Thursday, June 13, 2013

Climate Change Reconsidered - NIPCC Translation - Authors: Idso, Singer, Carter examined

Climate Change Reconsidered - Translation by the Chinese Academy of Sciences
 Craig Idso, S. Fred Singer, Robert M. Carter – June 11, 2013


From the Heartland Institute's news release:
The first 856-page volume of Climate Change Reconsidered, published in 2009, and its follow-up, the 430-page Climate Change Reconsidered: 2011 Interim Report,were produced by a team of scientists originally convened by Dr. S. Fred Singer under the name of the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC). The volumes were coauthored and edited by three climate science researchers:
  • Craig D. Idso, Ph.D.
    • , chairman of the Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change, editor of the online magazine CO2 Science, and author of several books and scholarly articles on the effects of carbon dioxide on plant and animal life;
  • Robert M. Carter, Ph.D.
    • , a marine geologist and research professor at James Cook University in Queensland, Australia and author of Climate: the Counter Consensus; and
  • S. Fred Singer, Ph.D.
    • , founder and president of the Science and Environmental Policy Project (SEPP) and a distinguished atmospheric physicist and first director of the U.S. Weather Satellite Service.
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It's amazing what a few ideologically committed folks with lots of financial support can do.  

Basically, we have a claim that three outlier scientists with a handful of helpers have proven thousands of professional scientists over decades, nay over a century, of research and observation can't do basic science.  Think about it.  

Keep in mind the NIPCC report was done within an Heartland Institution which is openly committed to pushing a "Libertarian" political agenda - ones that clearly places economic interests above and beyond real geophysical realities.  Look at Heartland's "Mission Statement" there is nothing in their about striving to learn about our planet's climate.  

 I'm talking about our 'global life support system' and it's treated with thoughtless contempt by Republicans of every stripe... it simply does not make sense to me!


Contrarians constantly insinuating that scientists are doing it for the money... when it's the scientist's life long goal to find a profession that allows them to continue their passion for looking and learning and struggling to understand.

 Heartland with its libertarian goals: you know, to grasp the most economic benefit with the least investment - isn't anything that lends itself to curiosity about the science or learning.  Their website makes it clear. 

 The science of understanding has no part in their world outlook, yet Republican representatives and citizens throughout this country have made their choice clear: They want fairy tales over facts.  

And thus this circus continues, with a small club of people with very vested interests producing a report such as the NIPCC's comedy of errors science while the march of extreme weather event's continues gnawing away at our global economic infrastructure.  

Folks can keep playing naive and pretending to be innocent while all of our children's futures are being washed down the drain.

 I wish I could say it nicer.
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OK, with that out of the way, lets get down to business.  

 For those of you who take all of this serious, here's some information you should be aware of.

 A collection of information sources regarding Idso, Carter, and Singer.  These men have their axes to grind and their science has to do with pushing an agenda and NOT with any interest in learning about and understanding humanity's tremendous impact upon our planetary life support system.  The evidence speaks for itself.  Take a look.
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Craig D. Idso


Contrarian think tanks
Idso is listed as Chairman of CO2Science[3] and Science Advisor to the Science and Public Policy Institute[5].
No academic position
As of 2011, Idso is not affiliated with a university.[4]
Fossil fuel industry employment
Idso was "Director of Environmental Science at Peabody Energy in St. Louis, Missouri".[3]
[3]  ↑ "Chairman", Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change, accessed April 2008.
[4]  ↑ Craig Idso, pers. comm to ahaynes, 2011-08-12; Idso says there was no 
program at ASU that granted specifically climate degrees, so the climate science was within the Geography dept.
[5]  ↑ Science and Public Policy Institute. Retrieved on 2011-08-12. “Science Adviser: Craig Idso, Ph. D., - Now serving as Chairman of the Board of Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change, CRAIG D. IDSO is the Center’s founder and former President.”
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A search for "Craig Idso" over at http://www.heatisonline.org/main.cfm reveals these interesting stories.

And since this story is first and foremost a question of who you can trust Heartland Institute's NIPCC, or many thousands of scientists working in diverse fields throughout the world?  It's worth it for the serious student or curious citizen to review Craig Idso's science in action and how it stands up to critique.
{ I admit I haven't read all of these articles but from the reading I have done, I'm impressed with Ross Gelbspan, so feel comfortable passing these along and I look forward to continuing my own review of all these informative articles.}


Craig Idso, Keith E. Idso and Sherwood Idso's institute: The Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change. ExxonMobil grants have indirectly ...

... Richard Lindzen, Patrick J. Michaels, Thomas Gale Moore, Robert C. Balling, Jr., Sherwood B. Idso, Craig D. Idso, Keith E. Idso, Sallie Baliunas, Paul Reiter, ...

Soon's four co-authors were Sallie Baliunas, also from the Harvard-Smithsonian center; Sherwood Idso and his son, Craig Idso, both of Tempe, Ariz., who are ...

(Run by Craig and Keith Idso). (This is also funded by Greening Earth Society, Western Fuels, and is part of disinformation efforts by coal interests ). Center for ...

Mar 20, 2001... Dioxide and Global Change, staffed by Sherwood Idso, a longtime coal- sponsored skeptic, and two relatives, Craig Idso and Keith Idso.

Aug 10, 2006 ... --Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change; $25,000; President Sherwood B. Idso and Chairman Craig D. Idso. --Competitive ...

Feb 15, 2012 ... "At the moment, this funding goes primarily to Craig Idso ($11,600 per month), Fred Singer ($5,000 per month, plus expenses), Robert Carter ...

Feb 15, 2012 ... "At the moment, this funding goes primarily to Craig Idso ($11,600 per month), Fred Singer ($5,000 per month, plus expenses), Robert Carter ...

Feb 15, 2012... of the idea of global warming: "At the moment, this funding goes primarily to Craig Idso ($11,600 per month), Fred Singer ($5,000 per month, ...

Jul 27, 2006... Robert Balling and Craig Idso -- as well as such ideologues as Richard Lindzen and William Gray who have long been laughingstocks in the ...

Dec 13, 2007 ... Craig D. Idso, PhD, Chairman, Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change, Arizona. Sherwood B. Idso, PhD, President, Center ...

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Robert M. Carter

There's a fellow by the name of Brian Harrison who's written a very detailed serious review of Bob Carter's book "Climate: The Counter Consensus"

Once again, since Carter is a principle NIPCC author, it's worth consider this detailed review of Carter's brand of science and how it crumbles under a serious lens.
From:  http://brians-satchel.com:

A REVIEW OF PROFESSOR ROBERT M CARTER’S BOOK: 
BOOK: Climate: The Counter Consensus. Stacey International, London 2011 reprint.AUTHOR: According to the book, Professor Robert M. Carter is a Palaeontologist, Stratigrapher, Marine Geologist and Environmental scientist and is Research fellow at James Cook University, Queensland. He has had a distinguished career.REVIEWER: Brian Harrisson is a member of CPA Australia and is now retired. He originally graduated in Industrial Accounting later in Economics and Politics and later still in, Advanced Taxation. He was formerly a Corporate Financial Executive, Public Accounting Practitioner, Mining Company Director and Business Strategist. He became interested in the science of climate change through his work on Carbon tax policy. He recently started the web site “brians‐satchel.com” The site was developed to discuss issues of community importance and provide reliable information.COMMENT: This review is really two documents in one. The project was originally begun as a book review but morphed into a larger essay when I found that there were simply too many important and contentious points in the book that needed to be brought to light. The first document is section 1 which is intended to be read as a stand alone review of the book. The second is a detailed essay about the book made up of all sections where Section 1 can be treated as an introduction to the detailed part of the essay.Section 1 is ≈ 3,000 words long. The essay is ≈ 20,000 words overall. DATE: 20th February, 2012

http://brians-satchel.com/test/downloads/The%20Climate%20counter%20consensus%209-Carter.pdf
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Denialist affiliationsCarter is Chief Science Advisor to the International Climate Science Coalition[2], funded in part by the Heartland Institute[6], which is funded by the industries involved in producing greenhouse gases. Carter is also an advisor on a number of other right wing and denialist "think-tanks" and groups the Institute for Public Affairs (Aus), The Galileo Movement (Aus), the Science and Public Policy Institute (US), the International Climate Science Coalition (US/Canada), the Australian Climate Science Coalition, the Global Warming Policy Foundation (UK) and Repeal the Act (UK).[7] He was a founding advisor to the New Zealand Climate Science Coalition. Carter is a founding member of the Australian Environment Foundation, a front group set up by the Institute of Public Affairs. 
Carter's own website (see image below) claimed, as recently as 2012, that he received no funding from "special interest organisations", but this was shown to be untrue with the release of private Heartland Institute documents in February 2012, which showed Carter was funded by this one front group alone to the tune of approximately $20,000 annually. Carter brushed off the revelation with the statement that being truthful about one's funding is "a very quaint and old fashioned practice".[7]
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also see:
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A search for "Robert M. Carter" over at http://www.heatisonline.org/main.cfm reveals these interesting stories:

A search for "Robert M. Carter" over at http://www.heatisonline.org/main.cfm reveals these interesting stories.

And since this story is first and foremost a question of who you can trust Heartland Institute's NIPCC, or many thousands of scientists working in diverse fields throughout the world?  It's worth it for the serious student or curious citizen to review Bob Carter's science in action and how it stands up to critique


The release goes on to attempt to discredit Robert Corell, chairman of the Arctic ... And I'm not sure what to make of that." ... In addition to smearing Robert Corell, it also quotes some very strong words from Professor Bob Carter of the Marine ...

Feb 15, 2012 ... The unnamed donor, who contributed $4.6m in 2008, has since scaled ... plus expenses), Robert Carter ($1,667 per month), and a number of ...

Apr 6, 2006 ... Mr. David Nowell, M.Sc. (Meteorology), fellow of the Royal ... Dr. R.M. Carter, professor, Marine Geophysical Laboratory, James Cook University, ... Dr. Robert H. Essenhigh, E.G. Bailey professor of energy conversion, Dept. of ...

Dec 13, 2007 ... Dan Carruthers, M.Sc., wildlife biology consultant specializing in animal ecology in ... R.M. Carter, PhD, Professor, Marine Geophysical Laboratory, James Cook ... Robert H. Essenhigh, PhD, E.G. Bailey Professor of Energy ...

"It's just too hot to do anything," said Robert Koval, a police officer in Newark, N.J., ... About 10 fans of teen pop star Aaron Carter were hospitalized after being .... "I' m going straight home and the first thing I'll do when I get there is turn the air ...


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S. Fred Singer 
From:  http://ossfoundation.us/projects/environment/global-warming/myths/s.-fred-singer 

S. Fred Singer's early career includes a string of respected positions in the progress and advancement of science. Somewhere along the line, it seems something changed. His efforts apparently turned to advocacy of the agenda of the tobacco, and the fossil fuel industry. The latter part of his career seems to fall in the vein of what might be called a sort of serial denialism with respect to his positions on second hand smoke and human caused global warming.
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A search for "S. Fred Singer" over at http://www.heatisonline.org/main.cfm reveals these interesting stories.

 And I'll say it one last time: since this story is first and foremost a question of who you can trust - Heartland Institute's NIPCC, or many thousands of scientists working in diverse fields throughout the world?  It's worth it for the serious student or curious citizen to review Fred Singer's science in action and how it stands up to critique:

Fred Singer - The Heat Is Online
Feb 12, 2001 ... The organization's founding president, Dr. S. Fred Singer, is a well-known physical scientist who has been an active contributor in the battle ...

S. Fred Singer's institute, The Science and Environmental Policy Project as well as ... The organization's founding president, Dr. S. Fred Singer, is a well-known ...

Atlas invites other institutes to take advantage of the opportunities provided by the proximity of SEPP. The organization's founding president, Dr. S. Fred Singer, ...

Another highly visible skeptic, S. Fred Singer, acknowledged during a 1994 appearance on the television program Nightline that he had received funding from ...

Fred Singer's Fabricated Quotes from Dr. Bert Bolin - The Heat Is ...
In June, 1997, S. Fred Singer, arguably the most reckless of the U.S. " greenhouse skeptics", launched a blitz of news releases which declared that Dr. Bert Bolin, ...

... two debates on the global warming issue with University of Virginia atmospheric physicist S. Fred Singer, former director of the U.S. Weather Satellite Service.

... of the following individuals: S. Fred Singer, James Glassman, David Legates, Richard Lindzen, Patrick J. Michaels, Thomas Gale Moore, Robert C. Balling, Jr., ...

Until October, ExxonMobil parroted the views of a few "greenhouse skeptics," such as S. Fred Singer, most of whom ExxonMobil has been funding. The company ...

''There have been droughts and floods for millennia,'' said S. Fred Singer, professor emeritus of environmental science at the University of Virginia who served ...

In a similar vein, in the summer of 1997 Fred Singer put out a flurry of press ..... Michael E. Mann, Raymond S. Bradley and Malcolm K. Hughes, Nature, Vol. 392 ...

... oil producers and who quarterbacks the delegations of OPEC nations at international climate talks, and Dr. S. Fred Singer, a longtime "greenhouse skeptic." ...

Singer letter to Washington Post -- 2/12/2001 - The Heat Is Online
Singer letter to Washington Post -- 2/12/2001. Letter to the Editor: ... S. FRED SINGER. Arlington. ©1998 to 2013 The Heat is Online.

The most widely quoted skeptic, S. Fred Singer, denied receiving oil industry money in a February letter to The Washington Post, declaring he had received no ...

After an initial effort to discredit the book failed, Western Fuels, along with a leading industry-funded "greenhouse skeptic," S. Fred Singer, accused Gelbspan of ...

Aug 13, 2007 ... Just before Kyoto , S. Fred Singer released the "Leipzig Declaration on Global Climate Change." Singer, who fled Nazi-occupied Austria as a ...

For example, climate-change skeptic S. Fred Singer of the Science & Environmental Policy Project in Fairfax said, "look at North Dakota. One [model] turns it into ...

Apr 6, 2006 ... Dr. S. Fred Singer, professor emeritus of environmental sciences, University of Virginia; former director, U.S. Weather Satellite Service ...

Critics of the global warming theory quickly took note of the work, but mainly to poke at its weaknesses. For example, Dr. S. Fred Singer, the president of Science  ...

Dec 13, 2007 ... S. Fred Singer, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia and former director Weather Satellite Service ...

Jul 30, 2001 ... (In February the most reckless and widely quoted of them, Dr. S. Fred Singer, declared in a letter to The Washington Post that he had received ...

May 28, 2006 ... You'll find S. Fred Singer, author of Hot Talk, Cold Science, who points to the positive side of the melting Arctic: "We spent 500 years looking for ...

Fred Singer, professor emeritus of environmental sciences at the University of ..... said Robert Watson of the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Jul 28, 2003 ... Dr. S. Fred Singer, an atmospheric scientist at the University of Virginia, who served as the first Director of the US Weather Satellite Service ...

Aug 31, 2005 ... ES&T's search found that the Wall Street Journal does provide extensive ... for the Wall Street Journal is climate-change skeptic Fred Singer.
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