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Mojib Latif

Mojib Latif Background Mojib Latif is not a skeptic of climate change. He has noted that many skeptics have incorrectly cited his studies as proof that climate change is not happening. He says that the cooling he discovered was only temporary and “global warming will accelerate again.”1“Scientist Explains Earth’s Warming Plateau” (transcript). November 22, 2009, […]

James A. Peden

James A. Peden Credentials Background James A. Peden is the webmaster and editor of Middlebury Networks/Middlebury Community Network where he offers web design and hosting services. In his profile at Middlebury, Jim writes he “started adult life as a […]

Albert Jacobs

Albert F. Jacobs (Deceased) Credentials Background Albert F. Jacobs was a Geologist and a retired oil-explorations manager. His was also the co-founder, spokesperson, and former director of the Friends of Science (FoS) organization. Jacobs passed away on February 12, 2020.1“In the beginning: Friends of Science, Talisman Energy and the de Freitas brothers,” Deep Climate, December […]

Reid Bryson

Reid A. Bryson (Deceased) Credentials Background Reid Bryson was an atmospheric scientist, geologist, and meteorologist. He was a prominent skeptic and hero to the skeptical science community. He passed away on June 11, 2008. He was a professor emeritus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.1“Pioneer of climatology dies at 88,” University of Wisconsin-Madison, June 12, 2008. […]

Brian G. Valentine

Brian G Valentine

Brian G. Valentine Credentials Background Brian G. Valentine works with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Industrial Technologies Program, where he is listed as a contact for the areas of “petroleum” and “science coordination.” The Department of Energy describes the program (PDF) as “partnering with industries with significant energy consumption to […]

Edward Wegman

Edward J. Wegman Credentials Background Edward Wegman is a statistics professor at George Mason University, and past chair of the National Research Council’s Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics. He is also a Fellow of the American Statistical Association and a Senior Member of the IEEE.1“Faculty Profile: Edward Wegman,” George Mason University Department of Computational […]

John Christy

John R. Christy Credentials  Background John R. Christy is a professor of Atmospheric Science and Director of the Earth System Science Center of the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Christy has been Alabama State Climatologist since November, 2000. 3“About Us,” […]

William Happer

William Happer Credentials  Ph.D, physics, Princeton (1964). Bachelor’s degree in physics from University of North Carolina (1960). Background William Happer is the emeritus Eugene Higgens professor of physics and Cyrus Fogg […]

Willie Soon

Profile image screenshot from YouTube video, Willie Soon at Heartland Institute’s 12th International Conference on Climate Change. Willie Wei-Hock Soon Credentials Background Willie Wei-Hock Soon is an aerospace engineer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Since 1992, Dr. Soon has been an astronomer at the Mount Wilson Observatory. Soon is also a receiving editor with […]

Lawrence Solomon

Lawrence Solomon Credentials [Pending further Investigation] Background Lawrence Solomon is a columnist with The Financial Post, the National Post (Toronto) and has been a columnist for the Globe and Mail (Toronto) a contributor to the Wall Street Journal, and the editor and publisher of The Next City magazine. Solomon describes himself as “one of Canada’s […]