Category Archives: Corporate Front Organizations and Think Tanks

1994 GCC Climate Watch Bulletin Vol. 2 Issue 7

This document is the Global Climate Coalition’s (GCC) 1994 July/August Climate Watch Bulletin (Volume 2 Issue 7). 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 “Expertise” News Release and Attachments

This 1993 Global Climate Coalition (GCC) document is a letter from Executive Director John Shlaes. The GCC was an industry-funded organization that 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 letter was likely […]

GCC Overview and Membership

This undated document contains an overview and membership list of the Global Climate Coalition. The industry-funded GCC opposed greenhouse gas regulations through direct engagement with climate policy negotiations and collaboration with affiliated climate deniers from 1989 to 2002. Its membership spanned across the automotive, utility, manufacturing, petroleum, and mining industries. The overview of the GCC […]

GCC “To Tell the Whole Story on Global Climate Change” Mailer

This Global Climate Coalition (GCC) mailing, “To Tell the Whole Story on Global Climate Change…,” was used by the group to entice potential members or interested people into hearing the GCC position on climate change. The industry-funded GCC opposed greenhouse gas regulations through direct engagement, like the mailer presented here, and collaboration with affiliated climate […]

GCC Board and General Membership Lists

This document is a group of six membership lists for the Global Climate Coalition (GCC), whose membership spanned across the automotive, utility, manufacturing, petroleum, and mining industries. The GCC opposed greenhouse gas regulations through direct engagement and collaboration with affiliated climate deniers from 1989 to 2002. Only one of the membership lists in the collection […]

1993 GCC Debates Global Warming Policy News Release

This 1993 document is a letter from John Shlaes, Executive Director of the Global Climate Coalition (GCC). The GCC was an industry-funded organization that 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. Addressed as, […]

1993 GCC National Energy Policy Act of 1992 Global Climate Change Provisions Backgrounder

This Global Climate Coalition (GCC) “Backgrounder” reviewed the climate change related contents of the National Energy Policy Act (NEPA) of 1992. 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. In the Backgrounder, […]

GCC Climate Models Shortcomings and Limitations Press Release and Backgrounder

This Global Climate Coalition (GCC) press release and backgrounder criticized general circulation models’ (GCMs) ability to accurately analyze or project changes in climate. 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 “Position Statement on Climate Change”

This document is an undated position statement of the Global Climate Coalition (GCC). The GCC was an industry-funded organization that 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. The document advocated for programs to […]

GCC Backgrounder “Understanding Carbon Dioxide Future Trends in Emissions and Emissions Control”

This document titled, “Understanding Carbon Dioxide: Future Trends in Emissions and Emissions Control,” contains a Global Climate Coalition (GCC) Backgrounder about carbon dioxide and its role in climate change. GCC published many Backgrounders during the organization’s tenure, many of which denied the science of climate change. The industry-funded GCC opposed greenhouse gas regulations through direct […]