It turns out Exxon's comrades in Denial are a little upset by U.S. momentum on global warming policy at the state level.  I guess they see the writing on the wall - as the states move, so will the Fed.  While we know they are too late to stop the train leaving the station, we fear they will continue to try to derail it.

The Institute for Southern Studes revealed today that the John Locke Foundation launched state level attacks on the Center for Climate Strategies starting this September .  The Center coaches states on good climate policy ideas.  In a nice connect-the-dots analysis, the researchers reveal that the Locke gang teamed up with Exxon's pals at Heartland Institute and get funding from a slew of Exxon-funded organizations.

Here is an ExxonSecrets custom map of the players named in the investigation.  You can start from there and expand any of the organizations to show who else is tangled in this web.