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This 1996 Global Climate Coalition (GCC) News Release reported on comments made by GCC Executive DIrector, John Shlaes, at a climate conference in Switzerland. This News Release focused on Shale’s concerns regarding the exclusion of developing nations from potential carbon emission regulations. Shlaes argued that the bulk of future emissions will come from developing nations, […]
This 1996 Global Climate Coalition (GCC) document evaluates the potential economic impact of a carbon tax and other emissions reductions efforts. 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. 1996 GCC […]
From the private collection of Nicky Sundt, a Washington-based climate change science, policy and communications expert, this November 1996 memo to Global Climate Coalition’s (GCC) Board of Directors outlined the coalition’s 1997 strategy. The GCC opposed greenhouse gas regulations through direct engagement and collaboration with affiliated climate deniers from 1989 to 2002. Its membership spanned […]
These documents reflect the Global Climate Coalition’s (GCC) aggressive attack on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) process – targeting Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s Dr. Ben Santer through a coordinated communications and media campaign. These documents were provided by Dr. Santer. The industry-funded GCC opposed greenhouse gas regulations through direct engagement and collaboration with […]
The Global Climate Coalition’s (GCC) Science and Technology Assessment Committee’s (STAC) October 1996 meeting minutes were submitted, along with other GCC documents, during discovery in Green Mtn. Chrysler Plymouth Dodge Jeep v. Crombie and Central Valley Chrysler-Jeep, Inc. v. Witherspoon. The meeting notes reflect the GCC’s mission to monitor and critique domestic and international climate […]
The Global Climate Coalition’s (GCC) Science and Technology Assessment Committee’s (STAC) June 1996 meeting minutes were submitted along with other GCC documents during discovery in Green Mtn. Chrysler Plymouth Dodge Jeep v. Crombie and Central Valley Chrysler-Jeep, Inc. v. Witherspoon. In the minutes, the GCC’s mission to monitor and critique domestic and international climate negotiations […]
In May 1996, the Global Climate Coalition (GCC) released the following report, titled “A Review of Economic Impacts of AOSIS-Type Proposals to Limit Carbon Dioxide Emissions.” This report supported GCC’s repeated assertions that action on climate change would have deleterious effects on the global economy. The industry-funded GCC opposed greenhouse gas regulations through direct engagement […]
This document is the Global Climate Coalition’s (GCC) Climate Watch Brief (Volume 5 Issue 1). The briefs 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 automotive, utility, manufacturing, […]
These agendas and corresponding attachments from the Global Climate Coalition (GCC) Science and Technology Assessment Committee’s (STAC) February 15 and March 14, 1996 meetings were submitted along with other GCC documents during discovery in Green Mtn. Chrysler Plymouth Dodge Jeep v. Crombie and Central Valley Chrysler-Jeep, Inc. v. Witherspoon. Co-chaired by Mobil Corporation’s Lenny Bernstein, […]
From the private collection of Nicky Sundt, a Washington-based climate change science, policy and communications expert, this is a March 1996 report by The EOP Group, Inc, commissioned by the industry-funded Global Climate Coalition. Titled, “Progress Report on U.S. Industry Voluntary Actions to Curb Greenhouse Gas Emissions,” the document describes its purpose “to provide a […]