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In addition to television ads, the controversial oil and coal industry-backed group CO2 is Green also bought a half-page ad in the Albuquerque Journal, notes Journal science writer John Fleck on his ABQJournal blog. But the group might not be getting its desired result from the ads.
Fleck called the office of Senator Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., who is a target of the ad, to see what kind of response constituents have had so far:
According to Jude McCartin, Sen. Bingaman’s spokeswoman, the senator’s office has received four telephone calls in response to the ad who agreed with its message. That was outnumbered, Jude said, by the calls by people who saw the ad and called Bingaman’s office to say they favor legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
That probably isn’t the result the group is looking for.
Fleck writes that he is working on a story about the claims put forth by CO2 is Green, (“suffice to say the organization’s claims are in conflict with what the experts say,”) which we can expect to see in the Albuquerque Journal soon.
Bingaman is the chairman of Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
