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1993 GCC Supporting Voluntary Approach News Release

This document is a November 16, 1993 news release from the Global Climate Coalition (GCC) regarding the testimony of Jerry Jasinowski, chairman of the GCC and President of the National Association of Manufacturers, before the House Energy and Power Subcommittee. The GCC opposed greenhouse gas regulations through direct engagement and collaboration with affiliated climate deniers […]

1993 GCC Climate Watch Bulletin Vol. 1 Issue 11

This document is the Global Climate Coalition’s (GCC) November 1993 Climate Watch Bulletin (Volume 1 Issue 12). 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 automotive, […]

1993 GCC Voluntary Emissions Report News Release

This October 1993 Global Climate Coalition (GCC) news release was titled, “New Study Shows Major Reduction In Carbon Dioxide Emissions By U.S. Industry.” The industry-funded GCC paid for  this report as a part of its larger efforts to oppose greenhouse gas regulations through direct engagement and collaboration with affiliated climate deniers from 1989 to 2002. […]

1993 GCC Climate Watch Bulletin Vol. 1 Issue 10

This document is the Global Climate Coalition’s (GCC) October 1993 Climate Watch Bulletin (Volume 1 Issue 10). 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 automotive, […]

1993 Shell special project briefing “Brazilian Biomass Power Demonstration Project”

This 1993 document details Shell’s Brazilian biomass project. Highlighting that “[s]ustainably-grown biomass used for power generation is essentially ‘carbon neutral’ to the atmosphere,” Shell hoped this technology could address issues surrounding climate change. This document is a part of a larger collection discovered by Jelmer Mommers of De Correspondent in a trove of internal Shell […]

1993 GCC Climate Watch Bulletin Vol. 1 Issue 9

This document is the Global Climate Coalition’s (GCC) September 1993 Climate Watch Bulletin (Volume 1 Issue 9). 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 automotive, […]

1993 GCC Climate Watch Bulletin Vol. 1 Issue 8

This document is the Global Climate Coalition’s (GCC) July/August 1993 Climate Watch Bulletin (Volume 1 Issue 8). 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 automotive, […]

1993 GCC White House Chief of Staff Letter

This document is a July 19, 1993 letter from John Shlaes, Executive Director of the Global Climate Coalition (GCC), to Thomas F. McLarty, the Chief of Staff to the President. The letter was cc’d to the Interagency Climate Change Mitigation Group and the Interagency Analysis Team. The GCC opposed greenhouse gas regulations through direct engagement […]

1993 GCC National Action Plan Letter to DOE

This document is a July 8, 1993 letter from John Shlaes, Executive Director of the Global Climate Coalition, to Abe Haspel, the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic and Environmental Policy at the Department of Energy. The industry-funded GCC opposed greenhouse gas regulations through direct engagement and collaboration with affiliated climate deniers from 1989 to 2002. […]

1993 GCC Patrick Michaels “Benign Greenhouse” News Release

This Global Climate Coalition (GCC) document is a letter from GCC Executive Director John Shlaes to journalists in response to a Washington Post article, in which climate denier Patrick Michaels and climate scientist James Hansen were interviewed about their views regarding natural warming and computer modeling.  The industry-funded GCC opposed greenhouse gas regulations through direct […]