Textos de referencia:
Bob Burton and Sheldon Rampton (1997) – Thinking Globally, Acting Vocally: The International Conspiracy to Overheat the Earth – PR Watch, 21/09/1977 – http://www.prwatch.org/prwissues/1997Q4/warming.html
“In 1991, a U.S. corporate coalition including the National Coal Association, the Western Fuels Association and Edison Electrical Institute created a PR front group called the “Information Council for the Environment” (ICE) and launched a $500,000 advertising and public relations blitz as the first salvo.”
Information Council on the Environment – Wikipedia, 24/10/2008 – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_Council_on_the_Environment
“Information Council for the Environment (ICE), was a U.S. organization created by the National Coal Association, the Western Fuels Association and Edison Electrical Institute. ICE launched a $500,000 advertising and public relations campaign to, in ICE’s words, “reposition global warming as theory (not fact).” Patrick Michaels, Robert Balling and Sherwood B. Idso all lent their names in 1991 to its scientific advisory panel.”
Politicization of science – Wikipedia, 03/11/2008 – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politicization_of_science
“Both sides of the controversy over global warming have accused each other of politicizing the science behind climate change … In 1991, a US corporate coalition including the National Coal Association, the Western Fuels Association and Edison Electrical Institute created a public relations organization called the “Information Council for the Environment” (ICE). ICE launched a $500,000 advertising campaign to, in ICE’s own words, “reposition global warming as theory (not fact).”
Kevin Grandia – Coal Industry Spin Doctor Joe Lucas Refuses to Admit Coal Contributes to Global Warming – Desmogblog, 05/03/2009 – http://www.desmogblog.com/coal-industry-spin-doctor-joe-lucas-refuses-admit-coal-contributes-global-warming
“But a wolf can only hide in a sheep’s green clothing for so long before they slip. Lucas stunningly refuses to admit in the CNN interview whether or not the burning of coal even contributes to global warming … ‘I don’t know. I am not a scientist’.”
Joseph Romm – Carbon polluters launch another PR campaign – FACES of Coal – seriously! – Climate Progress, 19/08/2009 – http://climateprogress.org/2009/08/19/carbon-polluters-launch-another-pr-campaign-faces-of-coal-seriously/
“It’s not enough for the coal lobby to hire a top GOP voter-fraud company to run massive “grassroots” efforts to undermine climate and clean energy action.”
James Hoggan with Richard Littlemore (2009) – Climate Cover-up: The Crusade to Deny Global Warming – Greystone Books – ISBN-13 : 978-1553654858 – 240 Págs. – http://www.desmogblog.com/about-climate-cover
“In 1991, Western Fuels joined with the National Coal Association and the Electric Edison Institute to create the Information Council for the Environment (ICE). This was a not-very-arm’s-length organizationthat wopuld use its original US $500,000 budget ‘to reposition global warming as a theory (not fact)’ and ‘supply alternatiev facts to support the suggestion that global warming will be good’ [ref]… with advance planning from the D.C. public relations firm Bracy Williams and Company tested a series of messages, including:…” (p. 32)
Stephen Lacey – Investigation: As Black Lung Cases Doubled In The Last Decade, The Coal Industry Fought New Health Protections – Climate Progress, 09/07/2012 – http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/07/09/512873/investigation-as-black-lung-cases-doubled-in-the-last-decade-the-coal-industry-fought-new-health-protections/
“That’s according to an investigation from National Public Radio, The Center for Public Integrity, and the Charleston Gazette.”
Rebecca Leber – The GOP’s ‘War On Coal’ Myth, Brought To You By Millions In Coal Cash – Climate Progress, 20/09/2012 – http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/09/20/873851/the-gops-war-on-coal-myth-brought-to-you-by-millions-in-coal-cash/
“In 2012 alone, Republicans received 89 percent of the coal industry’s campaign contributions. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), chair of the Energy and Commerce committee, has received $60,000 from both major utilities and the coal industry. Another sponsor, Rep. David McKinley (R-WV), is the top recipient of coal cash for 2012, receiving over $200,000.”
Caroline Selle – Poland Partners with Coal and Oil Corporate Sponsors for COP19 Climate Conference – DeSmogBlog, 18/09/2013 – http://www.desmogblog.com/2013/09/18/poland-partners-coal-and-oil-corporate-sponsors-cop19-climate-conference
“On the same day that Poland announced the names of the COP19 corporate partners, the World Coal Association (WCA) announced the Polish Economic Ministry’s support of its World Communique. According to the WCA announcement, the Communique was endorsed by Janusz Piechociński, Poland’s Deputy Prime Minister, and “outlines pragmatic solutions which address environmental challenges while allowing coal to continue playing its role as an affordable, abundant, easily accessible source of energy.”. he WCA also announced that Poland will host its International Coal and Climate Summit in Warsaw on November 18-19, right in the middle of the COP19 negotiations.”
Brendan Montague – Fred Singer’s Attack on the Rio Earth Summit – Desmogblog UK, 10/01/2015 – http://www.desmog.uk/2015/01/10/fred-singer-attack-rio-earth-summit
“Climate-change denier Richard Lindzen, then a meteorologist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), sent the report to President George Bush Senior with a covering letter using his academic credentials to lend weight to its findings. “I thought it was important to make it clear that the science was at an early and primitive stage and that there was little basis for consensus and much reason for skepticism,” he told the Scientific American magazine. “I did feel a moral obligation.” The energy industry also lobbied the IPCC directly. The Climate Council, the Edison Electric Institute and the National Coal Association wrote a letter to Bolin and submitted its own report.”
