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Joseph Conklin

Joseph Conklin Credentials Background Joseph Conklin is trained as a meteorologist with experience collecting and analyzing surface weather observations. He has additional experience in radar/lightning analysis, wind shear detection, and software development. He was the founder of […]

Gary England

Gary England Credentials Background Gary England is the chief meteorologist for KWTV Channel 9, the CBS affiliate in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. England has been described as the first person (in 1981) to use commercial Doppler radar to warn the public of […]

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  Background Jay H. Lehr was a senior fellow and former “Science Director” of the Heartland Institute. He was editor of “Rational Readings of Environmental Concerns,” which labeled […]

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 […]