This document is the Global Climate Coalition’s (GCC) March 1994 Climate Watch Bulletin (Volume 2 Issue 3). 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, […]
This Global Climate Coalition (GCC) letter to journalists covered two TIME articles about climate change, one from 1989 and another from 1994. 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. The […]
From the private collection of Nicky Sundt, a Washington-based climate change science, policy and communications expert, this document is a packet of various Global Climate Coalition (GCC) materials titled, “Background Information on the Global Climate Coalition.” The packet includes an overview of the GCC, a membership list, and six different “Backgrounder” and “News Release” publications […]
This document is the Global Climate Coalition’s (GCC) February 1994 Climate Watch Bulletin (Volume 2 Issue 2). 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, […]
This document is a 1994 letter from John Shlaes, Executive Director of the Global Climate Coalition (GCC), addressed to “Dear Journalist.” Attached to the letter are two stories, which Shlaes says provide “the rest of the story” about a study of ice cores done at the time. Shlaes states that “the initial conclusion of the […]
This document is a report by the Global Climate Coalition (GCC) titled, “Issues & Options: Potential Global Climate Change.” 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. […]
In this segment of the Western Fuel Association’s (WFA) 1994 annual report, the association discussed their opposition to the “madness surrounding policy prescriptions emanating from the global warming debate.” Highlighting WFA’s priorities at the time, this report defined the association’s business in two parts: “delivering coal at the lowest possible cost to our members” and […]
This Global Climate Coalition document provides talking points to rebut growing public concern over global warming. 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. The GCC relied heavily on the idea […]
This document reflects the Global Climate Coalition’s (GCC) “Available Materials” for dissemination. 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. The document lists seven “Backgrounders,” five reports, copies of testimony submitted to […]
This Global Climate Coalition (GCC) backgrounder and corresponding biography reflect GCC Executive Director John Shlaes’ career. 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. Shlaes was appointed to the position in […]