The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was convened the following year. In response, the American Petroleum Institute—the same organization that had founded and then disbanded the CO2 and Climate Task Force—formed a new organization, joining dozens of energy, mining, chemical, and manufacturing companies. They called themselves the Global Climate Coalition, but the name was deceptive. The GCC’s role, officially, was similar to the API’s—to advocate on behalf of industry—but it did so by casting doubt on climate science and discrediting “alarmists” like James Hansen. Adopting the
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