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The Cooler Heads Coalition was formed on May 6, 1997, "to dispel the myths of global warming by exposing flawed economic, scientific and risk analysis." In March 2001, the nonprofit Clean Air Trust named Ebell its "clean air villain of the month," citing his "ferocious lobbying charge to persuade President Bush to reverse his campaign pledge to control electric utility emissions of carbon dioxide."
CEI was also active in opposing the 1997 international global warming negotiations in Kyoto. CEI staff including [[Fred Smith]], [[James Sheehan]], [[Jonathan Adler]] and [[Marlo Lewis]] featured prominently in a list of "experts" provided to reporters by the industry-funded [[Global Climate Coalition]]. "The campaign against the 1997 Kyoto global warming treaty waged by right-wing think tanks has been another area where corporate America has heavily invested in right-wing policy groups that advance its interest" noted author [[David Callahan ]] in 1999."The Competitive Enterprise Institute has been a particularly aggressive advocate of the notion that global warming is a 'theory not a fact." [http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/1999/9911.callahan.think.html]
CEI's activism on global warming continued in 1998, with its executive director, [[Marlo Lewis]], Jr., appearing before the Small Business Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives to testify against proposed regulatory action that would have reduced the risk of climate change. "Where per capita energy consumption is high, per capita income is also high; and where per capita energy consumption is low, per capita income is also low. Thus, if we are to rescue mankind from the perils of poverty, we must dramatically increase global energy consumption. We must push down on the accelerator," Lewis testified. "Inflating 'Safety First!' from a mere rule of thumb into a categorical imperative ... is a recipe for paralysis and stagnation, perhaps the riskiest condition of all." [http://www.junkscience.com/news3/lewis.htm]
