ACE Personnel
"Michael Haas, Chairman. Founder of Orion Energy Group LLC,
"Michael A. Haas is the Founder and CEO of Orion Energy, LLC (a wholly owned subsidiary of BP Alternative Energy), a co-founder and Managing Director of Renewable Development Company Ltd., and the Founder and President of the Board of the Alliance for Climate Education, Inc..[1][2] Michael Haas has been reported to be the sole funder of the Alliance for Climate Education, Inc. (ACE). [3] "
"Michael Haas, Chairman of the Board
Michael Haas is the Founder of Orion Energy Group LLC (Orion), Co-Founder of Renewable Development Company Ltd. (RDC),
Orion was formed in 1998 to help meet the growing worldwide demand for low cost, non-polluting renewable energy. Orion’s projects completed to date generate enough zero-carbon electricity to meet the annual electricity demand of approximately 650,000 average US homes. RDC was formed in 1997 near Chester, England to help achieve commitments set by the United Kingdom for new alternative energy generation. In the UK, RDC has completed projects that will generate enough zero-carbon electricity to meet the annual electricity demand of approximately 300,000 average UK homes. Prior to forming Orion and RDC, Mike held various positions with KENETECH Corporation and McDonnell Douglas Corporation."...
2/14/11, "Alliance for Climate Education," Sourcewatch
"Funding
Funders include as of October 2010:[10]
- The Salesforce.com Foundation
- 2 Mile Challenge, created by Clif Bar
- Flip Video, owned by Cisco Systems
- Chicago Public Schools
Previously the Alliance for Climate Education, Inc.'s Web site did not provide any information about the group's funding. In 2009, ACE CEO Michael A. Haas claimed he was the sole funder of ACE.[11][12]
Despite ties of its personnel to BP, ACE denies any type of connection, financial or otherwise, to BP.[13]
Changes noted in ACE's Web site
On July 22, 2010, PRWatch.org published a blog exposing ACE board members' ties to BP. By July 25, ACE had made several changes to its Web site further obscuring the link. For example, the blog contained a passage stating, "One is a statement applauding BP and other companies on climate change, with no mention of the fact that the fiduciary leaders of ACE are so closely tied to BP." That sentence contains a link to the following page on the ACE website, which contained a list of companies including BP: http://www.acespace.org/get-inspired/what-leaders-are-saying
By July 25, 2010, the sentence on ACE's Ace site was changed to read:
Many companies have taken the lead on curbing climate change. Just a few leaders include Hewlett-Packard, General Electric, PG&E, Virgin, Patagonia and Apple, but the list goes on and on. ACE applauds all companies and shareholders who work to reduce the impact of climate change.
"BP" was mysteriously deleted from the list in the prior 48 hours.
The PRWatch report also stated, "The price [BP paid to purchase Orion Energy, LLC] has not been publicly disclosed, but what is known is that BP acquired two companies in 2006, Orion Energy, LLC, and Greenlight Energy, Inc., paying a combined total of $688 million (pdf) for both."
The following link that the sentence pointed to for verification of the price paid has been deleted on the BP.com corporate site: http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_internet/globalbp/globalbp_uk_english/SI/STAGING/local_assets/downloads_pdfs/ara_2006_performace_review.pdf""
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