The Coalition is a nonprofit advocacy organization in the United States founded in 2015. Its claims conflict with the scientific consensus on climate change and it spreads misinformation about climate change.

History

The Coalition is a successor to the

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, a think tank focusing on defense and climate issues which closed in 2015. William O'Keefe, a chief executive officer of the Marshall Institute and former CEO of the

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, continued as CEO of the Coalition.

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, an emeritus professor of physics known for disagreeing with the consensus on climate change, was another Coalition founder from the Marshall Institute. Happer said the association with climate contrarianism had negatively affected Marshall Institute funding, viz: "Many foundations that would normally have supported defense would not do it because of the Marshall name being associated with climate". The defense activities of the Marshall Institute were moved to the

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In its first four years, the Coalition received over $1 million in contributions from foundations that support conservative cause and from energy industry officials.

Activities

The Coalition was one of over 40 organizations to sign a letter dated May 8, 2017, to President

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thanking him for his campaign promise to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, which Trump announced on June 1, 2017. In 2021 the Coalition submitted a public comment opposing climate change disclosure rules by the

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. The Coalition asserted "There is no 'climate crisis' and there is no evidence that there will be one," and further "Carbon dioxide, the gas purported to be the cause of catastrophic warming, is not toxic and does no harm." Both assertions are at odds with the scientific consensus on climate change. The Coalition had published twelve white papers, six 'climate issues in-depth', eight science policy briefs, coalition member testimonies, and coalition member publications. The group continues to speak publicly and issue press releases on issues relating to energy production, climate change, and advocating for

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based fuels.

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