Global warming, they hardly knew you

Or did they?

For years the Global Climate Coalition spent billions to debunk scientific claims about global warming. Read about it here.

The coalition, which was funded by the fossil fuels industry, was disbanded in 2002, but its legacy remains. It was able to cause enough doubt to delay serious efforts toward understanding and addressing climate change.

Personally, I think global warming is the wrong term to use. While the Earth may be getting warmer on average, not all places are. Most places, however, are seeing changes in their climate patterns. This has impacts on the ability of humanity to feed itself, and for the natural ecosystem to remain in balance. Climate change is the term that should be used going forward.

If not for the Global Climate Coalition, and the many media outlets that seized on its messaging, we may have been able to begin adopting more renewable energy sources years earlier. Doing so would have put the U.S. in a position to better take advantage of the global economic revolution that is happening, with nations and companies spending billions and billions on energy saving technologies.