Cooler Heads Coalition

The Cooler Heads Coalition is a group in the United States that reject the idea of climate change. The group is politically conservative. IThe Competitive Entrerpirse Instituite runs and finances the group. The group tried to stop the govenrment from adressing climate change.   

The Coalition operates a website, and published a blog and e-newsletter Cooler Heads Digest (last issued in 2012). It was founded by Consumer Alert.

The Cooler Heads Coalition describes itself as "an informal and ad-hoc group focused on dispelling the myths of global warming by exposing flawed economic, scientific, and risk analysis".

 Reception 
The Washington Post described the group as "in the vanguard of efforts to cast doubt on the gravity of climate change and thwart government efforts to address it."{The New Yorker has described the Cooler Heads Coalition as "an umbrella organization operated by the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a nonprofit that prides itself on its opposition to environmentalists."

According to The Washington Post, the group was for "long dismissed as cranks by mainstream scientists and politicians in both parties" until the group was embraced by Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.
The Cooler Heads Coalition has been criticized for ties to energy industries that would be affected if the United States enacted any legislation targeted at reducing CO2 emissions.

 References 

Category:Political organizations based in the United States