Editing Patrick Michaels (section)

===World Climate Report, Greening Earth Society, and Western Fuels Association===
The [[World Climate Report]], a newsletter edited by Michaels was first published by the [[Greening Earth Society]]. The society was a [[public relations]] organization associated with the [[Western Fuels Association]] (WFA), an association of coal-burning utility companies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greeningearthsociety.org/ |title=Scientific Advisers |access-date=May 30, 2019 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19981205034857/http://www.greeningearthsociety.org/ |archive-date=December 5, 1998 }}, Greening Earth Society, website archived from December 1998.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://greeningearthsociety.org/ |title=Scientific Advisers |access-date=May 30, 2019 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010925234237/http://greeningearthsociety.org/ |archive-date=September 25, 2001 }}, Greening Earth Society, website archived from September 2001.</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Energy-Debate-Heats-Up-2709569.php|title=Energy Debate Heats Up|last=Norr|first=Henry|date=August 14, 2000|newspaper=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|access-date=May 30, 2019}}</ref> It has been called a "front group created by the coal industry"<ref>{{cite web|first=John|last=Stauber|url=https://www.prwatch.org/spin/2001/08/609/coal-industry-front-group-spouts-hot-air|title=Coal Industry Front Group Spouts Hot Air|date=August 9, 2001|website=PR Watch|language=en|access-date=May 30, 2019}}</ref> and an "industry front".<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Appell |first=David |url=http://archive.salon.com/books/review/2001/07/02/murray/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422232352/http://archive.salon.com/books/review/2001/07/02/murray/index.html |title=Salon.com Books {{!}} "It Ain't Necessarily So" by David Murray, et al. |date=July 2, 2001 |archive-date=April 22, 2009 |website=Salon.com |access-date=May 30, 2019}}</ref> Fred Palmer, a society staffer, is a registered lobbyist for Peabody Energy, a coal company.<ref>[https://archive.today/20070510102303/http://sopr.senate.gov/cgi-win/m_opr_viewer.exe?DoFn=3 U.S. Lobby Registration and Disclosure Page]</ref> WFA founded the group in 1997, according to an archived version of its website, "as a vehicle for advocacy on climate change, the environmental impact of CO2, and fossil fuel use."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.greeningearthsociety.org/join.html |title=Join GES |access-date=March 8, 2005 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050308200600/http://www.greeningearthsociety.org/join.html |archive-date=March 8, 2005 }}, Greening Earth Society website, archived from March 2005.</ref>