Timothy F. Ball (Tim Ball)
Credentials
- Ph.D. (Doctor of Science), University of London, England, 1982.1 โFrontier Research Fellows,โ Frontier Center for Public Policy. Archived March 4, 2012. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/6V7j5 2 โCURRICULUM VITAE: Dr Timothy F Ballโ (PDF), drtimball.com. Last modified March 8, 2011. Archived .pdf on file at Desmog.
- M.A., University of Manitoba, 1971.3 โFrontier Research Fellows,โ Frontier Center for Public Policy. Archived March 4, 2012. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/6V7j5 4 โCURRICULUM VITAE: Dr Timothy F Ballโ (PDF), drtimball.com. Last modified March 8, 2011. Archived .pdf on file at Desmog.
- B.A., University of Winnipeg, 1970.5 โFrontier Research Fellows,โ Frontier Center for Public Policy. Archived March 4, 2012. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/6V7j5 6 โCURRICULUM VITAE: Dr Timothy F Ballโ (PDF), drtimball.com. Last modified March 8, 2011. Archived .pdf on file at Desmog.
Background
Tim Ball was a professor of geography at the University of Winnipeg from 1988 to 1996. He is a prolific speaker and writer in the skeptical science community.7 โCURRICULUM VITAE: Dr Timothy F Ballโ (PDF), drtimball.com. Last modified March 8, 2011. Archived .pdf on file at Desmog.
He has been Chairman to the now-defunct Natural Resources Stewardship Project (NRSP), โConsultantโ to the Exxon-funded Friends of Science (FoS), senior fellow at the Frontier Centre for Public Policy (FCPP), and has connections to numerous other think tanks and right-wing organizations.8 โNRSP People,โ Natural Resources Stewardship Project. Archived May 1, 2009. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/YUZXX 9 โAbout Us: Scientific Advisory Board,โ Friends of Science. Archived July 7, 2008. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/kNrxs 10 โFrontier Research Fellows,โ Frontier Center for Public Policy. Archived March 4, 2012. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/6V7j5
He is now chief science advisor to the International Climate Science Coalition (ICSC) and a policy advisor to The Heartland Institute.11 โTIMOTHY BALL,โ The Heartland Institute. Archived September 23, 2020. Archive URL: https://archive.vn/MnHXr
Tim Ball is member of Climate Exit (Clexit), a climate change denial group formed shortly after the UKโs decision to leave the EU. According to Clexit’s founding statement (PDF), โThe world must abandon this suicidal Global Warming crusade. Man does not and cannot control the climate.โ12 โThe Clexit Committee comprisesโ (PDF), Clexit.net. Archived.pdf on file at Desmog. 13 โAfter Brexit, Clexitโ (PDF), Clexit.net. Archived .pdf on file at Desmog.
NRSP Denier Connections
The NRSP’s past list of โscientific advisorsโ has also included prominent deniers Tim Patterson, Tad Murty and Sallie Baliunas, all of which are also listed as advisors to the FOS.14 โNRSP People,โ Natural Resources Stewardship Project. Archived May 1, 2009. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/YUZXX 15 โNRSP People,โ Natural Resources Stewardship Project. Archived July 2, 2007. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/BmZzZ
DeSmog previously noted that two of the three directors on the board of the Natural Resources Stewardship Project were at one time senior executives of the High Park Advocacy Group, a Toronto-based lobby firm that specializes in โenergy, environment and ethics.โ16 James Hoggan. โNRSP Controlled by Energy Lobbyists,โ Desmog, January 18, 2008.
First PhD in Climatology?
Ball and the organizations he is affiliated with have repeatedly made the claim that he is the โfirst Canadian PhD in climatology.โ Ball himself claimed he was โone of the first climatology PhD’s in the world.โ17 โAbout Us: Scientific Advisory Board,โ Friends of Science. Archived July 7, 2008. 18 โDear Mr. Martin,โ Letter from Tim Ball to M.P. Paul Martin. Republished at John-Daly.com. Archived September 5, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/IlrVq
Many have pointed out that there have been numerous PhD’s in the field prior to Ball.19 Tim Lambert. โDear Tim Ball: sue me,โ Deltoid, June 23, 2006. Archived September 5, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/U9676
Ball was a former professor of geography at the University of Winnipeg from 1988 to 1996. The University of Winnipeg never had an office of Climatology. His degree was in historical geography and not climatology.20 Richard Littlemore. โDr. Tim Ball: The Lie that Just Won’t Die,โ Desmog, February 5, 2007.
Stance on Climate Change
April 16, 2018
โI knew right from the start how much the climate changes naturally, and what’s going on right now is well within natural variability. There’s nothing unusual about it at all,โ Ball said on an episode of Focus Today, a program at theDove Media.21 โThe climate change hoax – Dr. Tim Ball,โ YouTube video uploaded by user โtheDoveTV,โ April 16, 2018. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
TheDove Media describes its mission as to โproclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ though all media platforms.โ22 โAbout Us,โ theDove Media. Archived September 23, 2020. Archive URL: https://archive.vn/4q58P
August 5, 2016
โ’Climate change is real,’ they say. Of course, that is true. Climate has been changing since the origin of the atmosphere billions of years ago, and there is nothing humans can do to stop it from changing.โ โ Tim Ball & Tom Harris.23 Tom Harris and Tim Ball. โOPINION: Of Course, the Climate is Changing,โ Pagosa Daily Post, August 5, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/gmeDK#selection-243.0-243.43
July 30, 2016
Tim Ball co-wrote an article with Tom Harris of the ICSC, claiming:
โ’Climate change is real,’ they say. So what? Gravity and sunrise are also real. That doesnโt mean we cause them or we would be better off without them. Climate has been changing since the origin of the atmosphere billions of years ago.โ24 Tom Harris and Tim Ball. โTOM HARRIS and TIM BALL: Hypochondriac climate change concerns hurt us all,โ YourHoustonNews.com, July 30, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/eItjn
2006
โWhat’s wrong with global warming? There are lots of positive benefits to global warming.โ25 โClimate of controversy,โ Ottawa Citizen, May 18, 2006. Archived November 2, 2012. (Audio no longer available.) Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/jKMwL
Key Quotes
January 31, 2018
Ball praised President Donald Trump‘s State of the Union Address. He said in a statement at the Heartland Institute:26โPRESS RELEASE: HEARTLAND INSTITUTE EXPERTS REACT TO PRESIDENT TRUMPโS STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS,โ The Heartland Institute, January 31, 2018. Archived February 5, 2018. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/FeswS
โPresident Trump demonstrated the ability necessary in all leaders, historically known as the ‘common touch.’ It is the ability to talk to all people without talking down to them. It even worked on many of those adamantly pre-determined not to like or listen to his message.โ27โPRESS RELEASE: HEARTLAND INSTITUTE EXPERTS REACT TO PRESIDENT TRUMPโS STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS,โ The Heartland Institute, January 31, 2018. Archived February 5, 2018. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/FeswS
July, 2016
In a guest opinion post Watts Up With That, a blog maintained by climate change denier Anthony Watts, Tim Ball declared (Emphasis added):
โThe problem is not adequate funding. It is too many people getting too much money for useless projects because there are too many people in universities. It is too many people going to university. The blunt truth is that for the majority of students it is a socially acceptable form of unemployment. Students getting less than a B average should not even be in university; for them, it is simply Grades 13, 14, 15, and (16). Some of this over attendance is because immigrant or newly successful middle-class families want their children to attend university.โ28 Anthony Watts. โCredibility Loss in Climate Science is Part of a Wider Malaise in Science,โ Watts Up With That, July 24, 2016. Archived July 26, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/nGRu5
July 30, 2016
In an article he co-posted with climate change denier Tom Harris of the International Climate Science Coalition (ICSC), Ball and Harris declare:
โAll this would be humorous if it did not have such serious ramifications. In the vain hope of stopping trivial changes in climate, activists and compliant politicians are working hard to force us to switch from coal and other fossil fuels, America’s least expensive and most abundant power sources, to unreliable and expensive alternatives such as wind and solar power. The public need to ask them, ‘Why are you doing this? Who are you trying to please?’.โ29 Tom Harris and Tim Ball. โTOM HARRIS and TIM BALL: Hypochondriac climate change concerns hurt us all,โ YourHoustonNews.com, July 30, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/eItjn
February, 2015
In a guest opinion post at the blog Watts Up With That, Tim Ball said:
โPope Francis advocates the global warming agenda of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), with the help of the Obama White House. Apparently, he doesnโt know their ultimate objective of reducing and controlling population generally contradicts Catholic doctrine.โ30 Dr. Tim Ball. โPope Francis Apparently Doesnโt Know IPCC Climate Objective Contradicts Catholic Doctrine.โ Watts Up With That? , February 1, 2015. Archived September 5, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/lP6x9
May, 2006
In a May, 2006 interview with the Ottawa Citizen‘s editorial staff, Tim Ball said:
โCFC’s were never a problem. [โฆ] it’s only because the sun is changing.โ31 โClimate of controversy,โ Ottawa Citizen, May 18, 2006. Archived November 2, 2012. (Audio no longer available.) Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/jKMwL 32 Kevin Grandia. โDr. Tim Ball On CFC’s and the Sponsorship Scandal,โ DeSmog, June 7, 2006.
Key Deeds
September 24, 2020
Ball appeared in Marc Moranoโs 2020 film Climate Hustle 2: Rise of the Climate Monarchy, produced by the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT).
During a discussion which characterised the climate crisis as a manufactured pretext for disproportionate government overreach, in which climate science denier Roy Spencer stated:33 Climate Hustle 2: Rise of the Climate Monarchy. CFACT/ CDR Communications, Inc., 2020.
โthe government, you know, trying to erase the recent hiatus in global warming, it really feels politically motivated,โ
Ball commented:
โthey had to demonize CO2. And they have to show that it’s not the beneficial, necessary gas that it is and show that it’s a harmful gas.โ
August 2019
In 2011, climate scientist Michael Mann had filed a defamation claim in a British Columbia court against the Frontier Center for Public Policy (FCPP) and Tim Ball, after Ball had suggested in an interview that Mann should be imprisoned.34 โQ&A: Michael Mann on coverage since โClimategateโ,โ Columbia Journalism Review, September 19, 2019. Archived September 23, 2020. Archive URL: https://archive.vn/r2DsZ
In June 2019, FCPP issued an apology to Mann for what it described as โcertain untrue and disparaging accusations which impugned the character of Dr. Michael Mann.โ The letter continued:35 โRetraction and Apology to Michael Mann,โ Frontier Centre for Public Policy, June 7, 2019. Archived September 23, 2020. Archive URL: https://archive.vn/7CB66
โAlthough The Frontier Center for Public Policy still does not see eye to eye with Dr. Mann on the subject of global warming and climate change, we now accept that it was wrong to publish allegations by others that Dr. Mann did not comply with ethical standards and wrong to suggest that Dr. Mann was guilty of any dishonesty concerning his 1998 and 1999 research which produced the so-called ‘hockey-stick’ temperature graph.โ36 โRetraction and Apology to Michael Mann,โ Frontier Centre for Public Policy, June 7, 2019. Archived September 23, 2020. Archive URL: https://archive.vn/7CB66
โThe Frontier Centre hereby unreservedly retracts such allegations and apologizes to Dr. Michael Mann for any embarrassment and distress caused by our previous publications.โ37 โRetraction and Apology to Michael Mann,โ Frontier Centre for Public Policy, June 7, 2019. Archived September 23, 2020. Archive URL: https://archive.vn/7CB66
A judge dismissed a case against Tim Ball that had been brought on by Michael Mann, after Ball’s lawyers cited their client’s poor health and the low ranking of his website. Mann later took to Twitter to counter climate change denial sites’ spin of the dismissal.38 Michael Mann, Plaintiff, And: Timothy (โTimโ) Ball Defendants, Before: The Honourable Mr. Justice Giaschi, Oral Reasons for Judgment, August 22, 2019. 39 โQ&A: Michael Mann on coverage since โClimategateโ,โ Columbia Journalism Review, September 19, 2019. Archived September 23, 2020. Archive URL: https://archive.vn/r2DsZ
October 15, 2018
Tim Ball co-wrote an article at The Washington Times with Tom Harris where they criticized the latest U.N. IPCCโs report on climate change. The IPCC report found that drastic and rapid cuts to fossil fuel use would be needed to maintain a 1.5ยฐC target.40 Tim Ball and Tom Harris. โWhy U.N. climate report cannot be trusted,โ The Washington Times, October 15, 2018. Archived October 23, 2018. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/Jn2h0
โIn climate research and modeling, we should recognize that we are dealing with a coupled non-linear chaotic system, and therefore that the long-term prediction of future climate states is not possible,โ Ball and Harris claimed.
โThe supposed threat is a 1.5 to 2C increase, but global temperatures were higher than today by at least that much for most of the last 10,000 years. Yet polar bears and the world survived. No one should take the new IPCC climate report seriously.โ
According to SkepticalScience, these blanket statements that modeling is inaccurate and that the earth was warmer in the past are two common climate change myths refuted by the available science.
June 29, 2018
Ball co-wrote an Op-Ed with Tom Harris suggesting that then-EPA-Administrator Scott Pruitt โmust ignore the flak and use it only as a guide to drop more bombs.โ The Op-Ed suggests media criticism of Scott Pruitt for his spending practices is โa typical example of how technocrats respond to anyone doing things other than their way, they fear Pruitt because he is dismantling unnecessary and expensive environmental policies of the Obama administration.โ41 Tim Ball and Tom Harris. โOpEd – EPA head must ignore the flak and continue to drop more bombs,โ Moultrie News, June 29, 2018. Archived July 9, 2018.
โWorld War II Lancaster bomber pilot Sandy Mutch explained the approach Pruitt should take when he is attacked. ‘On bombing raids over Europe, we could tell we were closing in on the target when we started to get the most flak. Anyone who wants to kill the dangerous and unfounded climate scareโฆ should focus on exposing the shaky science behind climate alarm,’ said Mutch, who passed away on April 15, 2018 at the age of 98. ‘That is the Achilles heel of the whole movement. Shoot it down and you win the war,โ Harris and Ball wrote.42 Tim Ball and Tom Harris. โOpEd – EPA head must ignore the flak and continue to drop more bombs,โ Moultrie News, June 29, 2018. Archived July 9, 2018.
May 27, 2020
In a follow-up to the previous libel case against Andrew Weaver, DeSmog reported that a judge made the unanimous decision for the BC Court of Appeal that the prior decision by Justice Skolrood was โtaking into account the poor quality of the writingโ and โbased on evidence known to the Court, but not to the ordinary and reasonable reader.โ43 Richard Littlemore. โCanadian Court Slams Trump Climate Advisor in Successful Libel Case,โ DeSmog, May 27, 2020.
Reacting to the new judgment, Dan Johnson, the environmental science professor whom Ball tried to sue in 2006, said it was obvious that some people have been taking Ball seriously, in part because he had so consistently leaned on his overstated academic credentials. Ballโs โphony argument from authority convinced some to ignore the science,โ Johnson said. โAnd we need respect for science more than ever, so it is good to see those who undermine it exposed and disregarded.โ44 Richard Littlemore. โCanadian Court Slams Trump Climate Advisor in Successful Libel Case,โ DeSmog, May 27, 2020.
The case would go back to the lower court to go over some unresolved issues.45 Richard Littlemore. โCanadian Court Slams Trump Climate Advisor in Successful Libel Case,โ DeSmog, May 27, 2020.
February 14, 2018
DeSmog reported that a libel claim against an article written by Tim Ball was thrown out due to the letter not being sufficiently credible to cause damage to a professional climate scientist. While Ball’s supporters celebrated the outcome as a โA great victory for free speech,โ B.C. Supreme Court Justice Ronald Skolrood was critical of Ball’s work:46 Richard Littlemore. โJudge Dismisses Libel Claim, Climate ‘Sceptic’ Tim Ball Not Credible Enough To Take Seriously,โ DeSmog, February 14, 2018. 47 Marc Morano. โLERT: Canadian judge dismissed all charges in lawsuit against Skeptical climatologist Dr. Tim Ball,โ Climate Depot, February 13, 2018. Archived February 16, 2018. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/sa3o3
โ[โฆ] despite Dr. Ballโs history as an academic and a scientist, the Article is rife with errors and inaccuracies, which suggests a lack of attention to detail on Dr. Ballโs part, if not an indifference to the truth,โ Justice Skolrood wrote.48 Richard Littlemore. โJudge Dismisses Libel Claim, Climate ‘Sceptic’ Tim Ball Not Credible Enough To Take Seriously,โ DeSmog, February 14, 2018.
He added later in the judgement:49 Richard Littlemore. โJudge Dismisses Libel Claim, Climate ‘Sceptic’ Tim Ball Not Credible Enough To Take Seriously,โ DeSmog, February 14, 2018.
โ[T]he Article is poorly written and does not advance credible arguments in favour of Dr. Ballโs theory about the corruption of climate science. Simply put, a reasonably thoughtful and informed person who reads the Article is unlikely to place any stock in Dr. Ballโs views, including his views of Dr. Weaver as a supporter of conventional climate science.โ50 Richard Littlemore. โJudge Dismisses Libel Claim, Climate ‘Sceptic’ Tim Ball Not Credible Enough To Take Seriously,โ DeSmog, February 14, 2018.
While the judge agreed that Ball’s intention with the January 2011 Canada Free Press article (titled โCorruption of Climate Science Has Created 30 Lost Years,โ since taken down after an apology from CFP for defamatory content).51 Richard Littlemore. โClimate Denier Tim Ball: Trump Approved, But Not Credible Enough To Stand Accountable For Libel,โ DeSmog, February 14, 2018.
โThese allegations are directed at Dr. Weaverโs professional competence and are clearly derogatory of him. Indeed, it is quite apparent that this was Dr. Ballโs intent,โ the judge wrote, adding, however, that โIt is very unlikely that the Article and the opinions expressed therein had an impact on the views of anyone who read it, including their views, if any, of Dr. Weaver as a climate scientist. Rather, the reasonably thoughtful and informed reader would have recognized the Article as simply presenting one side of a highly charged public debate.โ
February 4, 2018
In January 2018, more than 200 scientists endorsed an open letter calling on the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) to remove climate change denier Rebekah Mercer from its board and to โend ties to anti-science propagandists and funders of climate science misinformation.โ The New York Times reported that those among the AMNH letter calling for Mercer to step down were Michael E. Mann, director of the Earth System Science Center at Pennsylvania State University, and Katharine Hayhoe, director of the Climate Science Center at Texas Tech University.52 Robin Pogrebin and Somini Sengupta. โA Science Denier at the Natural History Museum? Scientists Rebel,โ The New York Times, January 25, 2018. Archived February 13, 2018. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/tAIv4
Ball was among a group of climate change deniers who responded with their own open letter, calling for the AMNH โnot to cave in to this pressure.โ The letter was signed by numerous individuals with ties to groups funded by the Mercer Family Foundation such as Will Happer of the CO2 CoalitionRichard Lindzen, a fellow at the Cato InstituteCraig Idso, the chairman of the Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change. There are a number of signatories affiliated with the Heartland Institute, which has received over $5.78 million from the Mercer Family Foundation since 2008.53 Graham Readfearn. โClimate Science Deniers Defend New Yorkโs American Museum of Natural History From Calls to Drop Trustee Rebekah Mercer,โ DeSmog, February 6, 2018.
The letter reads:54 mnh18-feb4-petitionletter (PDF – Untitled). Retrieved from Watts Up With That.
โThe Earth has supported abundant life many times in the geological past when there were much higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. It is quite likely that future generations will benefit from the enrichment of Earthโs atmosphere with more carbon dioxide.
โMake no mistake, the agitators are not defending science from quackery โ quite the contrary!โ
July 2017
When the American Meteorological Society (AMS) sent an open letter to Energy Secretary Rick Perry, saying โit is it is critically important that you understand that emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are the primary cause [of recent global warming],โ Tim Ball responded:55 โEnergy secretary right on climate change,โ Pensacola News Journal, July 9, 2017. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
โThese are completely false statements,โ Ball said, quoted in the Pensacola News Journal (and several other news outlets) by fellow climate change denier Tom Harris. โThe only evidence in support of CO2 as the primary cause of global warming are the outputs of the computer models used by the U.N.โs Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change which have been wrong in every forecast or scenario they produced since 1990. If your forecast is wrong then your science is wrong.โ56 โEnergy secretary right on climate change,โ Pensacola News Journal, July 9, 2017. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
February 23, 2017
Tim Ball was a signatory of a petition (PDF) organized by Richard Lindzen of the Cato Institute urging President Donald Trump to pull the United States out of the United Nations international convention on climate change (UNFCCC).57 โPETITIONโ (PDF), February 23, 2017. Richard Lindzen. PDF Archived at DeSmog.
โIn just a few weeks, more than 300 eminent scientists and other qualified individuals from around the world have signed the petition below,โ Lindzen wrote in the letter.58 โPETITIONโ (PDF), February 23, 2017. Richard Lindzen. PDF Archived at DeSmog.
DeSmog investigated the list, and found that only a small handful of the signatories could be considered โeven remotely โqualifiedโ or โeminentโ โ but not in the field of climate science.โ The list included individuals โinterested in climate,โ and one signatory who only identified as an โemailer who wished to sign the petitionโ while some signers provided no affiliation or address whatsoever.59 Graham Readfearn. โClimate Science Denier Richard Lindzen’s List of 300 โScientistsโ Sent to Trump Is the Usual Parade of Non-Experts,โ DeSmog, February 27, 2017.
January 2017
Ball wrote at The Rebel that he had been invited to a meeting on Capitol Hill through Myron Ebell of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, who had been appointed to Donald Trump’s transition team shortly before.60 Tim Ball. โDr. Tim Ball: My meeting with Team Trump about ‘global warming’,โ TheRebel.media, January 14, 2017. Archived September 23, 2020. Archive URL: https://archive.vn/trcWn
โOn Capitol Hill, Senator Roberts, Tony Heller and I made presentations, similar but shorter, than those we gave in Australia. The audience included members of the Senate, Congress, and their aides, plus members of the public. A broad question and answer session followed,โ Ball wrote.61 Tim Ball. โDr. Tim Ball: My meeting with Team Trump about ‘global warming’,โ TheRebel.media, January 14, 2017. Archived September 23, 2020. Archive URL: https://archive.vn/trcWn
We then moved to CEI for a question and answer session that lasted about three hours. In addition to Ebell, several members of the Trump transition advisory team on the EPA and climate were present.โ (Emphasis in original).62 Tim Ball. โDr. Tim Ball: My meeting with Team Trump about ‘global warming’,โ TheRebel.media, January 14, 2017. Archived September 23, 2020. Archive URL: https://archive.vn/trcWn
โThe major discussion at our meeting involved US withdrawal from the Paris Climate Conference Agreement. Lawyers explained that provisions in the Agreement allow for withdrawal after advance notification. However, their final observation was that there was nothing to prevent the US simply walking away.โ63 Tim Ball. โDr. Tim Ball: My meeting with Team Trump about ‘global warming’,โ TheRebel.media, January 14, 2017. Archived September 23, 2020. Archive URL: https://archive.vn/trcWn
See Ezra Levant ‘s interview with Ball about the meeting below:
January 5, 2017
Timothy F. Ball was a signatory to a Cornwall Alliance open letter supporting Scott Pruitt for EPA Administrator under the Trump administration.64 โOpen Letter Supporting Scott Pruitt for EPA Administrator,โ Cornwall Alliance, January 5, 2017. Archived January 19, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/xMash
โMr. Pruitt has also demonstrated understanding of and open-mindedness toward scientific insights crucial to the formulation and implementation of environmental regulation. He is prepared to hear all sides in debates over the risks and benefits of various activities that come under the purview of the EPA,โ reads the letter.
On January 12, 2017, Senate Democrats raised conflict of interest concerns regarding Scott Prutt’s fossil fuel ties. Pruitt had spent years working to combat the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan.65 Ben Jervey. โMapping EPA Nominee Scott Pruitt’s Many Fossil Fuel Ties,โ DeSmog, January 13, 2017.
In an open letter to the Office of Government Ethics, members of the Senate’s environmental panel commented:
โDuring his tenure as Attorney General of Oklahoma, Mr. Pruitt has blurred the distinction between official and political actions, often at the behest of corporations he will regulate if confirmed to lead EPA,โ the letter said. โPublic reporting based on documents produced by Freedom of Information Act requests illustrate how Mr. Pruitt and members of his staff have worked closely with fossil fuel lobbyists to craft his office’s official positions.โ
Pruitt was further grilled on his fossil fuel ties at his confirmation hearing on January 18.66 Ben Jervey and Steve Horn. โEPA Nominee Scott Pruitt Gets Grilled on Fossil Fuel Ties at Confirmation Hearing,โ DeSmog, January 18, 2017.
Some notable signatories of the Cornwall Alliance letter, as of January 5, 2017, included:
- Tim Ball
- Charles G. Battig
- E. Calvin Beisner
- H. Sterling Burnett
- Kenneth Chilton
- Donn Dears
- John Droz
- James E. Enstrom
- Joseph Farah
- Steve Goreham
- Jay Grimstead
- William Happer
- Richard Land
- David Legates
- Richard S. Lindzen
- Anthony R. Lupo
- Rod D. Martin
- Anthony J. Sadar
- Willie Soon
- Roy W. Spencer
- David J. Theroux
- James A. Wanliss
- Anthony Watts
- Peter W. Wood
- Thomas H. Wysmuller
- Benjamin Zycher
December 12, 2016
Tim Ball was an attendee at a private meeting also attended by Trump’s EPA Transition team lead Myron Ebell on Capital Hill. E&E News reported that the event was not open to the public or to the press and Ebell refused to give any details. The event was hosted by the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) and held in the hearing room of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee. The EPW committee is chaired by Senator James Inhofe who, like Trump, has described human-caused climate change as a hoax.67 George Cahlink. โTrump EPA adviser Myron Ebell meets with Hill aides,โ E&E News, December 12, 2016.
DeSmog reported that the event featured the โWho’s Who of Climate Science Deniers.โ Australian Senator Malcolm Roberts, who spoke at the event, also wrote that the meeting was a gathering of the Cooler Heads Coalition and then listed some of the participants on Facebook:68 Graham Readfearn. โDonald Trumpโs Aide at EPA Myron Ebell Meets with Whoโs Who of Climate Science Deniers,โ DeSmog, December 13, 2016. 69 โYesterday I spoke at an event for the Competitive Enterprise Institute called Cooler Heads Coalition in Washington. [โฆ]โ Facebook post by Malcolm Roberts – QLD Senate – One Nation, December 13 at 6:38 pm. Archived image on file at DeSmog.
Names mentioned above included:
- Tony Heller
- Tim Ball
- Fred Singer
- Ken Haapala
- Craig Rucker
- Randy Randall
- Steve Milloy
- Marc Morano
- James Delingpole
- Chris Horner
- Myron Ebell
- Tom de Weise
- James Taylor
- Pat Michaels
- Austin Smithson
- Brandon Middleton
- Marlo Lewis
DeSmog also noted that three of the attendeesโMyron Ebell, Randy Randol, and Steve Milloyโhad all been part of the Global Climate Science Communications Team in the late 1990s, a group organized by the American Petroleum Institute. According to an early memo, the group said โvictory will be achieved when [โฆ] Average citizens ‘understand’ (recognize) uncertainties in climate science; recognition of uncertainties becomes part of the ‘conventional wisdom’.โ70 โGlobal Climate Science Communications Plan (1998),โ SourceWatch.
December 3, 2016
Tim Ball was a speaker at Freedom Force International’s โ3rd Congressโ event titled โGlobal-Warming; an Inconvenient Lie.โ Freedom Force International describes the event as โa gathering of the worldโs top experts on this subject who will put an end, once-and-for-all, to the myth of anthropogenic (man-caused) global-warming.โ71 โThe 3rd Congress of Freedom Force,โ Freedom Force International. Archived December 2, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/xuWxA
Ball’s speech was titled โGlobal Warming Is the Biggest Deception in History.โ
โThis is a a deception. Itโs the greatest deception in history because there have been deceptions in the past, but this is the first one on a global scale that affects every single person and every single thing,โ Ball began.
โThe public simply donโt understand the science of climate change; therefore, they are easily fooled. And thatโs whatโs been going on.โ
Ball claimed that schools are โindoctrinatingโ children:
โWe should be teaching things in schools that students need to understand the world, but weโre not doing that. School has become an indoctrination, not an education.
[โฆ] Itโs not that long ago that in the universities, the old professors had the prevailing wisdom and the young professors came in and challenged it. Now the young ones are coming in with the indoctrinated views, and itโs the old people that are saying, โhey, hang on a minute.โ People like me, and Fred Singer at 92, and Bill Gray at 86. Theyโve completely flipped the whole process of the education approach upside down because of what theyโre doing in the schools with the indoctrination,โ Ball said.
According to Tim Ball, environmentalism has become a religion:
โEnvironmentalism has become a religion. Itโs taken on all the hard marks of a blind belief, and particularly amongst the young people. Because one of the things a lot of people donโt realize is that science used Darwin to get rid of religion, okay. That left a vacuum.
โAnd when you went to Oxford University in Darwinโs day, there were two or three doors to the library: there was the door to the natural sciences, the door to the humanities, and the door to the library. You go to any university today, the largest door is to the social science. And the social sciences emerged because once you get rid of God youโve got to have some other explanation for why humans are here and why weโre different than all the other animals.
โThatโs what the social sciences are doing. I call it human navel gazing.โ
Describing a story when Ball put his students on the spot, and they didn’t quickly make the connection to a biblical reference, he suggested environmentalism could be part of the problem:
โSo you start to see whatโs happening with the environment. And of course the environment then fills a moral vacuum for them. Right? The mother Gaia and so on.โ
The complete speaker list is below:
- Lord Christopher Monckton โ Global Warming Is A Monstrous Hoax
- William Happer โ The Real Inconvenient Truth; More CO2 Benefits the Earth
- Tim Ball โ Global Warming Is the Biggest Deception in History
- G. Edward Griffin โ Why Do They Deceive?
- Holly Swanson โ They Call It Education; Global Warming and Political Indoctrination
- Dan Happel โ They Call It Green; Global Warming and Agenda-21
- Patrick Wood โ They Call it Science; Global Warming and Technocracy
- Alex Newman โ They Call It News; Global Warming and Propaganda
- Debbie Bacigalupi โ They Call It Smart Growth: Global Warming and The Depopulation of Rural America
- Elaine Willman โ Native Americans โ Pawns in the Agenda-21 game
- Jim Lee โ Geoengineering, Weather Modification, and the Weaponization of Nature
- Michael Shaw โ Agenda-21; Bringing the Soviet System to America
- Willie Soon โ Man vs. Sun; Put Your Money on the Sun
- Istvan Marko โ CO2 Is Not Pollution. It is Our Friend.
August, 2016
Tim Ball is a member of a group titled Climate Exit (Clexit) founded in the summer of 2016. According to Clexit’s founding statement (PDF), โThe world must abandon this suicidal Global Warming crusade. Man does not and cannot control the climate.โ72 โThe Clexit Committee comprisesโ (PDF), Clexit.net. Archived.pdf on file at Desmog. 73 โAfter Brexit, Clexitโ (PDF), Clexit.net. Archived .pdf on file at Desmog.
As Desmog reports, another key member of Clexit’s โ60 well-informed science, business and economic leadersโ is Hugh Morgan, a former board member of the Reserve Bank of Australia and former CEO of Western Mining Corporation with close ties to Australia’s Liberal party.74 Graham Readfearn. โAfter Brexit, Climate Science Denialists Form New Group to Call for a Clexit,โ Desmog, August 3, 2016. 75 โHugh Morgan AO,โ Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Archived February 22, 2002. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/1ObOB
According to Clexit’s founding statement:
โIf the Paris climate accord is ratified, or enforced locally by compliant governments, it will strangle the leading economies of the world with pointless carbon taxes and costly climate and energy policies, all with no sound basis in evidence or science [โฆ]โ76 โAfter Brexit, Clexitโ (PDF), Clexit.net. Archived .pdf on file at Desmog.
July 30, 2016
Tim Ball co-wrote an article with Tom Harris of the ICSC where he claims that โThe best answer to most of the claims by climate activists and their political allies is simply: so what?โ
โ’Climate change is real,’ they say. So what? Gravity and sunrise are also real. That doesnโt mean we cause them or we would be better off without them. Climate has been changing since the origin of the atmosphere billions of years ago,โ Ball and Harriss write.77 Tom Harris and Tim Ball. โTOM HARRIS and TIM BALL: Hypochondriac climate change concerns hurt us all,โ YourHoustonNews.com, July 30, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/eItjn
July 24, 2016
Writing at Watts Up With That (WUWT), Tim Ball responded to an article in Vox titled โThe 7 biggest problems facing science, according to 270 scientists.โ78 Anthony Watts. โCredibility Loss in Climate Science is Part of a Wider Malaise in Science,โ Watts Up With That, July 24, 2016. Archived July 26, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/nGRu5
While Ball agrees with some of the points, Daily KOS reports he ultimately blames immigrants and the middle class for pursuing higher education: (emphasis added)79 Julia Belluz, Brad Plumer, and Brian Resnick. โThe 7 biggest problems facing science, according to 270 scientists,โ Vox.com, July 14, 2016. Archived July 26, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/FvXSC
โThe problem is not adequate funding,โ Ball writes at WUWT. โIt is too many people getting too much money for useless projects because there are too many people in universities. It is too many people going to university. The blunt truth is that for the majority of students it is a socially acceptable form of unemployment. Students getting less than a B average should not even be in university; for them, it is simply Grades 13, 14, 15, and (16). Some of this over attendance is because immigrant or newly successful middle-class families want their children to attend university.โ80 Anthony Watts. โCredibility Loss in Climate Science is Part of a Wider Malaise in Science,โ Watts Up With That, July 24, 2016. Archived July 26, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/nGRu5
Ball concludes that โโWe can solve many of our problems quickly by closing down 75 percent of our universities.โ Ball’s other complaints include the โthe use of science for political agendas,โ and that โsome scientists exploitโ the bias of the media.81 Anthony Watts. โCredibility Loss in Climate Science is Part of a Wider Malaise in Science,โ Watts Up With That, July 24, 2016. Archived July 26, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/nGRu5
March 3, 2016
Tim Ball produced a list of โhandy CO2 talking pointsโ to helpo โdefeat global warming alarmists.โ82 Tim Ball. โDefeat global warming alarmists with Dr. Tim Ball’s handy C02 talking points!โ The Rebel, March 3, 2016. Archived September 5, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/yELKP
โThe ‘green’ activists’ focus on CO2 was premeditated and designed to demonize it as the toxic byproduct of fossil-fuel driven industries that was causing runaway global warming,โ Ball writes.
In fact, C02 is a gas essential to plant life, and thereby all life, because plants produce oxygen.โ83 Tim Ball. โDefeat global warming alarmists with Dr. Tim Ball’s handy C02 talking points!โ The Rebel, March 3, 2016. Archived September 5, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/yELKP
Ball’s list includes a number of common myths that Skeptical Science has previously debunked. Some examples below, with information from Skeptical Science below:84 Tim Ball. โDefeat global warming alarmists with Dr. Tim Ball’s handy C02 talking points!โ The Rebel, March 3, 2016. Archived September 5, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/yELKP
Tim Ball: โThe IPCC assume an increase in CO2 causes a temperature increase. It doesnโt. Every record for any period shows temperature increases before CO2.โ85 Tim Ball. โDefeat global warming alarmists with Dr. Tim Ball’s handy C02 talking points!โ The Rebel, March 3, 2016. Archived September 5, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/yELKP
SkepticalScience: CO2 does not cause the warming, but rather amplifies it: โWhen the Earth comes out of an ice age, the warming is not initiated by CO2 but by changes in the Earth’s orbit. The warming causes the oceans to release CO2. The CO2 amplifies the warming and mixes through the atmosphere, spreading warming throughout the planet. So CO2 causes warming AND rising temperature causes CO2 rise. Overall, about 90% of the global warming occurs after the CO2 increase.โ86 โCO2 lags temperature – what does it mean?โ SkepticalScience. Archived September 5, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/gJ8M6
Tim Ball: โLetโs assume CO2 IS causing warming. Then, when its density reaches a certain level, the warming ability is maximized. But it IS currently maximized โ so how will the addition of more CO2 have much effect?โ87 Tim Ball. โDefeat global warming alarmists with Dr. Tim Ball’s handy C02 talking points!โ The Rebel, March 3, 2016. Archived September 5, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/yELKP
SkepticalScience: โIf the CO2 effect was saturated, adding more CO2 should add no additional greenhouse effect. However, satellite and surface measurements observe an enhanced greenhouse effect at the wavelengths that CO2 absorb energy. This is empirical proof that the CO2 effect is not saturated.โ88 โIs the CO2 effect saturated?โ SkepticalScience. Archived September 5, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/4QNiH
Tim Ball: โCO2 is only approximately 0.0397% of the total atmospheric gases. Figure 2 shows the proportional relationship between atmospheric gases and GHGs.โ89 Tim Ball. โDefeat global warming alarmists with Dr. Tim Ball’s handy C02 talking points!โ The Rebel, March 3, 2016. Archived September 5, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/yELKP
SkepticalScience: โSaying that CO2 is ‘only a trace gas’ is like saying that arsenic is ‘only’ a trace water contaminant. Small amounts of very active substances can cause large effects.โ90 โCO2 is just a trace gas,โ SkepticalScience. Archived September 5, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/Gf7T2
June 11-12, 2015
Tim Ball was a speaker on Panel 11: โAttacks on Scientists and the Corruption of Science,โ at the Heartland Instituteโs Tenth International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC10) in Washington, D.C., with Bob Carter, William Briggs, and Christopher Monckton.91 โSpeakers,โ Heartland Institute. Archived June 30, 2015. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/lpiqu
View Tim Ballโs Panel 11 presentation at the Heartland Instituteโs ICCC10, below:92 โPanel 11: Attacks on Scientists and the Corruption of Science with Bob Carter, Ph.D, William Briggs, Tim Ball, and Christopher Monckton,โ Heartland Institute, June 12, 2015. Archived July 14, 2015.
May 12, 2015
Timothy F. Ball is a signatory to an open letter to Pope Francis on climate change. The letter invites the Pope to reconsider his views on climate change before his upcoming encyclical letter on the environment, which is widely expected to call for measures to prevent climate change in the interests of the world’s poor.93 โAn Open Letter to Pope Francis on Climate Change,โ Cornwall Alliance For The Stewardship of Creation. April 27, 2015. Archived September 5, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/x9zyb
The open letter was coordinated and signed by Calvin Beisner of the Cornwall Alliance. According to the letter, โGood climate policy must recognize human exceptionalism, the God-given call for human persons to ‘have dominion’ in the natural world (Genesis 1:28), and the need to protect the poor from harm, including actions that hinder their ascent out of poverty.โ94 โAn Open Letter to Pope Francis on Climate Change,โ Cornwall Alliance For The Stewardship of Creation. April 27, 2015. Archived September 5, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/x9zyb
Another excerpt below:
โ[โฆ] the [climate] models are wrong. They therefore provide no rational basis to forecast dangerous human-induced global warming, and therefore no rational basis for efforts to reduce warming by restricting the use of fossil fuels or any other means.โ95 โAn Open Letter to Pope Francis on Climate Change,โ Cornwall Alliance For The Stewardship of Creation. April 27, 2015. Archived September 5, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/x9zyb
Judith Curry comments on her blog Climate Etc. that โArguably the most effective ‘pushback’ comes from Cal Beisner of the Cornwall Alliance, who coordinated An Open Letter to Pope Francis on Climate Change.โ96 Judith Curry. โPope Francis, climate change, and morality,โ JudithCurry.com, April 29, 2015. Archived September 5, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/UNoI5
March, 2015
Tim Ball is one of several climate change skeptics cc’d on an email from S. Fred Singer in hopes of countering the documentary film โMerchants of Doubt,โ which exposes the network of climate change skeptics and deniers trying to delay legislative action on climate change.97 Katherine Bagley. โLeaked Email Reveals Who’s Who List of Climate Denialists,โ InsideClimate News. March 12, 2015. Archived September 5, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/CVOi5
The October, 2014 email was leaked to journalists before the documentary was released. โCan I sue for damages?โ Singer asked in the email. โCan we get an injunction against the documentary?โ98 Katherine Bagley. โLeaked Email Reveals Who’s Who List of Climate Denialists,โ InsideClimate News. March 12, 2015. Archived September 5, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/CVOi5
InsideClimate News reports in their article โLeaked Email Reveals Who’s Who List of Climate Denialists,โ how โMany of those copied on the email thread, such as Singer and communications specialist Steven Milloy, have financial ties to the tobacco, chemical, and oil and gas industries and have worked to defend them since the 1990s.โ99 Katherine Bagley. โLeaked Email Reveals Who’s Who List of Climate Denialists,โ InsideClimate News. March 12, 2015. Archived September 5, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/CVOi5
InsideClimate News also documented all those who were cc’d on the email, including the following skeptics and groups:
- Ron Arnold
- Timothy Ball
- Joseph โJoeโ Bast
- Joe Bastardi
- Michael Bastasch
- William Briggs
- Russell Cook
- Judith Curry
- Joe D’Aleo
- James Delingpole
- David Paul Driessen
- James Enstrom
- Steve Goddard
- Pierre Gosselin
- Greenie Watch
- William Happer
- Jim Lakely
- Patrick J. Michaels
- Steven J. Milloy
- Christopher Monckton
- Marc Morano
- Joanne Nova
- Roger Pielke Sr. (Or Roger Pielke Jr.– Unclear in Email)
- Thomas P. Sheahen
- S. Fred Singer
- Wei-Hock (Willie) Soon
- Roy Spencer
- James Taylor
- Anthony Watts
DeSmog covered the emails here: โMerchants of Doubt Film Debuts, Textbook Denial Attack Campaign Led By Fred Singer Ensuesโ and also archived a full copy of the Singer email thread (PDF).
February 1, 2015
Tim Ball wrote a guest Opinion piece at Watts Up With That, titled โPope Francis Apparently Doesnโt Know IPCC Climate Objective Contradicts Catholic Doctrine.โ100 Dr. Tim Ball. โPope Francis Apparently Doesnโt Know IPCC Climate Objective Contradicts Catholic Doctrine.โ Watts Up With That? , February 1, 2015. Archived September 5, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/lP6x9
Ball writes that โIPCC climate objective contradicts Catholic doctrine,โ saying its ultimate objective is โreducing and controlling population.โ101 Dr. Tim Ball. โPope Francis Apparently Doesnโt Know IPCC Climate Objective Contradicts Catholic Doctrine.โ Watts Up With That? , February 1, 2015. Archived September 5, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/lP6x9
July 7โ9, 2014
Tim Ball was a speaker at the Heartland Instituteโs Ninth International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC9) in Las Vegas, Nevada.102 โReturn of Climate Denial-a-Palooza: Heartland Institute Hitches Anti-Science Wagon to Vegas FreedomFest,โ DeSmog, July 7, 2014. Archived July 14, 2014. His spoke on panel 17, โApproximately 25% of Americans believe the Sun Orbits the Earthโ along with Patrick Michaels and Sonja Boehmer. Video from the panel and the Q&A session can be viewed below.
Panel 11: Approximately 25% of Americans believe the Sun Orbits the Earth
Panel 11 Q & A
DeSmog reported on speakers and sponsors behind Heartland’s ICCC9.103 โReturn of Climate Denial-a-Palooza: Heartland Institute Hitches Anti-Science Wagon to Vegas FreedomFest,โ DeSmog, July 7, 2014. Archived July 14, 2014.
January 21, 2014
Ball publishes a book entitled, โThe Deliberate Corruption of Climate Science.โ According to the description of the book on Amazon.com, โDr. Tim Ball exposes the malicious misuse of climate science as it was distorted by dishonest brokers to advance the political aspirations of the progressive left.โ104 Tim Ball. The Deliberate Corruption of Climate Science, Stairway Press, January 21, 2014. Archived September 6, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/KqLWO
June 30 – July 1, 2011
Ball was a speaker at the Heartland Institute‘s 6th International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC6.)105 โTimothy Ball: 6th International Conference on Climate Change,โ the Heartland Institute. Archived March 25, 2012. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/wzrJr
His speech, titled โAssessing the Scientific Dataโ can be viewed below.
Research done by DeSmog found that 17 of the 43 sponsors of the Heartland Instituteโs Sixth International Conference on Climate Change, including the Heartland Institute itself, have collectively received over $46 million from either Scaife family foundations, Koch Industries family foundations, or ExxonMobil and its foundation.
March 25, 2011
Dr. Michael Mann sued Tim Ball and the Frontier Center For Public Policy for libel. The lawsuit arose from an interview with Ball that was posted on the Frontier Center website.106 Richard Littlemore. โMichael Mann suing Tim Ball for libel,โ Desmog, March 29, 2011.
In the interview, according to court documents, Ball responds to an anonymous questioner regarding the โClimategateโ scandal by saying โMichael Mann at Penn State should be in the State Pen, not Penn State.โ107 Michael Mann, Plantiff, and Timothy (โTimโ) Ball, The Frontier Center for Public Policy Inc. and Jon Doe (Defendants), Court File No. VLC-S-S111913. Archived .pdf on file at Desmog.
May 27, 2011
Timothy F. Ball was one of fourteen Amici, described as โwell-qualified climate scientists,โ who claimed that the โEPA’s endangerment finding is not ‘rational’ and therefore arbitrary and capricious.โ108 COALITION FOR RESPONSIBLE REGULATION, INC., ET AL. (Petitioners) v. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AND LISA P. JACKSON, ADMINISTRATOR, Respondents (PDF). Retrieved from World Climate Report. Archived.pdf on file at Desmog.
According to the petitioners, representing the Coalition for Responsible Regulation, Inc.:
โ[T]he Earth’s climate is not changing in an unusual or anomalous fashion. The EPA relied on instrumental data that were adjusted to exaggerate the increase in global temperatures.โ109 COALITION FOR RESPONSIBLE REGULATION, INC., ET AL. (Petitioners) v. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AND LISA P. JACKSON, ADMINISTRATOR, Respondents (PDF). Retrieved from World Climate Report. Archived.pdf on file at Desmog.
Petitioners listed were:
- Timothy F. Ball
- Joseph S. D’Aleo
- Don J. Easterbrook
- Anthony Finizza
- William Happer
- Benjamin M. Herman
- Craig D. Idso
- Richard A. Keen
- Anthony R. Lupo
- Nicola Scafetta
- Roy W. Spencer
- George H. Taylor
- James P. Wallace III
- George T. Wolff
Feb 2, 2011
Andrew Weaver, a University of Victoria Professor and Canada Research Chair in Climate Modeling and Analysis, filed suit for libel against Tim Ball.110 Richard Littlemore. โMichael Mann suing Tim Ball for libel,โ Desmog, March 29, 2011.
The suit arose from an article Ball wrote for Canada Free Press which accused Weaver of being uninformed about climate and unqualified to teach. Documents attached (.pdf).111 Andrew Weaver (Plantiff) vs. Tomothy (โTimโ) Ball (Defendant), Court File No. VLC-S-S110682. Archived .pdf at Desmog.
October, 2009
Ball appeared as a โclimatologistโ in a documentary produced by Alex Jones titled The Fall of the Republic: The Presidency of Barack H. Obama.112 Fall of the Republic: The Presidency of Barack H. Obama, Alex Jones Productions, October 21, 2009. Archived video at the Internet Archive. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/7YMkM
March, 2008
Ball was a speaker at the Heartland Institute‘s First International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC1).113 โTimothy Ball: 6th International Conference on Climate Change,โ the Heartland Institute. Archived March 25, 2012. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/wzrJr
His speech, titled โClimate Change is a Generalist Disciplineโ can be viewed below.
March 8, 2007
Tim Ball made a prominent appearance on the Great Global Warming Swindle, appearing as an โeminent scientist.โ114 Judi McLeod. โClimatologist Tim Ball’s star on the rise,โ Canada Free Press, March 6, 2007. Archived September 5, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/Zeh5O
Nov 10, 2007
In a 2007 FCPP special report, Tim Ball and Tom Harris criticized The Fifth Estate’s broadcast of The Denial Machine, describing it as โdocu-ganda.โ Ball claimed that he was filmed without his consent.115 Tim Ball and Tom Harris. โCBCโs continuing denial of the climate science debateโ (PDF), Frontier Center for Public Policy, November 10, 2007. 116 โThe Denial Machine,โ CBC News. Archived June 15, 2012. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/hFsvn
Ball also asserted that The Denial Machine violated CBC’s โJournalistic Standards and Practices.โ He further accused the CBC of misrepresenting the credentials of skeptical scientists.117 Tim Ball and Tom Harris. โCBCโs continuing denial of the climate science debateโ (PDF), Frontier Center for Public Policy, November 10, 2007.
Sept 1, 2006
On September 1st, Ball launched a libel suit against Dr. Dan Johnson and the Calgary Herald over a letter the paper ran on April 23, 2006. Johnson is a Professor of Environmental Science at the University of Lethbridge. Original documents below:118 Richard Littlemore. โTim Ball vs Dan Johnson Update,โ Desmog, January 10, 2007. 119 โTim Ball vs Dan Johnson Lawsuit – Documents,โ Desmog, October 13, 2006.
- TBall statement of claim.pdf
- Johnson statement of defence.pdf
- Calgary Herald Statement of Defence.pdf
Ball had written an article that attacked the qualifications of renowned climate change author Tim Flannery, in which the Herald described Ball as โthe first climatology PhD in Canada and โฆ a professor of climatology at the University of Winnipeg for 28 years.โ
Johnson’s letter to the editor challenged those details, noting that when Ball received his PhD (in Geography) in 1983, โCanada already had PhDs in climatology and it is important to recognize them and their research.โ Johnson also pointed out that Ball had been a professor for a much shorter time (Ball later admitted eight years), during which Ball did โnot show any evidence of research regarding climate and atmosphere.โ120 โClimate science and climatology in Canada, the early years,โ University of Lethbridge. Archived May 5, 2012. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/82S0x
The Calgary Herald‘s Statement of Defence, filed with the Alberta Court of Queenโs Bench, dismissed Ballโs credibility saying that โThe Plantiff (Dr. Ball) is viewed as a paid promoter of the agenda of the oil and gas industry rather than as a practicing scientist.โ121 โTim Ball vs Dan Johnson Lawsuit – Documents,โ Desmog, October 13, 2006.
Ball subsequently dropped his lawsuit.122 Richard Littlemore. โBall Bails on Johnson Lawsuit,โ Desmog, June 14, 2007.
Affiliations
- The Heartland Institute โ Policy advisor. Formerly just listed as a โHeartland Expert.โ123 โTIMOTHY BALL,โ The Heartland Institute. Archived September 23, 2020. Archive URL: https://archive.vn/MnHXr 124 โTimothy Ball,โ The Heartland Institute. Archived September 5, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/caR2C
- The International Climate Science Coalition (ICSC) โ Chief science advisor. Member, โScientific Advisory Board.โ125 โTIMOTHY BALL,โ The Heartland Institute. Archived September 23, 2020. Archive URL: https://archive.vn/MnHXr 126 โWho We Are,โ International Climate Science Coalition. Archived September 5, 2016.
- Friends of Science (FoS) โ Past โConsultant,โ member of โScientific Advisory Board.โ127 โAbout Us: Scientific Advisory Board,โ Friends of Science. Archived July 7, 2008. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/kNrxs
- Natural Resources Stewardship Project (NRSP) โ Former Chairman.128 โNRSP People,โ Natural Resources Stewardship Project. Archived May 1, 2009. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/YUZXX 129 โNatural Resources Stewardship Project,โ SourceWatch. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/GMJrx 130 โNew Canadian Astroturf Group,โ Deltoid, October 13, 2006. Archived September 5, 2016.Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/LisOd
- Frontier Center for Public Policy (FCPP) โ โFormer Senior Fellow,โ Past Member, Board of Advisors.131 โFrontier Research Fellows,โ Frontier Center for Public Policy. Archived March 4, 2012. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/6V7j5 132 โTim Ballโ SourceWatch profile.
- Tech Central Station (TCS) โ Contributor.133 โDr. Tim Ball,โ Tech Central Station. Archived April 11, 2005. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/xB6J8
- Clexit (Climate Exit) โ Member, โClexit Committeeโ134 โThe Clexit Committee comprisesโ (PDF), Clexit.net. Archived.pdf on file at Desmog.
- Galileo Movement โ โIndependent Adviser.โ135 โWho We Are,โ Galileo Movement. Archived September 24, 2016. Archive. is URL: https://archive.is/iyn7s
Social Media
- @pplonia on Twitter.
Publications
A search of 22,000 academic journals shows that over the course of his career Ball published four pieces of original research in peer-reviewed journals on the subject of climate change.
According to Google Scholar, his most recent peer-reviewed article on climate change was published in 1986, titled โHistorical evidence and climatic implications of a shift in the boreal forest tundra transition in central Canada.โ136 Google Scholar search for articles containing search term โClimateโ by author โTimothy F Ballโ performed September, 2016.
Other Publications:
- โClimate Change: Dangers of a Singular Approach and Consideration of a Sensible Strategyโ (2009).
Journal Background: In a 1995 article written by Paul Thacker, Energy and Environment was described as being a journal skeptics can go to when they are rejected by the mainstream peer-reviewed science publications.
- โClimate and History: A Connection That Cannot Be Ignoredโ (1984).
Tim Ball is a prolific writer of newspaper articles, opinion pieces, and letters to the editor questioning the existence of climate change.137 Mitchell Anderson. โTrust us, we’re the media,โ The Georgia Straight, January 24, 2007. Archived September 5, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/ok2xO
Ball is also a lead author of Slaying the Sky Dragon: Death of the Greenhouse Gas Theory, a book published in 2011.138 โSlaying the Sky Dragon: Death of the Greenhouse Gas Theoryโ (PDF), SMP LTD, December, 2010. Retrieved from Principia Scientific International. Archived .pdf on file at Desmog.
Other Resources
- โNRSP: Not Really Science People,โ DeSmog, October 17, 2006.
- ExxonSecrets Factsheet: Tim Ball, PhD.
Resources
- 1โFrontier Research Fellows,โ Frontier Center for Public Policy. Archived March 4, 2012. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/6V7j5
- 2โCURRICULUM VITAE: Dr Timothy F Ballโ (PDF), drtimball.com. Last modified March 8, 2011. Archived .pdf on file at Desmog.
- 3โFrontier Research Fellows,โ Frontier Center for Public Policy. Archived March 4, 2012. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/6V7j5
- 4โCURRICULUM VITAE: Dr Timothy F Ballโ (PDF), drtimball.com. Last modified March 8, 2011. Archived .pdf on file at Desmog.
- 5โFrontier Research Fellows,โ Frontier Center for Public Policy. Archived March 4, 2012. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/6V7j5
- 6โCURRICULUM VITAE: Dr Timothy F Ballโ (PDF), drtimball.com. Last modified March 8, 2011. Archived .pdf on file at Desmog.
- 7โCURRICULUM VITAE: Dr Timothy F Ballโ (PDF), drtimball.com. Last modified March 8, 2011. Archived .pdf on file at Desmog.
- 8โNRSP People,โ Natural Resources Stewardship Project. Archived May 1, 2009. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/YUZXX
- 9โAbout Us: Scientific Advisory Board,โ Friends of Science. Archived July 7, 2008. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/kNrxs
- 10โFrontier Research Fellows,โ Frontier Center for Public Policy. Archived March 4, 2012. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/6V7j5
- 11โTIMOTHY BALL,โ The Heartland Institute. Archived September 23, 2020. Archive URL: https://archive.vn/MnHXr
- 12โThe Clexit Committee comprisesโ (PDF), Clexit.net. Archived.pdf on file at Desmog.
- 13โAfter Brexit, Clexitโ (PDF), Clexit.net. Archived .pdf on file at Desmog.
- 14โNRSP People,โ Natural Resources Stewardship Project. Archived May 1, 2009. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/YUZXX
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- 17โAbout Us: Scientific Advisory Board,โ Friends of Science. Archived July 7, 2008.
- 18โDear Mr. Martin,โ Letter from Tim Ball to M.P. Paul Martin. Republished at John-Daly.com. Archived September 5, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/IlrVq
- 19Tim Lambert. โDear Tim Ball: sue me,โ Deltoid, June 23, 2006. Archived September 5, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/U9676
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- 22โAbout Us,โ theDove Media. Archived September 23, 2020. Archive URL: https://archive.vn/4q58P
- 23Tom Harris and Tim Ball. โOPINION: Of Course, the Climate is Changing,โ Pagosa Daily Post, August 5, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/gmeDK#selection-243.0-243.43
- 24Tom Harris and Tim Ball. โTOM HARRIS and TIM BALL: Hypochondriac climate change concerns hurt us all,โ YourHoustonNews.com, July 30, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/eItjn
- 25โClimate of controversy,โ Ottawa Citizen, May 18, 2006. Archived November 2, 2012. (Audio no longer available.) Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/jKMwL
- 26โPRESS RELEASE: HEARTLAND INSTITUTE EXPERTS REACT TO PRESIDENT TRUMPโS STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS,โ The Heartland Institute, January 31, 2018. Archived February 5, 2018. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/FeswS
- 27โPRESS RELEASE: HEARTLAND INSTITUTE EXPERTS REACT TO PRESIDENT TRUMPโS STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS,โ The Heartland Institute, January 31, 2018. Archived February 5, 2018. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/FeswS
- 28Anthony Watts. โCredibility Loss in Climate Science is Part of a Wider Malaise in Science,โ Watts Up With That, July 24, 2016. Archived July 26, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/nGRu5
- 29Tom Harris and Tim Ball. โTOM HARRIS and TIM BALL: Hypochondriac climate change concerns hurt us all,โ YourHoustonNews.com, July 30, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/eItjn
- 30Dr. Tim Ball. โPope Francis Apparently Doesnโt Know IPCC Climate Objective Contradicts Catholic Doctrine.โ Watts Up With That? , February 1, 2015. Archived September 5, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/lP6x9
- 31โClimate of controversy,โ Ottawa Citizen, May 18, 2006. Archived November 2, 2012. (Audio no longer available.) Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/jKMwL
- 32Kevin Grandia. โDr. Tim Ball On CFC’s and the Sponsorship Scandal,โ DeSmog, June 7, 2006.
- 33Climate Hustle 2: Rise of the Climate Monarchy. CFACT/ CDR Communications, Inc., 2020.
- 34โQ&A: Michael Mann on coverage since โClimategateโ,โ Columbia Journalism Review, September 19, 2019. Archived September 23, 2020. Archive URL: https://archive.vn/r2DsZ
- 35โRetraction and Apology to Michael Mann,โ Frontier Centre for Public Policy, June 7, 2019. Archived September 23, 2020. Archive URL: https://archive.vn/7CB66
- 36โRetraction and Apology to Michael Mann,โ Frontier Centre for Public Policy, June 7, 2019. Archived September 23, 2020. Archive URL: https://archive.vn/7CB66
- 37โRetraction and Apology to Michael Mann,โ Frontier Centre for Public Policy, June 7, 2019. Archived September 23, 2020. Archive URL: https://archive.vn/7CB66
- 38
- 39โQ&A: Michael Mann on coverage since โClimategateโ,โ Columbia Journalism Review, September 19, 2019. Archived September 23, 2020. Archive URL: https://archive.vn/r2DsZ
- 40Tim Ball and Tom Harris. โWhy U.N. climate report cannot be trusted,โ The Washington Times, October 15, 2018. Archived October 23, 2018. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/Jn2h0
- 41Tim Ball and Tom Harris. โOpEd – EPA head must ignore the flak and continue to drop more bombs,โ Moultrie News, June 29, 2018. Archived July 9, 2018.
- 42Tim Ball and Tom Harris. โOpEd – EPA head must ignore the flak and continue to drop more bombs,โ Moultrie News, June 29, 2018. Archived July 9, 2018.
- 43Richard Littlemore. โCanadian Court Slams Trump Climate Advisor in Successful Libel Case,โ DeSmog, May 27, 2020.
- 44Richard Littlemore. โCanadian Court Slams Trump Climate Advisor in Successful Libel Case,โ DeSmog, May 27, 2020.
- 45Richard Littlemore. โCanadian Court Slams Trump Climate Advisor in Successful Libel Case,โ DeSmog, May 27, 2020.
- 46Richard Littlemore. โJudge Dismisses Libel Claim, Climate ‘Sceptic’ Tim Ball Not Credible Enough To Take Seriously,โ DeSmog, February 14, 2018.
- 47Marc Morano. โLERT: Canadian judge dismissed all charges in lawsuit against Skeptical climatologist Dr. Tim Ball,โ Climate Depot, February 13, 2018. Archived February 16, 2018. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/sa3o3
- 48Richard Littlemore. โJudge Dismisses Libel Claim, Climate ‘Sceptic’ Tim Ball Not Credible Enough To Take Seriously,โ DeSmog, February 14, 2018.
- 49Richard Littlemore. โJudge Dismisses Libel Claim, Climate ‘Sceptic’ Tim Ball Not Credible Enough To Take Seriously,โ DeSmog, February 14, 2018.
- 50Richard Littlemore. โJudge Dismisses Libel Claim, Climate ‘Sceptic’ Tim Ball Not Credible Enough To Take Seriously,โ DeSmog, February 14, 2018.
- 51Richard Littlemore. โClimate Denier Tim Ball: Trump Approved, But Not Credible Enough To Stand Accountable For Libel,โ DeSmog, February 14, 2018.
- 52Robin Pogrebin and Somini Sengupta. โA Science Denier at the Natural History Museum? Scientists Rebel,โ The New York Times, January 25, 2018. Archived February 13, 2018. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/tAIv4
- 53Graham Readfearn. โClimate Science Deniers Defend New Yorkโs American Museum of Natural History From Calls to Drop Trustee Rebekah Mercer,โ DeSmog, February 6, 2018.
- 54mnh18-feb4-petitionletter (PDF – Untitled). Retrieved from Watts Up With That.
- 55โEnergy secretary right on climate change,โ Pensacola News Journal, July 9, 2017. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 56โEnergy secretary right on climate change,โ Pensacola News Journal, July 9, 2017. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 57โPETITIONโ (PDF), February 23, 2017. Richard Lindzen. PDF Archived at DeSmog.
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- 59Graham Readfearn. โClimate Science Denier Richard Lindzen’s List of 300 โScientistsโ Sent to Trump Is the Usual Parade of Non-Experts,โ DeSmog, February 27, 2017.
- 60Tim Ball. โDr. Tim Ball: My meeting with Team Trump about ‘global warming’,โ TheRebel.media, January 14, 2017. Archived September 23, 2020. Archive URL: https://archive.vn/trcWn
- 61Tim Ball. โDr. Tim Ball: My meeting with Team Trump about ‘global warming’,โ TheRebel.media, January 14, 2017. Archived September 23, 2020. Archive URL: https://archive.vn/trcWn
- 62Tim Ball. โDr. Tim Ball: My meeting with Team Trump about ‘global warming’,โ TheRebel.media, January 14, 2017. Archived September 23, 2020. Archive URL: https://archive.vn/trcWn
- 63Tim Ball. โDr. Tim Ball: My meeting with Team Trump about ‘global warming’,โ TheRebel.media, January 14, 2017. Archived September 23, 2020. Archive URL: https://archive.vn/trcWn
- 64โOpen Letter Supporting Scott Pruitt for EPA Administrator,โ Cornwall Alliance, January 5, 2017. Archived January 19, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/xMash
- 65Ben Jervey. โMapping EPA Nominee Scott Pruitt’s Many Fossil Fuel Ties,โ DeSmog, January 13, 2017.
- 66Ben Jervey and Steve Horn. โEPA Nominee Scott Pruitt Gets Grilled on Fossil Fuel Ties at Confirmation Hearing,โ DeSmog, January 18, 2017.
- 67George Cahlink. โTrump EPA adviser Myron Ebell meets with Hill aides,โ E&E News, December 12, 2016.
- 68Graham Readfearn. โDonald Trumpโs Aide at EPA Myron Ebell Meets with Whoโs Who of Climate Science Deniers,โ DeSmog, December 13, 2016.
- 69โYesterday I spoke at an event for the Competitive Enterprise Institute called Cooler Heads Coalition in Washington. [โฆ]โ Facebook post by Malcolm Roberts – QLD Senate – One Nation, December 13 at 6:38 pm. Archived image on file at DeSmog.
- 70โGlobal Climate Science Communications Plan (1998),โ SourceWatch.
- 71โThe 3rd Congress of Freedom Force,โ Freedom Force International. Archived December 2, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/xuWxA
- 72โThe Clexit Committee comprisesโ (PDF), Clexit.net. Archived.pdf on file at Desmog.
- 73โAfter Brexit, Clexitโ (PDF), Clexit.net. Archived .pdf on file at Desmog.
- 74Graham Readfearn. โAfter Brexit, Climate Science Denialists Form New Group to Call for a Clexit,โ Desmog, August 3, 2016.
- 75โHugh Morgan AO,โ Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Archived February 22, 2002. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/1ObOB
- 76โAfter Brexit, Clexitโ (PDF), Clexit.net. Archived .pdf on file at Desmog.
- 77Tom Harris and Tim Ball. โTOM HARRIS and TIM BALL: Hypochondriac climate change concerns hurt us all,โ YourHoustonNews.com, July 30, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/eItjn
- 78Anthony Watts. โCredibility Loss in Climate Science is Part of a Wider Malaise in Science,โ Watts Up With That, July 24, 2016. Archived July 26, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/nGRu5
- 79Julia Belluz, Brad Plumer, and Brian Resnick. โThe 7 biggest problems facing science, according to 270 scientists,โ Vox.com, July 14, 2016. Archived July 26, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/FvXSC
- 80Anthony Watts. โCredibility Loss in Climate Science is Part of a Wider Malaise in Science,โ Watts Up With That, July 24, 2016. Archived July 26, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/nGRu5
- 81Anthony Watts. โCredibility Loss in Climate Science is Part of a Wider Malaise in Science,โ Watts Up With That, July 24, 2016. Archived July 26, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/nGRu5
- 82Tim Ball. โDefeat global warming alarmists with Dr. Tim Ball’s handy C02 talking points!โ The Rebel, March 3, 2016. Archived September 5, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/yELKP
- 83Tim Ball. โDefeat global warming alarmists with Dr. Tim Ball’s handy C02 talking points!โ The Rebel, March 3, 2016. Archived September 5, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/yELKP
- 84Tim Ball. โDefeat global warming alarmists with Dr. Tim Ball’s handy C02 talking points!โ The Rebel, March 3, 2016. Archived September 5, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/yELKP
- 85Tim Ball. โDefeat global warming alarmists with Dr. Tim Ball’s handy C02 talking points!โ The Rebel, March 3, 2016. Archived September 5, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/yELKP
- 86โCO2 lags temperature – what does it mean?โ SkepticalScience. Archived September 5, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/gJ8M6
- 87Tim Ball. โDefeat global warming alarmists with Dr. Tim Ball’s handy C02 talking points!โ The Rebel, March 3, 2016. Archived September 5, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/yELKP
- 88โIs the CO2 effect saturated?โ SkepticalScience. Archived September 5, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/4QNiH
- 89Tim Ball. โDefeat global warming alarmists with Dr. Tim Ball’s handy C02 talking points!โ The Rebel, March 3, 2016. Archived September 5, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/yELKP
- 90โCO2 is just a trace gas,โ SkepticalScience. Archived September 5, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/Gf7T2
- 91โSpeakers,โ Heartland Institute. Archived June 30, 2015. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/lpiqu
- 92โPanel 11: Attacks on Scientists and the Corruption of Science with Bob Carter, Ph.D, William Briggs, Tim Ball, and Christopher Monckton,โ Heartland Institute, June 12, 2015. Archived July 14, 2015.
- 93โAn Open Letter to Pope Francis on Climate Change,โ Cornwall Alliance For The Stewardship of Creation. April 27, 2015. Archived September 5, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/x9zyb
- 94โAn Open Letter to Pope Francis on Climate Change,โ Cornwall Alliance For The Stewardship of Creation. April 27, 2015. Archived September 5, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/x9zyb
- 95โAn Open Letter to Pope Francis on Climate Change,โ Cornwall Alliance For The Stewardship of Creation. April 27, 2015. Archived September 5, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/x9zyb
- 96Judith Curry. โPope Francis, climate change, and morality,โ JudithCurry.com, April 29, 2015. Archived September 5, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/UNoI5
- 97Katherine Bagley. โLeaked Email Reveals Who’s Who List of Climate Denialists,โ InsideClimate News. March 12, 2015. Archived September 5, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/CVOi5
- 98Katherine Bagley. โLeaked Email Reveals Who’s Who List of Climate Denialists,โ InsideClimate News. March 12, 2015. Archived September 5, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/CVOi5
- 99Katherine Bagley. โLeaked Email Reveals Who’s Who List of Climate Denialists,โ InsideClimate News. March 12, 2015. Archived September 5, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/CVOi5
- 100Dr. Tim Ball. โPope Francis Apparently Doesnโt Know IPCC Climate Objective Contradicts Catholic Doctrine.โ Watts Up With That? , February 1, 2015. Archived September 5, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/lP6x9
- 101Dr. Tim Ball. โPope Francis Apparently Doesnโt Know IPCC Climate Objective Contradicts Catholic Doctrine.โ Watts Up With That? , February 1, 2015. Archived September 5, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/lP6x9
- 102โReturn of Climate Denial-a-Palooza: Heartland Institute Hitches Anti-Science Wagon to Vegas FreedomFest,โ DeSmog, July 7, 2014. Archived July 14, 2014.
- 103โReturn of Climate Denial-a-Palooza: Heartland Institute Hitches Anti-Science Wagon to Vegas FreedomFest,โ DeSmog, July 7, 2014. Archived July 14, 2014.
- 104Tim Ball. The Deliberate Corruption of Climate Science, Stairway Press, January 21, 2014. Archived September 6, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/KqLWO
- 105โTimothy Ball: 6th International Conference on Climate Change,โ the Heartland Institute. Archived March 25, 2012. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/wzrJr
- 106Richard Littlemore. โMichael Mann suing Tim Ball for libel,โ Desmog, March 29, 2011.
- 107Michael Mann, Plantiff, and Timothy (โTimโ) Ball, The Frontier Center for Public Policy Inc. and Jon Doe (Defendants), Court File No. VLC-S-S111913. Archived .pdf on file at Desmog.
- 108COALITION FOR RESPONSIBLE REGULATION, INC., ET AL. (Petitioners) v. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AND LISA P. JACKSON, ADMINISTRATOR, Respondents (PDF). Retrieved from World Climate Report. Archived.pdf on file at Desmog.
- 109COALITION FOR RESPONSIBLE REGULATION, INC., ET AL. (Petitioners) v. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AND LISA P. JACKSON, ADMINISTRATOR, Respondents (PDF). Retrieved from World Climate Report. Archived.pdf on file at Desmog.
- 110Richard Littlemore. โMichael Mann suing Tim Ball for libel,โ Desmog, March 29, 2011.
- 111Andrew Weaver (Plantiff) vs. Tomothy (โTimโ) Ball (Defendant), Court File No. VLC-S-S110682. Archived .pdf at Desmog.
- 112Fall of the Republic: The Presidency of Barack H. Obama, Alex Jones Productions, October 21, 2009. Archived video at the Internet Archive. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/7YMkM
- 113โTimothy Ball: 6th International Conference on Climate Change,โ the Heartland Institute. Archived March 25, 2012. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/wzrJr
- 114Judi McLeod. โClimatologist Tim Ball’s star on the rise,โ Canada Free Press, March 6, 2007. Archived September 5, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/Zeh5O
- 115Tim Ball and Tom Harris. โCBCโs continuing denial of the climate science debateโ (PDF), Frontier Center for Public Policy, November 10, 2007.
- 116โThe Denial Machine,โ CBC News. Archived June 15, 2012. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/hFsvn
- 117Tim Ball and Tom Harris. โCBCโs continuing denial of the climate science debateโ (PDF), Frontier Center for Public Policy, November 10, 2007.
- 118Richard Littlemore. โTim Ball vs Dan Johnson Update,โ Desmog, January 10, 2007.
- 119โTim Ball vs Dan Johnson Lawsuit – Documents,โ Desmog, October 13, 2006.
- 120โClimate science and climatology in Canada, the early years,โ University of Lethbridge. Archived May 5, 2012. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/82S0x
- 121โTim Ball vs Dan Johnson Lawsuit – Documents,โ Desmog, October 13, 2006.
- 122Richard Littlemore. โBall Bails on Johnson Lawsuit,โ Desmog, June 14, 2007.
- 123โTIMOTHY BALL,โ The Heartland Institute. Archived September 23, 2020. Archive URL: https://archive.vn/MnHXr
- 124โTimothy Ball,โ The Heartland Institute. Archived September 5, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/caR2C
- 125โTIMOTHY BALL,โ The Heartland Institute. Archived September 23, 2020. Archive URL: https://archive.vn/MnHXr
- 126โWho We Are,โ International Climate Science Coalition. Archived September 5, 2016.
- 127โAbout Us: Scientific Advisory Board,โ Friends of Science. Archived July 7, 2008. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/kNrxs
- 128โNRSP People,โ Natural Resources Stewardship Project. Archived May 1, 2009. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/YUZXX
- 129โNatural Resources Stewardship Project,โ SourceWatch. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/GMJrx
- 130โNew Canadian Astroturf Group,โ Deltoid, October 13, 2006. Archived September 5, 2016.Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/LisOd
- 131โFrontier Research Fellows,โ Frontier Center for Public Policy. Archived March 4, 2012. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/6V7j5
- 132โTim Ballโ SourceWatch profile.
- 133โDr. Tim Ball,โ Tech Central Station. Archived April 11, 2005. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/xB6J8
- 134โThe Clexit Committee comprisesโ (PDF), Clexit.net. Archived.pdf on file at Desmog.
- 135โWho We Are,โ Galileo Movement. Archived September 24, 2016. Archive. is URL: https://archive.is/iyn7s
- 136Google Scholar search for articles containing search term โClimateโ by author โTimothy F Ballโ performed September, 2016.
- 137Mitchell Anderson. โTrust us, we’re the media,โ The Georgia Straight, January 24, 2007. Archived September 5, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/ok2xO
- 138โSlaying the Sky Dragon: Death of the Greenhouse Gas Theoryโ (PDF), SMP LTD, December, 2010. Retrieved from Principia Scientific International. Archived .pdf on file at Desmog.