Summary This document is the Global Climate Coalition’s (GCC) 1992 December Climate Watch Bulletin (Volume 1 Issue 1). The bulletins were a part of GCC’s larger mission to oppose greenhouse gas regulations and contest the scientific validity of anthropogenic climate change through direct engagement and collaboration with affiliated climate deniers. Its membership spanned across the […]
Summary This document is a 1991 article from The Energy Daily by Dennis Wamsted. The article titled, Global Climate Coalition Prepares For The Long Haul, reports the structure, operations, and leadership of the Global Climate Coalition: “Currently, the coalition has 54 members, 31 so-called board-level members and 23 general members. This membership number is somewhat […]
Summary This 1992 document is a statement released by the Global Climate Coalition (GCC) regarding the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The industry-funded GCC opposed greenhouse gas regulations through direct engagement and collaboration with affiliated climate deniers from 1989 to 2002. Its membership spanned across the automotive, utility, manufacturing, petroleum, and mining industries. […]
Summary This document reflects Senior Vice-President of the National Association of Manufacturers and Chairman of the Board of the Global Climate Coalition Michael E. Baroody’s testimony to the United States House of Representatives’ Energy and Power subcommittee. In his testimony, Baroody made repeated statements questioning the urgency and scientific certainty of anthropogenic climate change including: […]
Summary This document is a January 24, 1992 article published in The Energy Daily titled, “Climate Coalition’s Shlaes Seeks Major Role In Global, Domestic Greenhouse Debates.” The article covers the Global Climate Coalition and its Executive Director, John Shlaes. The industry-funded GCC opposed greenhouse gas regulations through direct engagement and collaboration with affiliated climate deniers […]
Summary This document is a 1991 Global Climate Coalition memorandum addressed to “interested parties” from John Cohen of National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), the trade association within which the GCC started. The industry-funded GCC opposed greenhouse gas regulations through direct engagement and collaboration with affiliated climate deniers from 1989 to 2002. Its membership spanned across […]
Summary This is an advertisement and schedule for a 1991 Cato Institute Conference titled “Global Environmental Crises: Science or Politics?”. The conference was a preemptive gathering before the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro. Cato worried the upcoming Rio conference was a sign of “marching toward a new world […]
Summary This compilation of documents contains information regarding the group Information Council for the Environment (also known as Informed Citizens for the Environment) or ICE, which was formed in 1991 to “reposition global warming as theory (not fact).” This collection reveals a public relations campaign run by Simmons advertising that tested target audiences in Fargo, ND, […]
Summary This entry contains two documents generated in early 1991 for the Information Council on the Environment or ICE. The first document is a “Test Market Proposal” for ICE that outlines a a half a million dollar campaign of “awareness” targeted in test media markets. ICE is a project sponsored by the utility trade group […]
Summary This is a 1990 CV for Patrick Michaels, a known climate skeptic with longstanding financial ties to the fossil fuel industry. Michaels has been an outspoken advocate for industry interests on issues relating to emissions regulation and climate change for decades – this CV documents some of his early connections with climate-denying organizations and […]