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| − | + | ==Overview== | |
| + | [[category:organizations]]The [[Science and Public Policy Institute]] (SPPI) is a non-profit organization in the {{USA}} whose mission seems to be focused on downplaying the significance of [[global warming]] and arguing against the need to do anything about it. It was founded in 2007. | ||
| + | ===Same Name=== | ||
| + | This SPPI should not be confused with [[George Carlo/SPPI|a different group of the same name]] founded in 1994 by [[George Carlo]], which did some work on the health impact of electromagnetic radiation from cell phones. | ||
| + | ==Specifics== | ||
| + | ===Personnel=== | ||
| + | ''source: [http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/personnel.html official site], retrieved 2009-02-15; site includes brief bios'' | ||
| + | * '''President''': [[Robert Ferguson (US politician)|Robert Ferguson]] | ||
| + | * '''Chief Science Adviser''': [[Willie Soon]] PhD. | ||
| + | * '''Chief Policy Adviser''': [[Christopher Monckton]], Third Viscount Monckton of Brenchley | ||
| + | * '''Science Advisers''': | ||
| + | ** [[William Kininmonth]] - B.Sc (UWA), M.Sc (Colo State U), M.Admin (Monash U). | ||
| + | ** [[Robert M. Carter]], Ph.D., Research Professor at James Cook University (Queensland). | ||
| + | ** [[Craig Idso]], Ph. D., Chairman of the Board of [[Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change]] | ||
| + | ** [[James J. O'Brien]], PhD -Director Emeritus, [[Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies]] at [[Florida State University]] | ||
| + | * '''Meteorology Adviser''': [[Joe D'Aleo]], PhD, CCM, AMS Fellow; Executive Director of the [[International Climate and Environmental Change Assessment Project]]. | ||
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| + | from [[2009-12-16 Who are the climate change skeptics]]: | ||
| + | <blockquote> | ||
| + | . Other science advisors include William Kininmonth, Robert M. Carter, David Legates, Craig D. Idso, James J. , an AGW opponent from the UK with no relevant science credentials, also involved with the 2008 NIPCC report. Legates, the Delaware State Climatologist, was a commenter on Patrick Michaels' most recent climate change skepticism book at an event at the [[Cato Institute]], and is a climate scientist whose fourth-most-cited paper has received 226 citations. D'Aleo, first director of meteorology for [[The Weather Channel]], has a 1970 M.S. in meteorology and has not published any academic work since. Kininmonth, with an M.Sc. degree (not sure in what) was the former head of the [[Australian National Climate Center]]. Craig Idso has a Ph.D. in geography from Arizona State University and is founder and chairman of the board of the [[Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change]]; his fourth-most-cited paper has received 20 citations. | ||
| + | </blockquote> | ||
| + | ==Links== | ||
| + | ===Official=== | ||
| + | * [http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/ home page] | ||
| + | ** [http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/personnel.html personnel] | ||
| + | ===Reference=== | ||
| + | * {{wikipedia}} | ||
| + | * {{!in|conservapedia}}: no information as of 2009-12-25 | ||
| + | * {{!in|dkosopedia}}: no information as of 2009-12-25 | ||
| + | * {{sourcewatch}} | ||