At least 19 publicly traded companies gave the climate-denial think tank Heartland Institute over $1.3 million for an array of projects, including one to teach kids that global warming is a hoax - a lie the LA Timesblasts today.

The companies backing the Heartland Institute:

DENIERGATE COMPANIES

CompanyTicker Symbol2010-2011 TotalProject Code

Altria Client Services Inc.
MO
$90,000
BTN

Amgen, USA
AMGN
$25,000
HCN

Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc.
BUD
$5,000
ITTN

AT&T
T
$100,000
ITTN

BB&T
BBT
$16,105
ECN

Comcast Corporation
CMCSA
$35,000
ITTN

Diageo
DEO
$10,000
GO

Eli Lilly & Company
LLY
$25,000
HCN

General Motors Foundation
GM
$30,000
SRN

GlaxoSmithKline
GSK
$50,000
HCN

KCI
KCI
$115,000
FIRE

LKQ Corporation
LKQX
$24,500
FIRE

Microsoft Corporation
MSFT
$59,908
ITTN

Nucor Corporation
NUE
$502,000
ECN

PepsiCo, Inc.
PEP
$5,000
BTN

Pfizer
PFE
$130,000
HCN

Reynolds American Inc.
RAI
$110,000
FIRE

Time Warner Cable
TWC
$20,000
ITTN

XL Group
XL
$35,000
FIRE