2019. 
6. The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) received a donation of $100,000 - $499,999 from Avangrid Renewables in 2019 and 2020. In 2021, NFWF announced a partnership with US-based wind company Apex Clean Energy where Apex will donate to NFWF $1,000 per megawatt of generating capacity Apex commercializes. NFWF has not released any statements supporting or opposing offshore wind. 
7. The Delaware Center for the Inland Bays (CIB) received a donation of $50,000 from Ørsted in April of 2021. After the Ørsted donation, the executive director of CIB released a statement in favor of offshore wind.
US Wind gave $100,000 to CIB in December of 2021. CIB will name a new building the “US Wind Environmental Education Center.”
8. In August 2020, the National Audubon Society received a $200,000 grant from the New England Forest and Rivers Fund, a granting organization that takes money from the Avangrid Foundation, which is part of Avangrid Renewables. The National Audubon Society has supported offshore wind since at least 2010. Several regional Audubon chapters who are part of National Audubon including Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Maine have also received grants from organizations affiliated with the offshore wind industry. The New Jersey Audubon Society, which is independent of the National Audubon Society, hosted an event sponsored by Ocean Wind in 2022. NJ Audubon has supported offshore wind since at least 2019. 
9. The Nature Conservancy received a $165,218 grant from the New England Forest and Rivers Fund, a granting organization with funding from the Avangrid Foundation. The Nature Conservancy has supported offshore wind since at least 2021. 
10. The World Wildlife Fund received a sponsorship grant of undisclosed value from Ørsted in 2019. The World Wildlife Fund has supported offshore wind since at least 2021. 
11. The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) in 2018 received a donation pledge of $5,000 a year for five years from Bay State Wind to finance its Whale Alert app. 
12. The Lobster Foundation of Massachusetts in 2018 received a $250,000 donation pledge from Bay State Wind to prevent gear entanglement of right whales. The Lobster Foundation has no statements on offshore wind. 
13. Assateague Coastal Trust received a donation of $50,000 from US Wind in December 2021. The Trust has supported offshore wind since at least 2009. 
14. The Wetlands Institute received donations from Ørsted of up to $49,999 starting in 2019. The Wetlands Institute has made no statements regarding offshore wind.
15. Project Oceanology received a $950,000 grant from Ørsted to be distributed in installments from 2021 to 2024. Project Oceanology is a marine science educational nonprofit that has used the grant money to promote offshore wind in its educational materials. 
16. The Consortium for Ocean Leadership (COL) received a pledge from Bay State Wind to provide COL a grant of $5,000 a year for five years starting in 2018 for COL’s National Ocean Sciences Bowl. Pro-offshore wind materials are included in the bowl. The National Ocean Sciences Bowl has also received donations from Ørsted, whose Massachusetts bowl donations have totaled above $60,000. 17. The Maryland Coastal Bays program received a $100,000 donation from US Wind in 2021. Maryland Coastal Bays has no statements on offshore wind. 
18. The Blue Planet Strategies received a $296,816 donation from Shell through the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. 
19. The Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries received a $201,207.00 donation from Shell through the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
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Comment by Thinklike A. Mountain on Sunday

Look into the environmental NGO's.

Peter Thiel Calls for Prosecution of Corrupt NGOs
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Comment by Willem Post on Sunday

That is a great list for wide distribution 

Wind  $elites give money to the Corporate Media and to local communities to bribe them

One big clique of self-serving schlemiels to further enrich the elites, and legislators, at the expense of all others using the IPCC hoax of evil CO2, to perpetrate their worldwide wind, solar, battery scam of ripping off everyone else.

Comment by arthur qwenk on Saturday

For years in Maine it was known that First Wind distributed monies to Audubon,Nature Conservancy, NRCM and the others listed in this important article for influence, otherwise known as BRIBES. This is condoned and routine. It should also be noted that money was  transferred to politicians such as Angus King via his project of Record Hill Wind. Numerous others in Augusta  and other areas of Maine hav received  cash  influence payoffs and consist  of  council members, selectmen and town mangers.

It is routine, and the modus operandi  of Big Wind

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(excerpts) From Part 1 – On Maine’s Wind Law “Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine if the law’s goals were met." . – Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, August 2010 https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/From Part 2 – On Wind and Oil Yet using wind energy doesn’t lower dependence on imported foreign oil. That’s because the majority of imported oil in Maine is used for heating and transportation. And switching our dependence from foreign oil to Maine-produced electricity isn’t likely to happen very soon, says Bartlett. “Right now, people can’t switch to electric cars and heating – if they did, we’d be in trouble.” So was one of the fundamental premises of the task force false, or at least misleading?" https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-swept-task-force-set-the-rules/From Part 3 – On Wind-Required New Transmission Lines Finally, the building of enormous, high-voltage transmission lines that the regional electricity system operator says are required to move substantial amounts of wind power to markets south of Maine was never even discussed by the task force – an omission that Mills said will come to haunt the state.“If you try to put 2,500 or 3,000 megawatts in northern or eastern Maine – oh, my god, try to build the transmission!” said Mills. “It’s not just the towers, it’s the lines – that’s when I begin to think that the goal is a little farfetched.” https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/flaws-in-bill-like-skating-with-dull-skates/

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"Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine."

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