The Atlanta-based utility giant is in the news for funding a controversial researcher whose work has been used to cast doubt on the overwhelming scientific consensus that human activity is driving global warming. It isn't the first time the company has been involved in promoting questionable climate science.
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The Southern Company is not only polluting the environment with carbon and other dangerous emissions -- it's also polluting the debate over climate policy by funding bad science. (Photo of Southern subsidiary Gulf Power's Crist plant in Pensacola, Florida by chapstickaddict via Flickr.)
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<p>The Southern Company is not only polluting the environment with carbon and other dangerous emissions -- it's also polluting the debate over climate policy by funding bad science. (Photo of Southern subsidiary Gulf Power's Crist plant in Pensacola, Florida by chapstickaddict <a href="http://money.cnn.com/quote/quote.html?symb=SO">via Flickr</a>.)</p>