This 1998 document from the Global Climate Coalition (GCC) is a collection of quotes taken from the Congressional Record of July 23, 1998 regarding the recent negotiations of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which was the first large-scale international agreement to commit to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The GCC was an industry-funded organization that opposed greenhouse […]
This document is the Global Climate Coalition’s (GCC) April and May 1998 Climate Watch Brief (Volume 5 Issue 16). 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 […]
This 1998 document reflects a meeting between the Association of International Automobile Manufacturers’ (AIAM) members and a wide array of government officials regarding “the President’s Climate Change Budget, specifically the auto efficiency tax credit.” It was submitted during discovery in Green Mtn. Chrysler Plymouth Dodge Jeep v. Crombie and Central Valley Chrysler-Jeep, Inc. v. Witherspoon. […]
This document is the Global Climate Coalition’s (GCC) February 1998 Climate Watch Brief (Volume 5 Issue 15). 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, […]
This 1998 Global Climate Coalition (GCC) news release reverberates GCC Board of Directors Chair Connie Holmes’ statement questioning the science of climate change. 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. […]
This document is a 1998 Global Climate Coalition (GCC) publication that attacked the Kyoto Protocol by challenging the scientific certainty that human activity contributes to climate change. The document states: “While it is certain the Protocol would impose enormous burdens on America’s economy, there is no scientific certainty that human activity affects global climate. Scientists […]
This Global Climate Coalition “Backgrounder” promotes the work of climate denier John Christy. The 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. This document argues that “extreme events are ‘misleading’ as indicators of […]
In 1998, the Global Climate Coalition (GCC) released this document titled “Labor Voices on Kyoto.” 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. GCC used this document to highlight labor union […]
This document is a 1998 brochure published by the Global Climate Coalition (GCC), and distributed at the Sixth Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The GCC was an industry-funded organization that opposed greenhouse gas regulations through direct engagement and collaboration with affiliated climate deniers from 1989 […]
This 1998 document from the Global Climate Coalition (GCC) addressed the Clinton Administration’s efforts to enact climate policy, specifically, the Kyoto Protocol. The document attacks what it called an “attempt to implement the Kyoto Protocol through the back door,” citing congressional opposition to the treaty. Key headlines include: “Congress and the Clinton Administration are preparing […]