Frederick Seitz

Philip Morris Creates TASSC Front Group, Exporting Tobacco Doubt Tactics to Climate Denial

1993-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

In 1993, Philip Morris tobacco company created The Advancement of Sound Science Coalition (TASSC) through PR firm APCO Associates as a front group to challenge evidence linking secondhand smoke to disease. TASSC became a critical bridge between tobacco industry doubt-manufacturing tactics and …

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George C. Marshall Institute Becomes Central Node in Fossil Fuel-Funded Climate Denial

1991-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

By 1991, the George C. Marshall Institute (GMI) had evolved into a central node in the fossil fuel industry’s climate denial infrastructure, receiving funding from ExxonMobil and other energy companies to attack climate science. Founded in 1984 by physicists Frederick Seitz (former President …

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