2009-12-16 Who are the climate change skeptics

2009-12-16 Jim Lippard The Lippard Blog \global warming denial http://lippard.blogspot.com/2009/12/who-are-climate-change-skeptics.html Who are the climate change skeptics? Who are the climate change skeptics an overview of the major players in the global warming denial game (and their interrelationships), including:
 * organizations:
 * Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC)
 * The Heartland Institute
 * Science and Environmental Policy Project (SEPP)
 * George C. Marshall Institute
 * Cato Institute
 * Science and Public Policy Institute (SPPI)
 * Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change
 * Oregon Institute for Science and Medicine (OISM)
 * Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS)
 * publications:
 * Access to Energy newsletter
 * OISM Petition Project
 * individuals:
 * Anton Uriarte
 * Arthur Robinson
 * Carl Boehme
 * Christopher Monckton
 * Craig D. Idso
 * David Legates
 * Dennis Avery
 * Fred Westall: a biochemistry professor
 * George Carlo
 * George Taylor
 * Gregory Canavan
 * Ian Plimer
 * James J. O'Brien
 * Jane Orient
 * John H. Moore
 * John R. Christy
 * Joseph D'Aleo
 * Kenneth Haapala
 * Klaus Heiss
 * Lubos Motl
 * Martin D. Kamen: a deceased chemist
 * Milan Nikolich
 * Noah Robinson
 * R. Bruce Merrifield: a deceased chemist
 * Robert Balling "despite being often regarded as a skeptic, agrees that there is global warming and that it has a human component, and told me that the IPCC report is the best place for the layman to find accurate information about climate science..."
 * Robert M. Carter
 * Rodney W. Nichols
 * Roy Spencer
 * S. Fred Singer
 * Sallie Baliunas
 * Sherwood B. Idso
 * Warren Anderson
 * William Happer
 * William Kininmonth
 * William O'Keefe
 * Willie Soon
 * Zachary Robinson

&ldquo;...a 2008 study that examined 141 "English-language environmentally sceptical books published between 1972 and 2005" found that over 92% of them were connected to conservative think tanks, either published by them or authored by persons directly affiliated with them...&rdquo;   