Greening Earth Society Explained

The Greening Earth Society, now defunct, was a public relations organization which denied the effects of climate change and the impacts of increased levels of carbon dioxide. The Society published the World Climate Report, a newsletter edited by Patrick Michaels of the Cato Institute.^{[1] [2]}

It was a non-profit organization created by the Western Fuels Association,^[3] with which it shared an office and many staff members.^{[4] [5] [6]} It has been called a "front group created by the coal industry"^[7] and an "industry front".^[8] Fred Palmer, a Society staffer, is a registered lobbyist for Peabody Energy, a coal company.^[9]

Although the Greening Earth Society generally rejected the science of climate change, it acknowledged some degree of global warming as real: "Fact #1. The rate of global warming during the past several decades has been about 0.18°C per decade".^[10] Note that the actual increase in the global surface temperature during the 100 years ending in 2005 was 0.74 ± 0.18 °C.^[11]

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.greeningearthsociety.org

Notes and References

1. Web site: Patrick J. Michaels . SourceWatch . 2011-01-25 . 2021-10-27.
2. Web site: Fisher . Michael . World Climate Report . DeSmog . 2021-09-01 . 2021-10-27.
3. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/08/14/BU70391.DTL San Francisco Chronicle
4. Web site: Global Warming Skeptic Organizations . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100311030651/http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/science_and_impacts/global_warming_contrarians/global-warming-skeptic.html . March 11, 2010 .
5. Web site: Global Warming Skeptic Organizations | Union of Concerned Scientists. www.ucsusa.org . https://web.archive.org/web/20100311030651/http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/science_and_impacts/global_warming_contrarians/global-warming-skeptic.html . March 11, 2010.
6. Web site: Exxonsecrets: Greening Earth Society . 2008-02-09 . 2017-10-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171003020951/http://www.exxonsecrets.org/html/orgfactsheet.php?id=88 . dead .
7. http://www.prwatch.org/taxonomy/term/103?from=110 PRWatch.org
8. http://archive.salon.com/books/review/2001/07/02/murray/index.html Salon.com
9. https://archive.today/20070510102303/http://sopr.senate.gov/cgi-win/m_opr_viewer.exe?DoFn=3 U.S. Lobby Registration and Disclosure Page
10. https://web.archive.org/web/20050315081640/http://www.greeningearthsociety.org/wca/2004/wca_19d.html Greening Earth Society
11. Web site: Summary for Policymakers . Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change . 2007-02-02 . 2007-02-05 . Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The updated hundred-year linear trend (1906 to 2005) of 0.74 °C [0.56 °C to 0.92 °C] is therefore larger than the corresponding trend for 1901 to 2000 given in the TAR of 0.6 °C [0.4 °C to 0.8 °C]..