U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe, Dozens of 'Skeptic' Scientists to Speak
at The Heartland Institute's 6th International Conference on Climate Change
WHAT: Sixth International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC6)
WHERE: Marriott Wardman Park, 2660 Woodley Road NW, Washington, DC
WHEN: June 30 and July 1, 2011
HOW: Click here
to register for media credentials
Sen. James Inhofe, R-OK, among the biggest critics of global warming alarmism in Congress, will kick off The
Heartland Institute's sixth International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC-6) with a breakfast keynote address at 8 a.m. June
30.
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Inhofe will
be joined at the Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, DC by dozens of state and
federal legislators and climate scientists who dispute the claim that "the
science is settled" on the causes, consequences, and policy implications of
climate change.
Past climate conferences have taken place in New York City, Chicago, Washington DC, and Sydney, Australia and have attracted more than 2,000 participants from 20 countries. The proceedings have been covered by ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox News, the BBC, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Le Monde, and many other leading media outlets.
ICCC-6 will
feature presentations by two dozen scientists, economists, and elected officials
commenting on the latest research on the causes, consequences, and policy
implications of climate change. Click here
for an updated conference schedule. Our line-up of
speakers includes:
- Timothy Ball, Ph.D., environmental
consultant and former climatology professor at the University of Winnipeg,
Manitoba, Canada. He was recently sued for libel by Michael Mann, a professor
and prominent figure in the Climategate scandal.
- Alan Carlin, Ph.D., former senior
analyst and manager at the EPA. In March 2009 he authored a highly critical
internal review of the EPA's draft report on endangerment from greenhouse
gases, which led him to become a whistle-blower.
- Robert Carter, Hon. FRSNZ, research
professor at James Cook University (Queensland, Australia), where he was head
of the School of Earth Sciences between 1981 and 1999. He is author of
Climate: The Counter Consensus.
- Scott Denning, Ph.D., professor of
atmospheric science at Colorado State University. Denning, who believes in
man-caused global warming, spoke at ICCC-4 in 2010 and profusely thanked the
organizers and attendees for a respectful, stimulating conference. (See this
video.)
- Christopher Horner,
J.D., senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute and author of Red Hot Lies: How Global Warming Alarmists Use Threats, Fraud and Deception to Keep You
Misinformed.
- Harrison Schmitt,
Ph.D., former astronaut
and U.S. Senator from New Mexico and the last man to set foot on the
moon. Schmitt earned his Ph.D. in geology from Harvard
University and is a member of Heartland's Board of
Directors.
- S. Fred Singer,
Ph.D., founder and
president of the Science and Environmental Policy Project, is coauthor of
Unstoppable Global
Warming: Every 1500 Years and Climate Change Reconsidered
and professor emeritus of environmental sciences at the University
of Virginia.
- Roy W. Spencer,
Ph.D., principal
research scientist at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, where he
directs a variety of climate research projects. He is the author of several
books, including most recently, The Great Global Warming
Blunder.
- Anthony
Watts, a 25-year
broadcast meteorology veteran and currently chief meteorologist for KPAY-AM
radio. He hosts the popular climate change blog Wattsupwiththat.com and a Web
site at surfacestations.org devoted to photographing and documenting the
quality of weather stations across the U.S.
Past
ICCCs have featured presentations by members of Congress, the president of the
Czech Republic, Vaclav Klaus, and scientists who view themselves as "skeptics"
as well as "alarmists."
The theme of
ICCC-6, Restoring the
Scientific Method, acknowledges the fact that claims of scientific certainty and
predictions of climate catastrophes are based on post-normal science, which
substitutes claims of consensus for the scientific method. This choice has had
terrible consequences for science and society. Abandoning the scientific method
led to the Climategate scandal and the errors and abuses of peer review by the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
ICCC-6 is open to the
public and all media. More information is
available at the conference
Web site. Go to our online
media registration form to secure your credentials. You can also email Tammy Nash or call
312-377-4000.
Get
Twitter updates of the conference, and tweet your own coverage, by
following @HeartlandInst and
using the hashtag #ICCC6.
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national non-profit organization with offices in Chicago, Illinois; Washington,
DC; Austin, Texas; and Tallahassee, Florida. Its mission is to discover, develop, and
promote free-market solutions to social and economic problems. For more
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