until I read that, Moe.

I’ll never understand how these shake-down artists survive any level of scrutiny. Ah, I just answered my own question.

I lean more toward extortion. It appears the payment was made to insure protection from the rabid environmentalists.

But, these types of arrangements usually produce clear winners and losers.

The “environmentalists” will continue to extort large sums of money until such time Dow Chemicals is forced into compliance.

caused by humans, you know. Dirty automobiles, carbon dioxide spewing people, ruffled Earth Mother Gaia, and poof, we got a volcano. Our fault, billions more in research required.
I wonder how many cars you have to drive for how long to match this?

the “Dow helps you do good things” commercial jingle a couple of decades ago? I live in Dow’s neighborhood in Michigan. When I went to college in the late 80′s, my liberal government professor’s take on Dow’s campaign was the effort to counter the bad publicity of polluting the Tittabawassee River. The whole dioxin/dredging political mess is still going on, mainly fueled by emotive arguments which are never rational.

Dow is using Gore’s easy to flatter personality and Gore’s ability to self-justify his actions give good cover to his greed.

I don’t care how Dow spends its money, and I don’t care what Al Gore’s thoughts are.

Dow is wasting money on people like me, possibly helping where those still under the green spell are concerned. Dow makes lots of extruded foam for insulation, and locally has advocated using foam in place of wood sheating from a energy position. from an engineering position, especially for you in the south, it is a poor hurricane resister. Yes, you can add corner bracing, but full house wood sheathing is best for resisting wind.

As I wrote that, I had a funny thought about Al Gore being windy.