Deniers:Scientists:Robert C. Balling Jr.

1 Details
2 Key Quotes
- 2.1 December 13th, 2003
- 2.2 May 1st, 1997
3 Quotes
4 Key Deeds
- 4.1 May, 2003
5 Deeds
6 Key Events
- 6.1 Junk Science: A Hazard to Your Health
- 6.2 Global Warming: The State of the Debate
7 Organizations

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Director, Office of Climatology and Associate professor of Geography, Arizona State University

NCPPR scientific expert on global warming. (1996)

Dr. Balling wrote the "Heated Debate," published by the Pacific Research Institute and "True State of the Planet," published by CEI. He co-wrote "The Satanic Gases" with Patrick J. Michaels, published by the Cato Institute. Balling signed the Leipzig Declaration in 1995.

According to Harper's, Balling has recieved more than $200,000 from coal and oil interests over the past six years. Specific incidences include significant levels of funding since 1989 from the Kuwaiti government, foreign coal and mining corporations and Cyprus Minerals Company (totalling $72,554). (Kuwait has opposed the findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change). The Kuwaiti government paid for a release of Balling's "A Heated Debate" in the Middle East, a project originally funded by the Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy. The Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Science granted Balling $48,993 and the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research granted him an undisclosed amount. British Coal Corporation gave him a total of $103,544 and the German Coal Mining Association gave him $81,780 in two separate grants. (Ozone Action, NCPPR directory)

PhD University of Oklahoma, 1979. Senior Consultant United Nations World Meteorological Organization.

(Professional position or title)
(Brief list of institutions, universities, front groups with which the person is associated, as well as their title/position in the front group)

(Summary of relevant factoids, e.g. books they've written, petitions they've signed, etc.)

(Education and credentials)

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[edit] December 13th, 2003

"Here is the real dilemma for the ski industry. If we were to seriously attempt to stabilize concentrations of greenhouse gases, we would devastate our economies (the very reason Russia and the United States said "no way" to Kyoto) and no one could afford to ski. Those windmills in Aspen would power empty lifts, and the ski industry would discover that policies aimed at reducing greenhouse gas concentrations can be far more damaging than any rise in global temperature."
Source: "Global warming's slippery slope," Chicago Tribune 12/13/03

[edit] May 1st, 1997

"[N]ot only is there little to no linkage between global warming and hurricane activity, but there seems to have been no warming in recent decades either."
Source: "Calmer Weather," CEI, 5/97 http://www.cei.org/gencon/025,01200.cfm

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[edit] May, 2003

Conducted an ExxonMobil-funded study in 2002, with Craig Idso, entitled "The 2000 United States Historical Climate Network Update: What Changed?"
Source: ASU web site 5/03 www.asu.edu

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Greening Earth Society
Scientific Advisor
Source: CLEAR d-base

Independent Commission on Environmental Education
Contributor
Source: ( web link to front group/organization website )

Cato Institute
Conference Speaker
Source: Institute website 4/04

Heritage Foundation
Policy Expert
Source:Heritage Foundation "Policy Experts" website

International Policy Network-North America
Contributing Writer
Source:International Policy Network website 4/04

Tech Central Science Foundation or Tech Central Station
Science Roundtable Member
Source:Tech Central Station Bio - Balling

Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow
Board of Academic and Scientific Advisors
Source:Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow CFACT Website 5/06

Heartland Institute
HeartlandGlobalWarming.org expert
Source:Heartland Institute - HeartlandGlobalWarming.org

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