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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (36414)	12/11/2012 11:38:57 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86356

"so Moynihan discussing the "possibility" of global warming means that was the beginning of the actual political debate?" Nope; it was the beginning of intensive scientific study. The political debate began in 1991 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 on the Environment" (ICE). ICE launched a $500,000 advertising campaign to, in ICE's own words, "reposition global warming as theory (not fact)." Critics of industry groups have charged that the claims about a global warming controversy are part of a deliberate effort to reduce the impact any international treaty, such as the Kyoto Protocol, might have on their business interests. [41] en.wikipedia.org