Category Archives: Global Climate Coalition Collection

One pager from E. Bruce Harrison’s PR company, undated

Summary This document was included in an academic study published by Robert Brulle in the journal Environmental Politics in April 2022, which we detail on this page. The document, which appears to have been written in 1994 or 1995, is a summary of the campaign E. Bruce Harrison and his PR company ran the Global […]

Weather Denial Documents

Below is an annotated collection of documents gathered through the years amassing evidence of corporate efforts to deny the connection between climate change and extreme weather events.   There are two major blocks of evidence: They knew climate change would cause extreme weather: Corporate entities “knew” extreme weather would be an impact of anthropogenic climate change. […]

2022 Brulle paper references: Advocating Inaction, Environmental Politics, April 2022

An academic study published by Robert Brulle in the journal Environmental Politics in April 2022 introduced several new documents to the ClimateFiles GCC collection, including important internal documents from the Global Climate Coalition and National Association of Manufacturers. Link to the full paper Advocating inaction: a historical analysis of the Global Climate Coalition Documents referenced […]

2003 ICCP Climate Change Meeting Minutes

Summary This document summarizes an International Climate Change Partnership (ICCP) meeting held on March 20, 2003. It was prepared by the Association of International Automobile Manufacturers (AIAM), a member organization of the ICCP, and circulated to its Environment and Energy Subcommittee. It was submitted during discovery in Green Mtn. Chrysler Plymouth Dodge Jeep v. Crombie […]

2003 ICCP Climate Legislation Updates

Summary These updates were written following an International Climate Change Partnership (ICCP) meeting held on January 15, 2003. The “[h]andouts included summaries of the McCain/Leiberman and Jeffords/Daschle climate change bills and a side-by-side comparison with the climate change provisions of last year’s energy bill and the Administration’s program.” It shows that the ICCP maintained regular […]

2001 State Department Briefing for Global Climate Coalition Meeting

Summary The briefing was sent to Paula Dobriansky, who in 2001 was the Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs. She was also the head of delegation and the lead negotiator on US climate change policy[NN1]. The document was authored by then Acting Assistant Secretary for The Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific […]

2001 Ford Corporate Citizenship Report – Excerpts on Environment and Energy Issues

Summary This 2001 Ford report addressed climate change, fuel economy, and emissions. It was sent to the Association of International Automobile Manufacturers’ (AIAM) Environment and Energy Subcommittee and was submitted during discovery in Green Mtn. Chrysler Plymouth Dodge Jeep v. Crombie and Central Valley Chrysler-Jeep, Inc. v. Witherspoon. In the section “Changing Our Approach to […]