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Tom Harris

Tom Harris Credentials Background Tom Harris is the Executive Director of the International Climate Science Coalition (ICSC), a group of climate change skeptics that has received funding from the Heartland Institute. Before starting work with ICSC, Harris was the Executive Director of the now-defunct Natural Resources Stewardship Project (NRSP).1 “WHO WE ARE,” International Climate Science […]

Dan Gainor

Dan Gainor Credentials Background Dan Gainor is the Director of the Business & Media Institute, a free market think tank operating under another organization called the Media Research Center which also operates Newsbusters, a site where right-wing media question the existence of man-made global warming. BMI describes its mission as “[auditing] the media’s coverage of […]

John Charles

John A. Charles Jr. Credentials Background John A. Charles Jr. is the president and CEO of the Cascade Policy Institute. He started as their Environmental Policy director in 1997 with his research focused on “transportation, land use, and free-market environmentalism.” He is a contributing author to Citizen’s Guide […]

Alexandra Liddy Bourne

Alexandra Liddy Bourne

Alexandra Liddy Bourne Credentials Background Alexandra “Sandy” Liddy Bourne a senior policy advisor at the Heartland Institute where she addresses energy and environmental regulation. She was the Heartland Institute’s vice-president for policy and strategy from 2006 until December 2008 and acted as Heartland’s Washington DC media spokesman and liaison to Heartland’s Legislative Advisors (elected officials), […]

Joseph Bast

Profile image screenshot from YouTube, Joe Bast speaking at the Heartland Institute’s 12th International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC12). Joseph Bast Credentials Background Joseph Bast co-founded the Heartland Institute in 1984 with David M. Padden (1927 – 2011) and served as Heartland’s CEO until January 2018. Bast stayed on as a Director and Senior Fellow. […]

Owen McShane

Owen McShane (1941-2012) Credentials Background Owen McShane ran a website called “Straight Thinking” which originally launched in 1995 in a a magazine format. According to his bio on the site, McShane’s background was in architecture and town planning. He died on March 6, 2012, according to his profile on the Heartland Institute‘s website.1“OWEN MCSHANE (1941-2012),” […]

Art Horn

Art Horn Credentials Degree in meteorology from Lyndon State College. Background Art Horn is a meteorologist and runs a website called the “Art” of Weather. Horn has a Bachelor of Science degree in meteorology from Lyndon State College and used to work as a TV weatherman […]

Fred Goldberg

Fred Goldberg (Deceased) Credentials Background Fred Goldberg passed away on November 6, 2016, according to his profile at the Heartland Institute. In 2004, Goldberg formed an “informal international network to study and distribute information about climate change and global warming.” Heartland also describes him as a “climate analyst and authority on polar history and exploration.”1“Heartland […]

David Henderson (Deceased)

David Henderson (Deceased) Credentials David Henderson was an economist with no credentials directly relating to climate science. Background David Henderson (full name Patrick David Henderson) was a Senior Fellow of ECIPE and a Visiting Professor at the Westminster Business School and the London School of Economics.2“David Henderson,” European Center for […]

Kesten Green

Kesten Green Credentials Green began his master’s studies in Management Science at Victoria University (1998–2000), and received a doctoral degree from Victoria Management School at Victoria University of Wellington (2000–2003). Background Kesten Green is a former research associate in the department of Business and Economics […]