Cooler Heads Coalition

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The Cooler Heads Coalition is a politically conservative[1] "informal and ad-hoc group" in the United States, financed and operated by the Competitive Enterprise Institute.[2] The group, which rejects the scientific consensus on climate change, made efforts to stop the government from addressing climate change.[3][4]

Operation

The Coalition operates a website, and published a blog and e-newsletter Cooler Heads Digest (last issued in 2012). It was founded by Consumer Alert.[5]

The Cooler Heads Coalition describes itself as "an informal and ad-hoc group focused on dispelling the myths of

global warming by exposing flawed economic, scientific, and risk analysis".[2]

Reception

The Washington Post described the group as "in the vanguard of efforts to cast doubt on the gravity of climate change and thwart government efforts to address it."[3] The New Yorker has described the Cooler Heads Coalition as "an umbrella organization operated by the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a nonprofit that prides itself on its opposition to environmentalists."[4]

According to The Washington Post, the group was for "long dismissed as cranks by mainstream scientists and politicians in both parties" until the group was embraced by

2016 presidential campaign.[3]
The Cooler Heads Coalition has been criticized for ties to energy industries that would be affected if the

Membership

Notable members of the Coalition have included:[7][8]

See also

References

  1. ISSN 0882-7729
    . Retrieved 2015-10-11.
  2. ^ a b "About". www.globalwarming.org. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
  3. ^ a b c "A two-decade crusade by conservative charities fueled Trump's exit from Paris climate accord". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2017-09-06.
  4. ^ a b "Playing Climate-Change Telephone". The New Yorker. 2014-04-29. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
  5. ^ "Cooler Heads Coalition - DeSmog".
  6. ^ David Adam, "Oil industry targets EU climate policy" The Guardian, December 2005.
  7. ^ "About". www.globalwarming.org.
  8. ^ Note: the list of members as of June 2004, as recorded at archive.org

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