Experts I follow on the subject of climate science and energy policy

 Experts I follow on the subject of climate science and energy policy

As you'd expect, many people who come across my opinions on the subject of climate change and energy are outraged because they do not fit with the popular notions of what is true. Our knowledge systems have done a remarkably poor job on this subject but all the information is there for those who look. Having read widely on this subject for over two decades, I am extremely confident in my conclusions. For those who wish to learn more, I have assembled a list of some of the resource people and institutions I have considered. Here, for your consideration, is the list.

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  • Christy, John

    • Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science, Alabama’s State Climatologist and Director of the Earth System Science Center at The University of Alabama in Huntsville. Lead Author, Contributing Author and Reviewer of United Nations IPCC assessments, Fellow of the American Meteorological Society.

    • Served as a Contributor (1992, 1994, 1996 and 2007) and Lead Author (2001) for the U.N. reports by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

    • In 1989 Dr. Roy W. Spencer (then a NASA/Marshall scientist and now a Principal Research Scientist at UAH) and Christy developed a global temperature data set from microwave data observed from satellites beginning in 1979. For this achievement, the Spencer-Christy team was awarded NASA's Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement in 1991.

    • In 1996, Christy & Spencer were selected to receive a Special Award by the American Meteorological Society "for developing a global, precise record of earth's temperature from operational polar-orbiting satellites, fundamentally advancing our ability to monitor climate."

    • Helped draft and signed the 2003 American Geophysical Union statement on climate change

  • Clark, Ian Ph.D. 

    • Emeritus Professor, University of Ottawa

    • Dr. Clark's research involves groundwater geochemistry and environmental isotopes in hydro geological settings ranging from the Arctic to temperate and arid regions. Areas of research focus on groundwater contamination, groundwater resources, and climate studies. Current research programs include permafrost hydrogeology and paleoclimatology in the Arctic, groundwater contamination in agricultural regions, and methanogenesis in natural and contaminated waters.

  • Crockford, Susan Ph.D.

    • Zoologist with more than 35 40 years experience

    • Specializes in the Holocene history of Arctic animals. Adjunct professor at the University of Victoria, British Columbia 2004-2015.

    • Author of the book “ Rhythms of Life: Thyroid Hormone and the Origin of Species” 2006

    • Author of the book “Fallen Icon: Sir David Attenborough and the Walrus Deception”

    • Author of the book Walrus Facts & Myths.”

    • Other books

    • Writes about Polar bears at https://polarbearscience.com/

    • Book “The Polar Bear Catastrophe That Never Happened” due to be released March 2023

  • Curry, Judith Ph.D. 

    • Professor Emeritus, Georgia Institute of Technology

    • 187 refereed publications 

    • President (co-owner) of Climate Forecast Applications Network (CFAN).  

    • Professor 2002-2016 and Chair 2002-2014 of the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology. 

    • Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow, American Geophysical Union, NASA Group Achievement Award for CAMEX-­4, Fellow, American Meteorological Society

    • NOAA Climate Working Group (2004-­2009)

    • Earth Science Subcommittee, NASA Advisory Council (2009-­2013)

    • Textbook author “Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences” 2003

    • Textbook author of “Thermodynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans” 1999.

    • Textbook author of “Thermodynamics, Kinetics and Microphysics of Clouds” 2014.

    • Author of the book Climate Uncertainty and Risk: Rethinking Our Response 2023.

    • Writes on her blog  at https://judithcurry.com/ titled Climate Etc. - provides a forum for climate researchers, academics and technical experts from other fields, citizen scientists, and the interested public to engage in a discussion on topics related to climate science and the science-policy interface.

  • Essex, Christopher

    • Emeritus Professor of Mathematics and Physics, University of Western Ontario

    • 45 publications

    • Past Chair, Chair of the Permanent Monitoring Panel for Climate for the World Federation of Scientists

  • Frank, Patrick Ph.D.

    • Scientific staff at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and the Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, with 67 publications in Bioinorganic Chemistry.

    •  Further papers published on the noble savage myth, the intelligent design myth, the science is philosophy myth, the Progressivism is ethical myth, and the human-caused global warming myth.

  • Happer, Will Ph.D. 

    • Emeritus Professor, Princeton University

    • Specialist in modern optics, optical and radiofrequency spectroscopy of atoms and molecules, radiation propagation in the atmosphere, and spin-polarized atoms and nuclei.

    • Since 1976, he has been a member of JASON, a group of scientists and engineers who advise the federal government on matters of defense, intelligence, energy policy, and other technical problems.

    • 1991-1993, Director of energy research in the Department of Energy, USA

    • He has published over 200 scientific papers. 

    • Fellow of the American Physical Society and American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society. He was awarded the 1997 Broida Prize and the 1999 Davisson-Germer Prize of the American Physical Society.

    • Co-founder of The CO2 Coalition  

  • Harris, Tom

  • Idso, Craig Ph.D. & Idso, Sherwood Ph.D.

    • Craig

    • Sherwood

      • Was a research Physicist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service at the U.S. Water Conservation Laboratory in Phoenix, Arizona, where he worked from 1967 until retirement

      • Was adjunct Professor in the Departments of Geology, Geography, and Botany and Microbiology.

      • Author or co-author of over 500 scientific publications including the books Carbon Dioxide: Friend or Foe? (1982) and Carbon Dioxide and Global Change: Earth in Transition (1989).

      • Since 1993 has served on the editorial board of Environmental and Experimental Botany. 

      • Invited reviewer of manuscripts for 56 different scientific journals and 17 different funding agencies.

  • Kandekar, Madhav Ph.D.

    • Consultant meteorologist, (former) Research Scientist, Environment Canada, Editor "Climate Research” (03-05), Editorial Board Member "Natural Hazards, IPCC Expert Reviewer 2007, Unionville, Ontario 

  • Koonin, Steve

    • PhD in Theoretical Physics from MIT

    • Professor at New York University, with appointments in the Stern School of Business, the Tandon School of Engineering, and the Department of Physics.

    • He has published some 200 peer-reviewed papers in the fields of physics and astrophysics, scientific computation, energy technology and policy, and climate science, and has been the lead author on multiple book-length reports, including two National Academies studies.

    • Under Secretary for Science from May 19, 2009 through November 18, 2011 under the Obama government

    • Founding Director of NYU’s Center for Urban Science and Progress in April 2012

    • As the Chief Scientist at BP from 2004 to early 2009, Dr. Koonin developed the long-range technology strategy for alternative and renewable energy sources. 

    • Secretary of Energy Advisory Board

    • Humboldt Senior U.S. Scientist Award 1985, Department of Energy’s E.O. Lawrence Award 1998

    • Author of the book “Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn't, and Why It Matters” 2021

  • Lindzen, Richard

    • Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, l964, Harvard University

    • Published more than 200 scientific papers and books

    • 1983-2013 MIT Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Meteorology.

    • AMS's Meisinger (1968) and Charney Awards (1985), AGU's Macelwane Medal (1969), Member, National Academy of Sciences, Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Sciences, Fellow, American Geophysical Union, Fellow, American Meteorological Society

    • Co-author of the book “Climate Change: The Facts” 2015.

  • McIntyre, Stephen

  • McKitrick, Ross Ph.D.

    • Professor of Economics, Department of Economics and Finance, University of Guelph

    • CBE Fellow in Sustainable Commerce

    • His main area of interest is environmental economics. He is currently working on projects relating to state-contingent environmental policy, econometric methods for measuring global warming, and evaluation of climate models.

    • Co-author with Christopher Essex of the University of Western Ontario of the 2002 book Taken By Storm: The Troubled Science, Policy and Politics of Global Warming which was awarded the $10,000 Donner Prize for Best Book on Canadian Public Policy. 

    • Professor McKitrick is widely-cited in Canada and around the world as an expert on global warming and environmental policy issues. He has been interviewed by Time, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The National Post, The Globe and Mail, the CBC, BBC, ITV, Fox News, Bloomberg, Global TV, CTV, and others. His commentaries have appeared in many newspapers and magazines, including Newsweek and the Financial Post. His research has been discussed in such places as Nature, Science, The Economist, Natuurwetenschap&Techniek, The National Post, The Globe and Mail and in a front page article in the The Wall Street Journal (Feb 14 2005). 

    • Professor McKitrick has made invited academic presentations around the world, and he has testified before the US Congress and Committees of the Canadian House of Commons and Senate. 

  • Moore, Patrick Ph.D.

    • Patrick Moore has been a leader in the international environmental field for over 40 years. He is a co-founder of Greenpeace and served for nine years as President of Greenpeace Canada and seven years as a Director of Greenpeace International.

    • Chairman and Chief Scientist, Ecosense Environmental, and a leader in the Campaign to Allow Golden Rice Now.

    • Member of the British Columbia government-appointed Round Table on the Environment and Economy from 1990 - 1994.

    • Chair of the Sustainable Forestry Committee of the Forest Alliance of BC from 1991 - 2002, he led the process of developing the "Principles of Sustainable Forestry" which have been adopted by a majority of the industry.

    • Author of the book “Fake Invisible Catastrophes and Threats of Doom” 2021.

  • Pielke, Roger Ph.D. 

  • Shaviv, Nir Ph.D

    • Racah Institute of Physics, Hebrew University Giv'at Ram

    • Member, IBM Einstein Fellow, School of Natural Sciences, The Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton

    • 106 publications as of 2016

  • Svensmark, Henrik Ph. D

  • Singer, Fred Ph.D.

    • Was emeritus professor of environmental science at the University of Virginia trained as an atmospheric physicist.

    • Involved in the development of earth observation satellites, and in 1962 established the National Weather Bureau's Satellite Service Center.

    • Founded the Science & Environmental Policy Project in 1990.

    • Author or editor of books

      • Global Effects of Environmental Pollution (1970), 

      • The Ocean in Human Affairs (1989), 

      • Global Climate Change (1989), 

      • The Greenhouse Debate Continued (1992), 

      • Hot Talk, Cold Science (1997), 

      • Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1,500 Years (2007) 

      • Climate Change Reconsidered (2009)

  • Soon, Willie Ph.D. 

  • Spencer, Roy Ph.D.

  • Veizer, Jan Ph.D.

    • Distinguished University Professor (Emeritus), Department of Earth Sciences, University of Ottawa

    • Research interests have included the use of chemical and isotopic techniques in determining Earth's climatic and environmental history.

    • Held the NSERC/Noranda/CIAR Research Chair in Earth Systems

    • 1992 to 2004 Director of the “Earth System Evolution Program” of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIAR)

    • Past President Geological Association of Canada

    • Bancroft Medal (Royal Society of Canada, 2000)

    • Logan Medal, the most prestigious honour granted by the Geological Association of Canada (1995)

  • Watts, Anthony - meteorologist


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