ABC's Global Warming Hit Piece "Welcome to 'The Denial Machine'"

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By Noel Sheppard | March 23, 2008 - 22:21 ET

*****Critical update: Dr. Singer responds at end of post.

Climate alarmism reached a new low Sunday as ABC's "World News" featured a hit piece on Dr. S. Fred Singer, the esteemed Professor Emeritus of environmental science at the University of Virginia.

In a segment disgracefully entitled "Welcome to 'The Denial Machine,'" anchor Dan Harris disparaged Singer at every turn.

With a picture of Singer behind his right shoulder, under which was displayed the words "THE SKEPTIC," Harris began (video available here):

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One of the most influential scientists in what's been called "The Denial Machine," for decades, Fred Singer has argued loudly that global warming is not dangerous despite the vast majority of scientists who agree it is. His critics say Dr. Singer has helped create the mirage of a scientific debate which has preventing the American public and American politicians from taking action.

With a smile on his face, Harris asked Singer, "How would you describe yourself, as a skeptic, a denier, a doubter?"

Nice way to treat a distinguished member of the scientific community on Easter Sunday, wouldn't you agree? Alas, that was only the beginning of the insults:

This 84-year-old Princeton-trained physicist is the grandfather of a movement that rails against the broad, scientific understanding that global warming is real, manmade, and potentially catastrophic. [...]

Singer seems to enjoy being provocative, for example, about polar bears being threatened by melting ice. [...]

There are so many scientists that disagree with what your saying. The IPCC, NASA, NOAA, the National Academy of Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Geophysical Union, the American Meteorological Society. We're talking about scientists all over the globe. [...]

Kert Davies, an environmental activist, says Singer is connected to a whole web of organizations, many funded by oil and coal companies that have spent millions trying to convince the public there's a real scientific debate about global warming slowing down government action on a phenomenon that could lead to storms, droughts, famines, massive refugee movements, and even wars.

KERT DAVIES, GREENPEACE: That will be how people remember Fred Singer, as someone who tried to slow down the reaction to global warming and in fact, in the end, that is going to cost lives, and cause us lost species, and cost major economic damage around the world.

How nice. On Easter Sunday, ABC News implied that an 84-year-old Ph.D. is thwarting science in a fashion that will cost lives. Astounding, wouldn't you agree? Sadly, there was more:

In this new report, he argues global warming is just part of a natural cycle, and that our carbon emissions are not dangerous. We ran Singer's data by climate scientists from Stanford, Princeton, and NASA who dismissed it with words like "fraudulent nonsense." This is not, by the way, the first time Singer has set himself against mainstream scientific opinion. He also argued against the dangers of second-hand smoke, toxic waste, and nuclear winter. [...]

We asked Dr. Singer if he ever took money from energy companies. At first he denied it, and then he said yes he had received one unsolicited check from Exxon for $10,000.

Wow. A whole $10,000? And how many millions of ad dollars does Exxon give to ABC and ABC News on a yearly basis, Dan?

I wonder if Dan knows that in 2006, Exxon contributed almost $140 million to various entities around the world. Are all these recipients similarly corrupted as Singer?

*****Update: Article about this interview posted at ABCNews.com entitled, "Global Warming Denier: Fraud or 'Realist'?":

His fellow scientists call him a fraud, a charlatan and a showman, but Fred Singer calls himself "a realist."

Do these people have any shame?

*****Critical Update: I received the following e-mail message from Dr. Singer Monday morning (published with his consent):

The interview with Dan Harris went for an hour or more. Clearly, he ignored my complete scientific story (NIPCC vs IPCC), the fact that 100 climate scientists presented papers at the Heartland Conference, and that hundreds more are now listed as climate skeptics. [I am not even counting the nearly 20,000 scientists of various specialties who signed the Oregon Petition.]

Then he added the Greenpeace guy with his weird Exxon conspiracy and the smear remarks of anonymous scientists from NASA, Princeton and Stanford (likely Hansen, Oppenheimer, and Schneider). I would love to debate these guys; we would win hands down

And he personally assured me he wouldn't do a 'hatchet job'

I commented on the suggestion that I am an 'all-around skeptic' to his Exec Producer <Felicia.Biberica@abc.com> as follows:

"Dan did well to mention my doubts about the cancer effects of Second-Hand Smoke, about the danger of spent nuclear fuel, and about 'Nuclear Winter.' All true -- Dan did his research. On SHS, I simply agree with the experts (see attached review from a medical doctor, specializing in lung disease). Nuclear fuel presents no technical problems, only political ones. France and Britain handle its disposal; why don't we? 'Nuclear Winter' (which burst onto the scene in 1983 -- and disappeared quickly) was basically a fraud, invented to shore up an ideological position. We disposed of it in a debate moderated by Ted Koppel on ABC-Nightline."

Journalists are better qualified than I to judge if ABC used proper journalistic standards and hold their feet to the fire.

Best Fred

—Noel Sheppard is an economist, business owner, and Associate Editor of NewsBusters.

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We ran Singer's data by

We ran Singer's data by climate scientists from Stanford, Princeton, and NASA who dismissed it with words like "fraudulent nonsense."

Hmm.  Did they provide any footage of any of these scientists using words like that?  Were they speaking off the record?  Is this just another "sources say" moment.

 

 

Hmmm...

are these the same scientists at Stanford, Princeton, and NASA whose data has been proven to be fraudulent, models grossly inaccurate, and research biased?

nuclear winter

The idea of "nuclear winter" has been disproven hasnt it?

The 1500-Year Climate Cycle

Here is some of Singer's "fraudulent nonsense":

The Physical Evidence of Earth's Unstoppable 1,500-Year Climate Cycle (National Center for Policy Analysis)

Carbon Dioxide Did Not End The Last Ice Age, Study Says (Science Daily)
Earth Cools In Persistent, 1,500-Year Rhythm, Say Columbia Scientists, Working From Sea Cores (Science Daily)
Global Warming Natural, May End Within 20 Years, Says Ohio State University Researcher (Science Daily)
Natural Climate Change May Be Larger Than Commonly Thought (Science Daily)
North Atlantic Warming Tied To Natural Variability (Science Daily)
Pacific Ocean Temperature Changes Point To Natural Climate Variability (Science Daily)
Solar cycle drives ocean temperatures, study says (USA Today)

Peer-Review Papers supporting the 1,500-Year Climate Cycle:

A 150,000-year climatic record from Antarctic ice
(Nature 316, 591 - 596, 15 August 1985)
- C. Lorius, C. Ritz, J. Jouzel, L. Merlivat, N. I. Barkov

A Pervasive Millennial-Scale Cycle in North Atlantic Holocene and Glacial Climates
(Science, Vol. 278. no. 5341, pp. 1257 - 1266, 14 November 1997)
- Gerard Bond, William Showers, Maziet Cheseby, Rusty Lotti, Peter Almasi, Peter deMenocal, Paul Priore, Heidi Cullen, Irka Hajdas, Georges Bonani

A Variable Sun Paces Millennial Climate
(Science, Vol. 294. no. 5546, pp. 1431 - 1433, 16 November 2001)
- Richard A. Kerr

Cyclic Variation and Solar Forcing of Holocene Climate in the Alaskan Subarctic
(Science, Vol. 301. no. 5641, pp. 1890 - 1893, 26 September 2003)
- Feng Sheng Hu, Darrell Kaufman, Sumiko Yoneji, David Nelson, Aldo Shemesh, Yongsong Huang, Jian Tian, Gerard Bond, Benjamin Clegg, Thomas Brown

Decadal to millennial cyclicity in varves and turbidites from the Arabian Sea: hypothesis of tidal origin
(Global and Planetary Change, Volume 34, Issues 3-4, Pages 313-325, November 2002)
- W. H. Bergera, U. von Rad

Late Holocene approximately 1500 yr climatic periodicities and their implications
(Geology, v. 26; no. 5; p. 471-473, May 1998)
- Ian D. Campbell, Celina Campbell, Michael J. Apps, Nathaniel W. Rutter, Andrew B. G. Bush

Possible solar origin of the 1,470-year glacial climate cycle demonstrated in a coupled model
(Nature 438, 208-211, 10 November 2005)
- Holger Braun, Marcus Christl, Stefan Rahmstorf, Andrey Ganopolski, Augusto Mangini, Claudia Kubatzki, Kurt Roth, Bernd Kromet

The 1,800-year oceanic tidal cycle: A possible cause of rapid climate change
(PNAS, vol. 97, no. 8, 3814-3819, April 11, 2000)
- Charles D. Keeling, Timothy P. Whorf

The origin of the 1500-year climate cycles in Holocene North-Atlantic records
(Climate of the Past Discussions, Volume 3, Issue 2, pp.679-692, 2007)
- M. Debret, V. Bout-Roumazeilles, F. Grousset, M. Desmet, J. F. McManus, N. Massei, D. Sebag, J.-R. Petit, Y. Copard, A. Trentesaux

Timing of abrupt climate change: A precise clock
(Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 30, NO. 10, 1510, 2003)
- Stefan Rahmstorf

Timing of Millennial-Scale Climate Change in Antarctica and Greenland During the Last Glacial Period
(Science, Volume 291, Issue 5501, pp. 109-112, 2001)
- Thomas Blunier, Edward J. Brook

Widespread evidence of 1500 yr climate variability in North America during the past 14 000 yr
(Geology, v. 30, no. 5, p. 455-458, May 2002)
- André E. Viau, Konrad Gajewski, Philippe Fines, David E. Atkinson, Michael C. Sawada

The Anti 'Man-Made' Global Warming Resource

Schneider is at Stanford

Schneider is at Stanford and Hansen is at NASA. Who's the Princeton alarmist?

heartland?

As they said that I think they showed a paper with the heartland.org symbol on it. As if heartland had said that diatribe.

http://upperweather....

Disgrace.

This piece is borderline journalistic malpractice, in my opinion.  It was completely editorialized in favor of global warming.  That whole segment looked like it could have been scripted by Greenpeace.   It's sad that they went out of their way to smear and discredit a distinguished scientist. 

With garbage like this, it's no wonder that network news ratings are in the tank.

 

"women and minorities hardest hit"

i saw the beginning

of this turned the channel--nuff said 

Sweet 16 sign-ups here  

Dan Harris...Exit, stage left...laughing all the way

I love pieces like this. It will just make me feel that much better in 20 years when I can say " I told you so"!

 " I told you

 " I told you so"!

What's funny is that they will say the same thing.  They will say, "See, we told you so.  If we hadn't made such a big deal about AGW, we wouldn't have been able to survive as we have!" 

I'd bet money on it. 

With China more than making

With China more than making up any C02 cuts made in the West, they won't be able to make that claim easily.

Noel, 99% of the people I talk to, NEVER EVER heard it snowed

in Baghdad this year, first time in 100 years.

I use this comment ALL THE time.

What you want a bet that AGW hangs on as long as darwinism does, 150 years and counting.

 

<wake up>SAVVVE The Whales N' Earth; conserve N' recycle !

IranianUranium<sleep>Infrastructure/repair?/ROFLMAO

 

Surpriseing

Well not really.Since the networks are in the tank for GW.

WELL THEN...

 well99,

Does this mean we won't be seeing any pieces about the global warming/climate change movement & the liberal/socialist/progressive/marxist backround of many pushing the agenda? Just thought I would axe...

 

"Some of us are wise, some of us are otherwise"  Mark Levin

Dany

That is all we will be seeing...lol The msm loves GW.What you wont see is the cofounder of Greenpeace calling if a fraud.The msm is in bed with Al Gore.

Too bad Singer didn't crush Harris..

Too bad Singer wasn't on his toes, and when Harris was fumbling through his notes saying:

There are so many scientists that disagree with what your saying. The IPCC, NASA, NOAA, the National Academy of Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Geophysical Union, the American Meteorological Society. We're talking about scientists all over the globe.

Singer could have responded with:

There are scientists all over the globe who solidly agree with me; some at NASA, some at NOAA, and many whom you trust to bring you your weather and hurricane forcasts. Did you not bother to spend a single moment developing that list, Mr. Harris - or are you just another Global Warming alarmist type?

why Gary

that's the stuff of editting room floors 

Sweet 16 sign-ups here  

Absolutely right, botg. An

Absolutely right, botg. An exchange like that would never had seen the light of day, unless the interview had been live.

Singer - well, I understood that..

Singer - well, I understood that.. Actually, after I posted that note I feared I might have insulted his good scientific mind by suggesting that "if he'd been on his toes..." That's not the way I meant it. Rather meant to suggest that it would have been "delicious" indeed had he pulled that off, and had it made it to air. But yes, it was a highly edited piece - and would be difficult to imagine that it would have made it to air time. The reporter's entire method was disengenous; in fact, it was unethical. (;~> g

Almost too absurd, even for liberals

 

Anyone question the credentials and employer of the "Greenpeace" spokesperson involved in this charade?

Liberals everywhere are wishing he/she/it had the first clue why that failed ideology is so entrenched as the laughingstock of educated society.  It is fortunate -- for America -- their ilk remains little more than fringe lunatics given air time by the morons producing "major news programs". 

It is time for the networks to get out of the news business

They are giving news a bad name, and they have outlived their usefulness.

Note to the MSM: Disinformation is not a form of news, but it should be a hanging offence.

---
Communist vs. Statist '08

Q. Why is John McCain Lying about What Hospital he was Born in?

Dan Harris : Elihu and Doeg

Dan Harris asked Singer, "How would you describe yourself, as a skeptic, a denier, a doubter?"

Singer should have responded, "How would you describe yourself, as an _sshole, a jack_ss, or a moron?" 

 

"If the good men are silent only the wicked are heard." - Edmund Burke

Elihu : History's First Recorded Liberal

Elihu was that idiot in the Book of Job that Satan brought in to break Job's mind when his 3 "miserable comforter" friends couldn't get the job done.

And Doeg was the antichrist David should have taken out the moment he saw him. He didn't, and Doeg cut down 85 ministers in cold blood.

"If the good men are silent only the wicked are heard." - Edmund Burke

apparently "realist" isn't in their vocabulary

plus the media smear campaign is off it's mark. they are upset with singer because he says that global warming is not as harmful as the socialists contend.

the point of fact being that global warming has been in retreat for 10 years.

shows how far off the mark they really are. interesting how all of the scientists they are leaning on for their point of view are those who are in the pocket of big government who control the purse strings to their funding. apparently they are too afraid to speak up knowing they will have to get a real job away from the government teet, a job where their success depended on their performance not the intensity of their ass kissing. a tell tell sign of a true liberal.

lunaticcringeradio

Dr Singer's first mistake

Dr Singer's first mistake was consenting to allow this ignorant jerk to interview him. Why we continue to allow undereducated, underthinking simpleton TV personalities to drive this debate is beyond me.

I disagree on undereducated

The rest I will go with.A working stiff with out all that education would have the common sense to know GW is bunk.It is all these supposedly "edumacated" folks that are pushing Global warming.

A Bunch of Eggheads

They think a sheepskin hanging on their wall makes their opinion as good as fact. They should all go get real jobs.

Global Warming is a UFO Cult.

---
Communist vs. Statist '08

Q. Why is John McCain Lying about What Hospital he was Born in?

Britcom

You got that right!As far as real jobs well I dont think they could last a shift.

global warming, ufos, bigfeet, loch ness monster, tooth fairy

how many other myths and fiction can we associate with global warming.

easter bunny, santa claus, peace loving islamists, intelligent liberals, time machines, flying pigs.

lunaticcringeradio

Just a note

I have seen a flying pig.Not due to GW but makeing the mistake of walking behind my horse.Back in the day.

Worthless

The piece was light on facts and inflamatory. What would you expect on a 3 minute attack on someone, that if actually given a chance, could defend himself against all comers.

Doesn't the fact that Singer was at a global warming skeptics event imply that he is not alone?

Did they let Davies get in just as many words as Singer? Geese.

Pathetic.

10 Inches of Global Warming...

I just spoke with my brother in Minnesota, he shoveled 10 inches of "global warming" out of his driveway today... maybe he should have asked Dan Harris to stop by and do something useful and shovel some snow instead of the BS he shovels on ABC.

GLOBAL WARMING...

 Yep, we shoveled 10" of global warming weekend, I'll vouch for it being here in Minnesota. Oh, every year when all of the high school tournaments hit St.Paul over a monthlong period, we get the wrestling, boys & girls hockey, & boy & girls basketball, & we get lots of snow. Bet on it, every year when it's tourny time, we get hammered.

 

 

"Some of us are wise, some of us are otherwise"  Mark Levin

I asked a local

I asked a local meteorologist about his views on AGW. He responded simply "like the 70's ice age, we'll know for sure in about 30 years".

Fascism is a religious conception in which man is seen in his imminent relationship with a superior law and with an objective will that transcends the particular individual - Mussolini

ABC's Dan Harris is smug

ABC's Dan Harris is smug little snot who jumped on the AGW bandwagon early.  I'll bet he's figured that even if he's wrong, he'll make out like a bandit in the meantime.

RRAM Tough! 

Smug Little Snot

I asked experts sitting on my couch about that news item and words like "smug little snot" were used. ABC scraped the bottom of their journalistic barrel for that piece.

Your couch mates are

Your couch mates are remarkably intelligent.  ;-)

I agree that ABC was showing their yellow journalism panties on that segment.

How I would have enjoyed it if Singer would have retorted to Harris, "So, how do you describe yourself Dan - as a hack, a shill or a moron?"

Alas, Singer had too much class to wallow in the mud that Harris operates within.

RRAM Tough! 

(No subject)

I agree.

I agree.

Great comment CKC.... my

Great comment CKC.... my mother too taught me, if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all. 

When asked if he went to war with Iraq  to derail the impeachment vote:  “I don’t think any serious person would believe that any President would do such a thing." - President Clinton (Dec 1998).

I'd be right proud to be called a realist alongside this man...

or anything else they wanna call him.

Happy Trails...

ABC & Globull Worming

This was the worst case of propaganda masquerading as a profile piece I've seen yet.  If I can take any comfort it's that it seemed almost desparate in it's tone to hammer GW as a done deal to anyone not convinced.   I was waiting for Dan Harris to trot out those old 'choosy mother's chose....' or '4 out of 5 dentists' choose...' nuggets to bolster his segment.  So incredibly laughable it could not be considered journalism in any sense.  BTW  he made a big deal out of Singer's connections to big oil but what about Kert Davies connections?   On whose payroll is he on and what are his credentials anyway?   I can't find anything on him. 

they look hard at his back

they look hard at his back ground, now take a look at Greenpeace,

http://www.discoverthenetworks.org 

 

Ronald Reagan, 1962: I did not leave the Democratic party, the party left me.

Insert: your name, 2008, and the Republican party.

Romney / Jendil  2012 (if,we survive)

With a picture...

"With a picture of Singer behind his right shoulder, under which was displayed the words "THE SKEPTIC," Harris began..."

The picture of Harris over Singer's right shoulder should have been captioned with the words "THE WHORE".

It was disgusting Old Soviet style propaganda

They wouldn't even let the man talk and make his case. They preferred to treat him as though he were on trial instead of the Globalist Warming Scam. Their castigation left no doubt that ABC has bought into the hoax hook, line, and sinker; and worse yet, are promoting it like religious zealots.

Apparently someone forgot to tell ABC that the "cat" is already "out of the bag" on this subject and no one with any sense gives it a dime's worth of credence. The whole subject stinks of week old Mackerel.

UN sponsored Global Warming/Climate Change/Carbon Pollution/whatever you want to call it, IS A JOKE!!

I p!ss myself laughing every time I see someone on TV reporting on it with a straight face. Please tell them to stop, I am ruining all my clothes.

And sombody tell the UN scammers behind Global Warming, that it's time for a new gig, this one is dead and the bones are showing.

---
Communist vs. Statist '08

Q. Why is John McCain Lying about What Hospital he was Born in?

SINCE WHEN

Was Al Gore put in charge of ABC News?! This is the ultimate hit piece in what I call Enviro-fascism...it basically is the concept of fascism with an environmentalist spin (emphasis on MENTAL!)

The most telling thing

What is remarkable is how scientists, who are supposed to seek the truth, didn't even try to refute Singer's data challenging global warming. "Fraudulent deception," was their reaction when ABC confronted them.

A similar reaction by scientific minds of the time occurred when Christopher Columbus asserted that the world was round.

Why are they afraid to openly debate the issue, and answer critics like Dr. Singer if the evidence is, in fact, overwhelming, as they claim? Fraudlent deception?

Alive & Well in SC

Isn't that how it works?

No debate just slander the other side. You can tell when they are losing. Science is the real loser of this whole episode.

Time is short, it's all in for the hoaxers now. They don't know what to say about the latest science, proving their models are all wrong. 

The SKEPTIC?

They only labeled Singer "THE SKEPTIC" because "THE HERETIC" seemed a little bit over the top.

AL WHORE...

The word Heretic should be in play, since the GW movement is a cult. It used to think it was Godless, but I have changed my mind about the that. Their God is Al Whore, although I would'nt call him an "Awsome God", BTW, that term always seemed redundent to me.

 

"Some of us are wise, some of us are otherwise"  Mark Levin

The really sad and ironic part

These Eco-idiots are promoting things like hybrid and fuel-cell cars that instead of producing CO2, produce water vapor. Water vapor is 5x more effective as a greenhouse gas than CO2 is. Ethanol when burned in an internal combustion engine produces more smog and NO2 and CO than gasoline making it, by the EPA standards, a worse polluter.

 

The day that "politician" became a career choice is the day we started losing the Republic. Let's get it back! Alan Keyes '08.

I didn't know that,

I didn't know that, c5!

It's always funny when supposed "solutions" to problems by nanny-state liberals create more problems. Like air bags. LOL

Why doesn't ABC News interview all the "Deniers"?

They love to beat up on Singer with the same tired arguments all the while ignoring the science. I would love to see ABC News interview all the "Deniers":

Skeptical Scientists:

"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane" - Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor

A. Alan Moghissi, Ph.D. Physical Chemistry, Technical University of Karlsruhe, Germany
Aksel Wiin-Nielsen, Professor of Geophysical Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Albrecht Glatzle, Ph.D. Agricultural Biology, University of Hohenheim, Germany
Alfred (Al) H. Pekarek, Ph.D. Geology, Associate Professor of Geology, St. Cloud State University, USA
Allan M.R. MacRae, B.Sc., M.Eng., P.Eng, Canada
Andreas Prokoph, B.Sc. Geology, Ph.D. Earth Sciences, University Tubingen, Germany
Anthony R. Lupo, Ph.D. Atmospheric Science, Purdue University, USA
Antonino Zichichi, Professor Emeritus of Advanced Physics, University of Bologna, Italy
Arthur B. Robinson, Ph.D. Chemistry, University of California, San Diego, USA
Arthur Rorsch, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Molecular Genetics, Leiden University, The Netherlands
Ben Herman, Ph.D. Atmospheric Sciences, University of Arizona, USA
Bjarne Andresen, Ph. D. Theoretical Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Bob Durrenberger, Retired Climatologist, Former President of the American Association of State Climatologists, USA
Boris Winterhalter, Ph.D. Geology, Helsinki University, Finland
Brian Pratt, Ph.D. Professor of Geology, Sedimentology, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Bruce N. Ames, Ph.D. BioChemistry, California Institute of Technology, USA
Bruno Wiskel, B.Sc. Geology, University of Albert, Canada
Bryan Leyland, M.Sc. Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, New Zealand
Carl Johan Friedrich (Frits) Böttcher, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Physical Chemistry, University of Leiden, The Netherlands
Charles Gelman, B.S. Chemistry, M.S. Public Health, University of Michigan, USA
Chauncey Starr, Ph.D. Physics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA
Chris de Freitas, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Christiaan Frans van Sumere, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry, University of Gent, Belgium
Christoph C. Borel, Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Massachusetts, USA
Christopher Essex, Ph.D. Professor of Applied Mathematics, University of Western Ontario, Canada
Christopher Landsea, Ph.D. Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, USA
Claude Allegre, Ph.D. Physics, University of Paris, France
Cliff Ollier, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Geology, University of Western Australia, Australia
Clinton H. Sheehan, Ph.D. Physics, University of Western Ontario, Canada
Craig D. Idso, M.S. Agronomy, Ph.D. Geography, Arizona State University, USA
Dan Carruthers, M.Sc. Wildlife Biology Consultant, Specializing in Animal Ecology in Arctic and Subarctic Regions, Canada
Daniel B. Botkin, Ph.D. Biology, Rutgers University, USA
David Deming, B.S. Geology, Ph.D. Geophysics, University of Utah, USA
David E. Wojick, B.S. Civil Engineering, Ph.D. Mathematical Logic, University of Pittsburgh, USA
David Evans, B.Sc. Applied Mathematics and Physics, M.S. Statistics, Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, Stanford, USA
David G. Aubrey, B.S. Geological Sciences, Ph.D. Oceanography, University of California at San Diego, USA
David H. Douglass, Ph.D. Physics, MIT, USA
David J. Bellamy, B.Sc. Botany, Ph.D. Ecology, Durham University, UK
David Kear, Ph.D. Geology, New Zealand
David L. Hill, Ph.D. Physics, Princeton University, USA
David Nowell, M.Sc. Meteorology, Royal Meteorological Society, Canada
David R. Legates, Ph.D. Climatology, University of Delaware, USA
Dennis P. Lettenmaier, Ph.D. Professor of Hydrology, University of Washington, USA
Dick Thoenes, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
Don J. Easterbrook, Ph.D. Geology, University of Washington, USA
Donald G. Baker, Ph.D. Soils, Geology, University of Minnesota, USA
Douglas V. Hoyt, Solar Physicist and Climatologist, Retired, Raytheon, USA
Duncan Wingham, Ph.D. Physics, University of Bath, UK
Eckhard Grimmel, Ph.D. Geography, University of Hamburg, Germany
Edward Wegman, Ph.D. Mathematical Statistics, University of Iowa, USA
Eigil Friis-Christensen, Ph.D. Geophysics, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Elliot Abrams, M.S. Meteorology, Penn State, USA
Eric S. Posmentier, Adjunct Professor of Earth Sciences, Dartmouth, USA
Ernst-Georg Beck, M.Sc. Biology, Merian-Schule, Germany
Fred Goldberg, Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Fred Michel, B.Sc. Geological Sciences, M.Sc., Ph.D. Earth Sciences, University of Waterloo, Canada
Fred W. Decker, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, USA
Freeman Dyson, Professor Emeritus of Physics, Princeton University, USA
G. Cornelis van Kooten, B.Sc. Geophysics, Ph.D. Agricultural & Resource Economics, Oregon State University, USA
Gabriel T. Csanady, Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Australia
Garth Paltridge, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, Institute of Antarctic and Southern Ocean Studies, University of Tasmania, Australia
Gary D. Sharp, Ph.D. Marine Biology, University of California, USA
Gary Novak, M.S. Microbiology, USA
Geoff L. Austin, Ph.D. Professor of Physics, University of Auckland, New Zealand
George E. McVehil, B.A. Physics, M.S. Ph.D. Meteorology, AMS Certified Consulting Meteorologist, USA
George H. Taylor, M.S. Meteorology, University of Utah, USA
George Kukla, Micropalentologist, Special Research Scientist of Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, USA
George V. Chilingarian, Ph.D. Geology, University of Southern California, USA
George Wilhelm Stroke, Ph.D. Physics, University of Paris, France
Gerd-Rainer Weber, Ph.D. Consulting Meteorologist, Germany
Gerhard Gerlich, Ph.D. Physics, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany
Gerrit J. van der Lingen, PhD Geology, New Zealand
Gordon E. Swaters, Ph.D. Applied Mathematics and Physical Oceanography, University of British Columbia, Canada
Gordon J. Fulks, Ph.D. Physics, University of Chicago, USA
Graham Smith, Associate Professor of Geography, University of Western Ontario, Canada
H. Grant (H.G.) Goodell, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, USA
H. Michael (Mike) Mogil, M.S. Meteorology, Florida State University, USA
Hans Erren, B.Sc. Geology and Physics, M.Sc. Geophysics, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Hans Jelbring, Ph.D. Climatology, Stockholm University, Sweden
Harry N.A. Priem, Professor Emeritus of Isotope and Planetary Geology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Hartwig Volz, Geophysicist, RWE Research Lab, Germany
Hendrik Tennekes, Former Director of Research, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, The Netherlands
Henrik Svensmark, Solar System Physics, Danish National Space Center, Denmark
Henry R. Linden, Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA
Howard C. Hayden, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Physics, University of Connecticut, USA
Hugh W. Ellsaesser, Ph.D. Meteorology, Formerly with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA
Ian D. Clark, Ph.D. Professor of Earth Sciences, University of Ottawa, Canada
Ian R. Plimer, Ph.D. Professor of Geology, University of Adelaide, Australia
Indur M. Goklany, Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, India
J. Scott Armstrong, B.A. Applied Science, B.S. Industrial Engineering, Ph.D. MIT, USA
Jack Barrett, Ph.D. Physical Chemistry, Manchester, UK
James J. O’Brien, Ph.D. Meteorology, Texas A&M University, USA
James R. Stalker, Ph.D. Atmospheric Science, University of Alabama, USA
Ján Veizer, Professor Emeritus, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Ottawa, Canada
Jay H. Lehr, Ph.D. Groundwater Hydrology, University of Arizona, USA
Jennifer Marohasy, Ph.D. Biology, University of Queensland, Australia
Joel M. Kauffman, Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, MIT, USA
Joel Schwartz, B.S. Chemistry, M.S. Planetary Science, California Institute of Technology, USA
John Brignell, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, Department of Electronics & Computer Science, University of Southampton, UK
John E. Gaynor, M.S. Meteorology, UCLA, USA
John E. Oliphant, B.A. Mathematics and Physics, M.S. Meteorology Penn State, USA
John K. Sutherland, Ph.D. Geology, University of Manchester, UK
John R. Christy, Ph.D. Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois, USA
Joseph Conklin, M.S. Meteorology, Rutgers University, USA
Joseph D’Aleo, M.S. Meteorology, University of Wisconsin, USA
Joseph (Joe) P. Sobel, Ph.D. Meteorology, Penn State, USA
Keith D. Hage, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Meteorology, University of Alberta, Canada
Keith E. Idso, Ph.D. Botany, Arizona State University, USA
Kelvin Kemm, Ph.D. Nuclear Physics, Natal University, South Africa
Kenneth E.F. Watt, Ph.D. Zoology, University of Chicago, USA
Khabibullo Abdusamatov, Ph.D. Astrophysicist, University of Leningrad, Russia
Klaus Wyrtki, Ph.D. Oceanography, Physics, Mathematics, University of Kiel, Germany
Lance Endersbee, Professor Emeritus of Engineering, Monash University, Australia
Lee C. Gerhard, Ph.D. Geology, University of Kansas, USA
Lee Raymond, Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Minnesota, USA
Louis Hissink, M.Sc. Geology, Macquarie University, Australia
Luboš Motl, Ph.D. Theoretical Physics, Rutgers, USA
Madhav Khandekar, B.Sc. Mathematics and Physics, M.Sc. Statistics, Ph.D.
Martin Livermore, B.S. Chemistry, University of Oxford, UK
Meteorology, Florida State University, USA
Manik Talwani, Ph.D. Physics, Columbia University, USA
Marcel Leroux, Professor Emeritus of Climatology, University of Lyon, France
Mel Goldstein, Ph.D. Meteorology, NYU, USA
Michael Crichton, A.B. Anthropology, M.D. Harvard, USA
Michael D. Griffin, B.S. Physics, M.S. Applied Physics, Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering, University of Maryland, USA
Michael E Adams, Ph.D. Meteorology, Lyndon State College, USA
Michael Savage, B.S. Biology, M.S. Anthropology, M.S. Ethnobotany, Ph.D. Nutritional Ethnomedicine, USA
Michael R. Fox, Ph.D. Physical Chemistry, University of Washington, USA
Michel Salomon, M.D. University of Paris, Director, International Centre for Scientific Ecology, France
Noah E. Robinson, Ph.D. Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, USA
Neil Frank, Ph.D. Meteorology, Florida State University, USA
Nils-Axel Mörner, Professor Emeritus of Palegeophysics and Geodynamics, Stockholm University, Sweden
Nir J. Shaviv, Ph.D. Astrophysicist, Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
Norman Brown, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, University of Ulster, UK
Ola M. Johannessen, Professor, Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Norway
Olavi Kärner, Ph.D. Atmospheric Physics, Leningrad Hydrometeorological Institute, Estonia
Oliver W. Frauenfeld, Ph.D. Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, USA
Paavo Siitam, M.Sc. Agronomist, Canada
Paul Copper, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Earth Sciences, Laurentian University, Canada
Paul Driessen, B.A. Geology and Field Ecology, Lawrence University, USA
Paul Reiter, Professor of Medical Entomology, Pasteur Institute, France
Patrick J. Michaels, Ph.D. Ecological Climatology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Patrick Moore, B.Sc. Forest Biology, Ph.D. Ecology, University of British Columbia, Canada
Peter Stilbs, Ph.D. (TeknD) Physical Chemistry, Lund Institute of Technology, Sweden
Petr Chylek, Ph.D. Physics, University of California, USA
Philip Stott, Professor Emeritus of Biogeography, University of London, UK
Piers Corbyn, B.Sc. Physics, M.Sc. Astrophysics, Queen Mary College, UK
R.G. Roper, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
R. Timothy (Tim) Patterson, B.Sc. Biology, Ph.D. Professor of Geology, Carleton University, Canada
R.
W. Gauldie, Ph.D. Research Professor, Hawaii Institute of Geophysics
and Planetology, School of Ocean Earth Sciences and Technology,
University of Hawaii, USA
Ralf D. Tscheuschner, Ph.D. Physics, University of Hamburg, Germany
Randall Cerveny, Ph.D. Geography, University of Nebraska, USA
Reid A. Bryson, B.A. Geology, Ph.D. Meteorology, University of Chicago, USA
Richard C. Willson, Ph.D. Atmospheric Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, USA
Richard S. Courtney, Ph.D. Geography, The Ohio State University, USA
Richard S. Lindzen, Ph.D. Professor of Meteorology, MIT, USA
Rob Scagel, M.Sc., Forest Microclimate Specialist, Canada
Robert C. Balling Jr., Ph.D. Professor of Climatology, Arizona State University, USA
Robert C. Whitten, Physicist, Retired Research Scientist, NASA, USA
Robert E. Davis, Ph.D. Climatology, University of Delaware, USA
Robert G. Williscroft, B.Sc. Marine & Atmospheric Physics, M.Sc., Ph.D. Engineering, California Coast University, USA
Robert Giegengack, Ph.D. Geology, Yale, USA
Robert H. Essenhigh, M.S. Natural Sciences, Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Sheffield, UK
Robert L. Kovach, Professor of Geophysics, Stanford University, USA
Robert (Bob) M. Carter, B.Sc. Geology, Ph.D. Paleontology, University of Cambridge, Australia
Robin Vaughan, Ph.D. Physics, Nottingham University, UK
Roger A. Pielke (Sr.), Ph.D. Meteorology, Penn State, USA
Roy Spencer, Ph.D. Meteorology, University of Wisconsin, USA
S. Fred Singer, Ph.D. Physics, Princeton University, USA
Sallie Baliunas, Ph.D. Astrophysics, Harvard, USA
Sherwood B. Idso, Ph.D. Soil Science, University of Minnesota, USA
Simon C. Brassell, B.Sc. Chemistry & Geology, Ph.D. Organic Geochemistry, University of Bristol, UK
Sonja Boehmer-Christiansen, Ph.D. Department of Geography, University of Hull, UK
Steve Milloy, B.A. Natural Sciences, M.S. Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Stephen McIntyre, B.Sc. Mathematics, University of Toronto, Canada
Stewart W. Franks, Ph.D. Environmental Science, Lancaster University, U.K.
Sylvan H. Wittwer, Ph.D. Horticulture, University of Missouri, USA
Syun-Ichi Akasofu, Ph.D. Geophysics, University of Alaska, USA
Tad S. Murty, Ph.D. Oceanography and Meteorology, University of Chicago, USA
Thomas Schmidlin, Ph.D. Professor of Geography, Kent State University, USA
Timothy (Tim) F. Ball, Ph.D. Geography - Historical Climatology, University of London, UK
Tom Harris, B. Eng. M. Eng. Mechanical Engineering (thermo-fluids), Canada
Tom V. Segalstad, B.S. Geology, University of Oslo, Norway
Ulrich Berner, Geologist, Federal Institute for Geosciences, Germany
Vern Harnapp, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Geography, University of Akron, USA
Vincent Gray, Ph.D. Physical Chemistry, Cambridge University, UK
Vitaliy Rusov, Ph.D. Physics and Mathematics, Professor of Physics, Odessa Polytechnic University, Ukraine
W. Dennis Clark, Ph.D. Botany, Sacramento State College, USA
Walter Starck, Ph.D. Marine Science, University of Miami, USA
Warwick Hughes, B.S. Geology, Auckland University, Australia
Wm. Robert Johnston, B.A. Astronomy, M.S. Physics, University of Texas, USA
Wibjorn Karlen, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Physical Geography and Quaternary Geology, Stockholm University, Sweden
Willem de Lange, Ph.D. Senior Lecturer, Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Waikato University, New Zealand
William B. Hubbard, Ph.D. Professor of Planetary Atmospheres, University of Arizona, USA
William (Bill) Bauman, B.S., Meteorology, M.S., Ph.D. Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, USA
William Cotton, M.S. Atmospheric Science, Ph.D. Meteorology, Pennsylvania State University, USA
William E. Reifsnyder, B.S. Meteorology, M.S., Ph.D. Forestry, Yale, USA
William
J.R. Alexander, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, Department of Civil and
Biosystems Engineering, University of Pretoria, South Africa
William M. Briggs, M.S. Atmospheric Science, Ph.D. Statistics, Cornell University, USA
William (Bill) M. Gray, M.S. Meteorology, Ph.D. Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, USA
Willie Soon, Ph.D. Astrophysicist, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, USA
Wolfgang Thüne, Ph.D. Geography, University of Wuerzburg, Germany
Zbigniew Jaworowski, M.D. Ph.D. D.Sc., Central Laboratory for Radiological Protection, Poland

Meteorologists:

A.J. Colby, B.S. Atmospheric Sciences, AMS Certified, Meteorologist WKYC-TV, USA
Andre Bernier, B.S. Meteorology, Lyndon State College, Meteorologist WJW-TV, USA
Anthony Watts, AMS Certified, Chief Meteorologist KPAY-AM, USA
Arlo Gambell, AMS Certified, Meteorologist, USA
Art Horn, B.S. Meteorology, Lyndon State College, Meteorologist WVIT-TV, USA
Arthur T. Safford III, Retired Meteorologist USAF, USA
Asmunn Moene, former Chief Meteorologist, Oslo, Norway
Austin W. Hogan, AMS Certified, Meteorologist, USA
Bill Meck, Chief Meteorologist WLEX-TV, USA
Bill Steffen, Meteorologist WOOD-TV, USA
Bob Breck, B.S. Meteorology & Oceanography, University of Michigan, Chief Meteorologist WVUE-TV, USA
Brad Sussman, Meteorologist, USA
Brian Sussman, Meteorologist, USA
Bruce Boe, Director of Meteorology Weather Modification Inc., USA
Bruce Schwoegler, B.S. Meteorology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Christopher Plonka, Meteorologist USAF, USA
Craig James, B.S. Meteorology, Penn State University, Chief Meteorologist WOOD-TV, USA
Dan Maly, Retired Meteorologist WOIO-TV, USA
David Aldrich, B.S. Meteorology, North Carolina State University, Meteorologist WTXF-TV, USA
Dick Goddard, Chief Meteorologist WJW-TV, USA
Don Webster, Retired Meteorologist WEWS-TV, USA
Douglas Leahey, Meteorologist, Canada
Eugenio Hackbart, Chief Meteorologist MetSul Meteorologia Weather Center, Brazil
Grant Dade, Meteorologist KLTV, USA
Herb Stevens, Meteorologist WNYT-TV, USA
James Spann, AMS Certified, Chief Meteorologist WCFT-TV, WJSU-TV, USA
Jason Russell, Meteorologist, WTEN-TV, USA
Jeff Halblaub, B.S. Atmospheric Science, Ohio State University, Meteorologist, USA
Jerry Lettre, Senior Meteorologist, WSI, USA
Jim Clarke, B.S. Meteorology, St. Louis University, Meteorologist WZVN-TV, USA
Joe Bastardi, B.S. Meteorology, Penn State, Expert Senior Forecaster AccuWeather, USA
John Coleman, Meteorologist, Founder of 'The Weather Channel', Chief Meteorologist KUSI-TV, USA
Jon Loufman, Meteorologist WOIO-TV, USA
Joseph E. Luisi, Former Chief Meteorologist Delta Airlines, USA
Justin Berk, B.S. Meteorology, Cornell University, AMS Certified, Meteorologist WMAR-TV, USA
Karl Bohnak, B.S. Meteorology, University of Wisconsin, AMS Certified, Meteorologist WLUC-TV, USA
Kevin Lemanowicz, B.S. Meteorology, Cornell University, Chief Meteorologist WFXT-TV, USA
Kevin Williams, B.S. Meteorology, Cornell University, Chief Meteorologist WHEC-TV, USA
Keith Eichner, Meteorologist WIVB-TV, USA
Lee Eddington, Meteorologist Geophysics Branch, U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, USA
Mark Koontz, Meteorologist WFMJ-TV, USA
Mark Breen, B.S. Meteorology, Lyndon State College, Senior Meteorologist Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium, USA
Mark Johnson, AMS Certified, Chief Meteorologist, WEWS-TV, USA
Mark Scirto, B.S. Meteorology, University of St. Thomas, AMS Certified, Chief Meteorologist KLTV, USA
Morgan Palmer, AMS Certified, Meteorologist KLTV, USA
Nick Morganelli, Free-Lance Meteorologist, USA
Paul Cousins, B.S. Meteorology and Geophysics, AMS and NWA Certified, Founder AtmosForecast, USA
Peter McGurk, Senior Meteorologist, WSI, USA
Randy Baker, B.S. Atmospheric Science, University of Kansas, Senior Meteorologist UPS Airlines, USA
Randy Mann, AMS Certified, Meteorologist KREM-TV, USA
Richard (Rich) Apuzzo, Chief Meteorologist Skyeye Weather, USA
Roy Leep, B.S. Meteorology, Florida State University, Meteorologist WTVT-TV, USA
Sally Bernier, B.S. Meteorology, Lyndon State College, Meteorologist WJW-TV, USA
Shane Hollett, Meteorologist WMJI-FM, USA
Steven Nogueira, NWS Senior Meteorologist, USA
Terry Eliasen, B.S. Meteorology, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Meteorologist WBZ-TV, USA
Thomas B. Gray, M.S. Meteorology, USA
Tim Kelley, B.S. Meteorology, Lyndon State College, Meteorologist NECN, USA
Tom Chisholm, B.S. Atmospheric Sciences, Lyndon State College, Chief Meteorologist WMTW-TV, USA
William Kininmonth, B.Sc., M.Sc., Retired Head of the Australian National Climate Centre, Australia

Social Scientists:

"The assessment of regional environmental and social impacts is a multidisciplinary task that involves natural and social scientists working in tandem with policy makers." - American Meteorological Society

Alan Moran, Ph.D. Economics, Director of the IPA's Deregulation Unit, Australia
Alex Robson, Ph.D. Economics, University of California, Irvine, USA
Alister McFarquhar, Ph.D. Economics, Downing College, UK
Andrei Illarionov, Ph.D. Economics, St. Petersburg University, Russia
Benny Peiser, Ph.D. Professor of Social Anthropology, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
Bjørn Lomborg, Ph.D. Political Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Daniel R. Simmons, B.A. Economics, Utah State University, USA
Dennis Avery, M.S. Agricultural Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Don Aitkin, Ph.D. Political Science, Australian National University, Australia
Frank Milne, Ph.D. Professor of Economics, Queen's University, Canada
James Inhofe, B.A. Economics, University of Tulsa, USA
John J. Ray, Ph.D. Psychology, Macquarie University, Mensa, Sydney, Australia
Marlo Lewis, B.A. Political Science, Ph.D. Government, Claremont McKenna College, USA
Margo Thorning, Ph.D. Economics, University of Georgia, USA
Myron Ebell, M.Sc. Economics, London School of Economics, USA
Nigel Lawson, Baron Lawson of Blaby, B.A. Economics, University of Oxford, UK
Randy T. Simmons, Ph.D. Political Science, University of Oregon, USA
Richard W. Rahn, Ph.D. Business Economics, Columbia University, USA
Robert Bradley, B.A. Economics, Ph.D. Political Economy, University of Houston, USA
Robert Higgs, Ph.D. Economics, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Roger A. Pielke (Jr.), Ph.D. Political Science, University of Colorado, USA
Ross McKitrick, Ph.D. Economics, University of British Columbia, Canada
Thomas A. Birkland, Ph.D. Political Science, University of Washington, USA
Thomas Gale Moore, Ph.D. Economics, University of Chicago, USA
Vaclav Klaus, app. Ph.D. Economics, University of Economics, Prague, Czech Republic
William Evans, Ph.D. Professor of Economics, Notre Dame, USA
William Nordhaus, Ph.D. Economics, MIT, USA

Deceased:

"Some of this noise won't stop until some of these scientists are dead" - James Hansen, 2006

Adrian H. Gordon, Meteorologist, University of South Australia, Australia (Died: April 12, 2000)
August H. Auer Jr., Professor Emeritus of Atmospheric Science, University of Wyoming, USA (Died: June 10, 2007)
Duwayne M. Anderson, Professor Emeritus of Geology, Texas A&M University, USA (Died: October 4, 2002)
Frederick Seitz, Ph.D. Physics, Princeton University, USA (Died: March 2, 2008)
George H. Sutton, Professor Emeritus of Geophysics, University of Hawaii, USA (Died: January 25, 2004)
Heinz Lettau, Professor Emeritus of Geophysics, University of Wisconsin, USA (Died: August 4, 2005)
Helmut Metzner, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Botany, University of Tubingen, Germany (Died: September 20, 1999)
James P. Lodge Jr., Ph.D. Consultant in Atmospheric Chemistry, USA (Died: December 14, 2001)
John R. Apel, Ph.D. Physics, Johns Hopkins University, USA (Died: August 16, 2001)
Larry H. Brace, B.S. Physics, University of Michigan, USA (Died: August 28, 2005)
Michael J. Higatsberger, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Experimental Physics, University of Vienna, Austria (Died: January 7, 2004)
Paul Handler, Professor Emeritus of Physics, University of Illinois, USA (Died: January 24, 1998)
Robert E. Stevenson, Ph.D. Oceanography, University of Southern California, USA (Died: August 12, 2001)
Robert Jastrow, Ph.D. Theoretical Physics, Columbia University, USA (Died: February 8, 2008)
Roland (R.A.D.) Byron-Scott, Senior Lecturer Emeritus in Meteorology at Flinders University, Australia (Died: January, 2004)
Thomas Gold, Professor Emeritus of Astronomy, Cornell University, USA (Died: June 22, 2004)
Tor Ragnar Gerholm, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Physics, University of Stockholm, Sweden (Died: June 27, 2007)
William (Bill) A. Nierenberg, Ph.D. Physics, Columbia University, USA (Died: September 10, 2000)
William Mitchell, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Physics, University of Oxford, UK (Died: October 30, 2002)

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"Emeritus"

Is academic-ese for "I'm old, I can say what I like, and you'd have a better chance of firing a tenured professor than messing with me if you don't like what I've said." By my count, that word appears 36 times in your post...
JMR

A corruption-story the TV media will-not cover.

Great post, PT.

And don't forget the NINETEEN THOUSAND that have signed the Oregon Petition. 

"If the good men are silent only the wicked are heard." - Edmund Burke

We Just Didn't Get It On Tape!

What a shameful piece of "reporting."

"We asked Dr. Singer if he ever took money from energy companies. At first he denied it, and then he said yes he had received one unsolicited check from Exxon for $10,000."

News Flash: All scientists receive their funds from corporations directly and otherwise.

 "We ran Singer's data by climate scientists from Stanford, Princeton, and NASA who dismissed it with words like "fraudulent nonsense."

By NASA did they mean Hansen? The same guy who held back flawed Y2K temperature data from the public. Who are most scientists; from liberal universities and tax sucking behemoths?  Got a list? ABC needs to list citations when quoting ghosts. 

P.S. I love how ABC used a shot of a Mercedes Diesel spewing Carbon Monoxide, while keeping the vehicle model number hidden. Also, why did they use a street scene from a third world country? Not even New York has that many buses.   

James Hansen : Data Extortionist

That b_stard threatened NASA with Congressional action in order to get the figures he wanted for his AGW diatribe ... he blackmailed and extorted NASA for the data he could piece together as "global" warming.

Instead of letting the science speak for itself he was hell-bent on finding a way to make the science say what HE wanted it to say.

As well as a data

As well as a data Abortionist. 

 

When asked if he went to war with Iraq  to derail the impeachment vote:  “I don’t think any serious person would believe that any President would do such a thing." - President Clinton (Dec 1998).

Crash... could have invited Landsea on.

Good question - on Hansen. That was my first thought (well, OK - we'll both admit it was a no-brainer).

Here's the follow-up guest for Harris:

Christopher Landsea

Science and Operations Officer, National Hurricane Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [NOAA]; scientist at the Hurricane Research Division of the U.S. Department of Commerce. He is one of the world's foremost experts on hurricanes. He publicly resigned from authorship of a United Nations report on climate change, charging the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is "both being motivated by pre-conceived agendas and being scientifically unsound."

Environment as a Religion

Right behind Islamo-Fascism stands the new Environmentalism as an emerging religion/cult phenomenon that is as dangerous and as inflexible as the strict, orthodox adherence to the Koran; and now poses a most serious threat to our individual freedoms and "pursuit of happiness".

This new secular religion (dare I say Druids) is driven by their "faith" in man's role as the primary despoiler of the planet with Rachel Carson as the former High Priestess of this misguided movement. Science has been thrown to the winds and matters of scientific fact are falling on the deaf ears and blind faith among the self-anointed.

One of the four pillars of a recurring DNC political platform, Environmentalism is one more tool in their kit bag to bring the populace under steady and alarming government control, and to strongly rebuke those who are "unclean" (believe global warming caused by man is bunk). It is the war cry of the "unthinking" as well as the presumptive high ground for the effete "elite".

And the media is nothing more than a monkey court whose aim and purpose is to burn all "unbelievers" at the proverbial stake (Salem, MA being the precedent for this kind of mob mentality and behavior).

No surprises here....simple stuff.

 

Nowhere to Run....Nowhere To Hide.....

Environmentalism is a

Environmentalism is a watermelon

Green on the outside and Red on the inside. They offers solutions that punish successful capitalist countries and promote wealth transfers to poor countries while giving a pass to countries like China.

Its one guise for the neo-marxist movement.

Moral Equivalency & Multiculturalism with Obama & Wright as members in another.

Singer is a Scholar and Probably a Gentleman

Maybe that is why he didn't jump on Dan Harris at every opportunity.

It seems that Dan Harris didn't listen to his mama when she told him to respect his elders. 

But then it seems that many of today's "Modern libs" have completely forgotten certain aspects of civility, such as manners.  I guess Abby Hoffman and Saul Alinsky neglected to cover those subjects.

I wonder what ABC News would do with an interview of Leftist Moonbat/climate skeptic Alexander Cockburn?

Who here would not take a $10,000 check?

Now lets forget the fact that it takes much more then this to live on for anything outside of a couple of months. Or the fact that no amount of money is going to change a scientist's mind if they believe something is truely harmful to themselves or their family. But this logic escapes all those on the far-left.

As for the money who would not take a check for $10,000? I sure would.

Since when did oil and gas companies become evil?

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Professor Singer is a gentleman.

Singer probably spent the money on research equipment, not private jets, extravagant accommodations, lobbyists, or fine dining.

"Since when did oil and gas

"Since when did oil and gas companies become evil?"

Haven't you been paying attention, PT?  They became evil the moment they started making a profit for supplying oil and gas products.  Just ask Karl Marx or Hillary Clinton, or most any Democrat(ic).  They'll tell you that profits are evil, that profit can only be made by exploiting the proletariat masses. 

"A communist is someone who reads Marx.  An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx."  Ronald Reagan