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Tom Borelli, a former science director at Philip Morris who fought claims that secondhand tobacco causes lung cancer and respiratory illness in children, is now touted on Fox News as an expert on the cleanliness of the coal industry. Borelli was busy this election season fighting Obama’s “war on coal” on behalf of his new employer, FreedomWorks.
Borelli has a long history of attacking the EPA on behalf of Big Tobacco. Serving in his role as Philip Morris’ Director of Corporate Scientific Affairs, Borelli appeared in a notorious 1992 film produced by Philip Morris attacking the Environmental Protection Agency for declaring secondhand tobacco smoke a known cancer causing agent. Borelli states that:
“Based on careful review of the science we believe that environmental tobacco smoke has not been shown to be a risk factor in the development of lung cancer, respiratory disease in children or heart disease.”
Watch it:
Borelli has come a long way since then, including a short stint as a professional climate change denier. He is now working at the right-wing think tank FreedomWorks as a Senior Fellow and a self-styled “expert” on the coal industry.
Here’s Borelli on Fox News Business in July 2012 talking about the widely-debunked Obama ‘war on coal’:
Is their no dirty product that Tom Borelli won’t defend for the right price?
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Thanks very much.
very interesting. I heard it was the same approach, I didn’t know it was the same people.
……Obama uses the phrase “clean coal”. So does Bill Clinton. I heard him use it in a radio ad for the recent election in North Dakota.
So, they have that in common with this man.
I wonder how much mold is growing on that piece of paper?
(He strikes me as someone who did a stint in the lab before spouting managerial wings, then proceeding to forget all the science he ever knew).
-stewart, seen ‘em before.
I don;t necessarily think we should summarily dismiss this guy just because he is multi-talented. /s
I know this guy! His real name is Nathan Thurm:
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=nathan+thurm
Freedomworks, but not without equality and fraternity/sorority.
Maybe “conviciality” was the word I was looking for?
Snakes. Snakes in the grass.
Hearing stuff like this makes me want to shower, and check for my wallet.
It should not be surprising it is the same people: a corporate shill is a corporate shill.
http://crooksandliars.com/john-amato/john-boehner-admits-giving-bribes-big-t
Great read, thanks for the update, the schtoopid burns and hurts.
Still, now, more than ever.
This guy needs to be further exposed, and run out on the rails.
Other colorful and descriptive procedures and adjectives may apply.
Rcc’d, thanks again. I mean, it’s like Rove’s playbook was stolen, and the discarded ideas are now being put into motion.
amazing. thanks.
that reminds me of the “and the banks frankly own the place” remark.