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Don Easterbrook

Don Easterbrook Credentials Background Don Easterbrook is a Professor Emeritus of Glacial Geology and Environmental and Engineering Geology at Western Washington University. Don Easterbrook is the editor of Evidence-Based Climate Science, a book which claims to produce data that is “counter-global-warming evidence […]

James A. Wanliss

James A. Wanliss Credentials Background James A. Wanliss is an associate professor of Physics and Computer Science at Presbyterian College. His main areas of research are physics and space weather. Wanliss says that he entered the environmental debate after teaching a course that “examined scientifically several prominent claims of the green movement that proved to […]

Jay H. Lehr

Jay H. Lehr (Deceased) Credentials  Profile image screenshot from YouTube, Jay Lehr speaking at the Heartland Institute’s 12th International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC12). Background Jay H. Lehr was a senior fellow and former “Science Director”2“Policy Experts & Staff,” The Heartland Institute. Archived October […]

Chip Knappenberger

Chip Knappenberger Credentials Background Paul C. (“Chip”) Knappenberger was the Assistant Director of the “Center for the Study of Science” at the Cato Institute. Knappenberger worked alongside the Center’s Director, fellow climate change denier Patrick J. Michaels. 2“Patrick J. Michaels: Director, Center For The […]

James Spann

​James Spann Credentials Background James Spann is a television meteorologist based in Birmingham, Alabama. He is currently the chief meteorologist for ABC 33/40. Earlly in his career, spann studied electrical engineering at UA while paying for his tuition while working in radio. He worked for a variety of radio […]

Joseph D’Aleo

Joseph (Joe) D’Aleo Credentials Note: While some sources mention that Joe D’Aleo attended studies at NYU, it is unclear if he graduated. Background Joseph D’Aleo is a former college professor of Meteorology at Lyndon State College. He is the Executive Director and Certified Consultant Meteorologist of the International Climate and Environmental Change Assessment Project (ICECAP), […]

Cliff Ollier

Cliff Ollier Credentials Background According to the International Climate Science Coalition, Cliff Ollier is a geologist, geomorphologist, soil scientist, emeritus professor, and honorary research fellow of the School of Earth and Geographical Sciences University of Western Australia. Ollier has written articles for the […]

Miklós Zágoni

Miklós Zágoni Credentials Background Miklós Zágoni is a physicist and past science historian at Eotvos Lorand University in Budapest as well as a governmental adviser. According to the History and Philosophy of Science department at Eötvös Loránd University, Zágoni was an “assistant professor of philosphy” in January, 2006. He presumably left his position later that […]

Gerd-Rainer Weber

Gerd-Rainer Weber Credentials Background Gerd-Rainer Weber is a scientist with the German Coal Mining Association where, according his profile at the Heartland Institute, he is “responsible for scientific research, policy analysis and consultancy in the fields of the environmental impact of coal use, particularly problems related to air pollution and global warming.” He is also […]

Robert E. Davis

Robert E. Davis Credentials Background Robert. E. Davis is a professor at the University of Virginia. He received his Ph.D in climatology from the University of Delaware. According to his profile at the Independent Institute, Davis was a Member of the Expert Panel on Global Change Research Strategy for the Environmental Protection Agency, Member of […]