This document is the Global Climate Coalition’s (GCC) Fall 1997 Climate Watch Brief (Volume 5 Issue 4). 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 document reflects the Global Climate Coalition’s (GCC) Science and Technology Assessment Committee (STAC) July 1997 conference call and meeting at the White House. It was 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. I. Conference Call Summary The […]
This document is a position paper on sustainable development in the oil and gas industry, written by the Sustainable Development Task Force of the Oil Industry International Exploration and Production Forum (E&P Forum) which became the International Association of Oil and Gas Producers (IOGP) in 1999. The E&P Forum was founded in 1974 as an […]
This is the transcript of a moderated debate between Alan Robock, a climatologist from the University of Maryland and Patrick Michaels, a climate change skeptic with long standing financial ties to the fossil fuel industry. The topic of the debate was “Must We Act Now To Avert a Climate Catastrophe?” and was part of a […]
This undated pamphlet “Act Now to Create Our Future” is a part of a larger collection discovered by Jelmer Mommers of De Correspondent in a trove of internal Royal Dutch/Shell Group (“Shell”) documents. Shell Pamphlet Enhanced Exploration and Production “Act Now to Create Our Future” (PDF) Shell Pamphlet Enhanced Exploration and Production “Act Now to […]
John Brown, Group Executive for BP America gives a speech at Stanford on May 19, 1997 regarding climate change and how the company will help tackle the problem.
This document is a presentation at the “Business and the Environment Programme” by John Jennings, a Shell Managing Director and Chairman of Shell Transport and Trading Company. Part of a larger collection discovered by Jelmer Mommers of De Correspondent in a trove of internal Shell documents, this presentation shows the discord within Shell, as some […]
This Global Climate Coalition (GCC) news release announced the hiring of Gail Clements McDonald as the GCC’s Chief Executive Officer. 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. Clements McDonald was […]
This is a 1997 Royal Dutch/Shell Group (“Shell”) Statement of General Business Principles. This document is a part of a larger collection discovered by Jelmer Mommers of De Correspondent in a trove of internal Shell documents. 1997 Shell Statement of General Business Principles (PDF) 1997 Shell Statement of General Business Principles (Text) Interested in more […]
This document is a February 27th, 1997 News Release from the Global Climate Coalition (GCC) covering a report by the Charles River Associates titled, “World Economic Impacts of US Commitment to Medium Term Carbon Emission Limits.” According to the release, the report found that, “a large number of developing nations will suffer significant economic harm […]