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To: jlallen who wrote (1000677)	2/17/2017 1:37:09 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577903

"They aren't advocating for phony AGW alarmism" They helped invent "phony AGW alarmism" so they could advocate against it. Until then, it was just ordinary science. 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. [43] = 25 Years Ago This Man Kick Started the First Fossil Fuel–Funded Campaigns to Attack Climate Science Message 30964189