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Climate Investigations Center (CIC) was founded by "researcher and climate advocate" Kert Davies who is also the CIC's director.

Background
The CIC founder, Kert Davies, a "researcher and climate advocate" According to The New York Times, The Center's obtained records showing that Exxon Mobil had provided $2 million in funding to the Competitive Enterprise Institute and its "affiliated foundations", as part of their support of "organizations that undercut climate science."

Investigations
In March 2019 CIC published its "Trade Associations and the Public Relations Industry" report. According to a March 14, 2019 interview with Kert Davies by ''Huffington Post's Chris d'Angelo, CIC data showed that "[f]ossil fuel and other corporate trade groups paid public relations and advertising firms at least $1.4 billion from 2008 to 2017 to help them win over the American public".