Cooler Heads Coalition

The Cooler Heads Coalition was formed on May 6, 1997, "to dispel the myths of global warming by exposing flawed economic, scientific and risk analysis[1]." It runs the web-site golbalwarming.org, that is paid for and maintained by Consumer Alert, whose Director Fran Smith sits on the CEI Board and who is the wife of Fred Smith, the President of CEI. Myron Ebell, is one of the most important climate sceptics in the UK, who chairs the Cooler Head s Coalition. He has close ties to industry and spoke at Exxon’s 2002 shareholders' meeting,[2] and apparently has close ties to former Rep. David McIntosh of Indiana, a long-time opponent of clean-air controls.[3]

The Cooler Heads Coalition is:

• 60 Plus
• Alexis de Tocqueville Institution
• American Legislative Exchange Council
• American Policy Center
• Americans for Tax Reform
• Association of Concerned Taxpayers
• Center for Security Policy
• Citizens for a Sound Economy
• Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow
• Competitive Enterprise Institute
• Consumer Alert
• Defenders of Property Rights
• Frontiers of Freedom
• George Marshall Institute
• Heartland Institute
• Heritage Foundation
• National Center for Policy Analysis
• National Center for Public Policy Research
• Pacific Research Institute
• Seniors Coalition
• Small Business Survival Committee
• Advancement of Sound Science Coalition
• Independent Institute

References

1. http://www.globalwarming.org/about.htm
2. J. Lee (2003) “Exxon Backs Groups That Question Global Warming”, The New York Times, 28 May, p5
3. U.S. Newswire (2001) “Trust Names ‘Cooler Heads’ Chairman The Clean Air ‘Villain Of The Month’”, Washington, 15 March