The Real Climate Change Morality Crisis

Testimony of John Christy, professor of Atmospheric Science and Director of the Earth System Science Center at the University of Alabama, before the US House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce, 7 March 2007.

Harrison Pete , “Carbon windfall profits seen for EU industry,” Reuters, 19 May 2009; Gloria Galloway, “Emission rules won't take effect for six years: Prentice announces delay in development of climate change regulations to match proposed US timetable,” Toronto Globe and Mail, 28 May 2009.

Anderlini Jamil and Harvey Fiona , “China gets tough on climate talks,” Financial Times, 22 May 2009; “China developing long-term climate change plan,” Reuters India, 20 May 2009; Investor's Business Daily, Editorial: “Is China as suicidal as we are?” 28 May 2009.

Talley Ian and Power Stephen , “House panel clears plan to cut greenhouse gases,” Wall Street Journal, 22 May 2009; Felker Edward , “Landmark cap-and-trade plan set to move on,” Washington Times, 22 May 2009.

See Marland Greg Boden Tom and Andres Robert , “National CO2 Emissions from Fossil-Fuel Burning, Cement Manufacture and Gas Flaring: 1751–2004,” Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 17 August 2007.

Knappenberger Chip , “Climate Impacts of Waxman-Markey (the IPCC-based arithmetic of no gain),” MasterResource free market energy blog, http://masterresource.org/?p=2355.

See U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Minority Staff Report, More Than 700 International Scientists Dissent Over Man-Made Global Warming Claims: Scientists Continue to Debunk “Consensus” in 2008 & 2009, 16 March 2009 (update); Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine, “Global Warming Petition Project: Research review of global warming evidence,” 2009 update; Lawrence Solomon, The Deniers: The world-renowned scientists who stood up against global warming hysteria, political persecution, and fraud, Minneapolis, MN: Richard Vigilante Books (2008).

Chesser Paul , “Obama plan ‘necessarily’ skyrockets energy bills, Washington Examiner, 1 May 2009.

Lauer Johnson Research, “Research Findings on Climate Change, Electricity Usage and Cost, and Cap and Trade Auction Legislation,” for National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, 20 April 2009.

Beach William Kreutzer David Campbell Karen and Lieberman Ben , “Son of Waxman-Markey: More politics makes for a more costly bill” (summarizing results of analysis of climate legislation approved by House Energy and Commerce Committee), 18 May 2009; Jim Snyder, “US climate debate shifts from saving planet to saving the economy,” The Hill, 18 March 2009; Javers Eamon , “Obama hears econ concerns on climate plan,” Politico, 20 May 2009.

House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Press Release: “Scenes from an Earth Day Hearing, Part 3,” 27 April 2009.

Jackson Bishop Harry Jr. , “Energy policy reform: The new civil rights frontier,” Townhall online, 26 January 2009.

Innis Niger , personal conversation on energy and environmental policy, March 24, 2009.

Energy Information Administration, Office of Coal, Nuclear, Electric and Alternate Fuels, Electric Power Monthly, March 2008, pages 23, 25, 111; Snyder Jim , “US climate debate shifts from saving planet to saving the economy, The Hill, 18 March 2009.

Snyder Jim , op. cit.; Yarow Jay , “Buffet's Munger says cap-and-trade is ‘monstrously stupid,”’ The Business Insider Green Sheet, 1 May 2009.

Orange County Register, Editorial: “Cap-and-trade stumbling in DC: Giant carbon tax plan to reduce global warming chills even some Democrats,” 10 May 2009.

National Housing Federation, “Federation calls for energy market regulation, as quarter of population set to fall into fuel poverty,” 8 September 2008; Derbyshire David , “Millions face ‘stealth tax’ on heating bills to subsidise green energy,” Daily Mail, 12 February 2009.

EUbusiness , “Economic crisis threatens EU measures on climate change,” 21 September 2008.

UK Net Guide, “Millions making big sacrifices to pay utilities bills, new research confirms: Warnings of pensioners going hungry in order to heat their homes weren't over-the-top, after all,” 20 March 2009; ATW Daily News, “UK environment czar looking at limiting holiday trips to save CO2,” 9 February 2009.

Alvarez Calzada Gabriel Raquel Jara Merino , Study of the effects on employment of public aid to renewable energy sources, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, March 2009.

The Australian, “Painful lesson as Chesty Bond defects,” 27 February 2009; Tingsong Jiang , Kevin Hanslow and David Pearce, “On-Farm Impacts of an Australian Emissions Trading Scheme: Economic Analysis,” Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (2009).

Kalaugher Liz , “Climate change congress: Scientists and prime minister go head to head,” Environmental Research Web, 12 March 2009;

Lee Geng and Economides Michael , “Coal: China's Energy Pillar,” Energy Tribune, 28 January 2009; “India's high emission level OK: World Bank,” Times of India, 9 May 2009.

O'Connor Ashling , “Tata Nano – World's cheapest car is unveiled in India,” Times of India, 11 January 2009.

Begley Ed Jr. , discussing environmental issues during Public Relations Society of America teleconference on Hollywood support for environmental causes, 29 October 2002.

Tren Richard , “New EU pesticide regulations,” Malaria Foundation International, September 2008. See also Wall Street Journal, Editorial: “Malaria, politics and DDT: The UN bows to the anti-insecticide lobby,” 26 May, 2009.

Nsom Kini and Gwarbara Daniel , “Cameroon: Climate change threatens humanity more than HIV/AIDS – British MPs,” AllAfrica.com and PostNewsline.com, 23 January 2009.

Janko Sheriff , “Gambia: Government, stakeholders discuss climate change,” AllAfrica.com and The Daily Observer (Banjul), 29 January 2009.

See Avery Dennis T. , “Incredible sea level rise is not credible,” Center for Global Food Issues and Canada Free Press, 27 April 2009.

IRIN News, “Chad bans charcoal to save trees: Panic, outcry as people seek alternative means of cooking,” The Freeman Examiner, 24 January 2009.

Alexander Wil Professor , “Mission impossible” (responding to alarmist claims about climate disasters; addressing statements made at a February 2009 “Climate Justice Dialogue” at the University of Praetoria, South Africa, AnHonestClimateDebate.com, 12 March 2009.

Testimony of Dr. E. Calvin Beisner before the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, United States House of Representatives, 25 March 2009.

Annual European Community greenhouse gas inventory 1990–2006 and inventory report 2008, Table ES.1, “Overview of GHG emissions in EU Member States.”

Associated Press, “EU leaders unlikely to agree on climate aid to poor countries,” 20 March 2009; Chaffin Joshua , “Cash shortage hinders climate battle,” Financial Times, 22 March 2009; Chadha Mridul , “Reluctant EU backtracks from climate change aid – looks to US for greater contribution,” Red Green and Blue, 22 March 2009.

Lomborg Bjorn , “Sucked dry,” The Guardian, 17 October 2008; “The climate change safari park: A note from Bjorn Lomborg,” JenniferMarohasy.com/blog, 27 January 2009.

Reiter Paul , “Climate disinformation is dangerous,” International Herald Tribune, January 11, 2007; Reiter Paul and Bate Roger , “More global warming nonsense,” Wall Street Journal, 10 April 2008.

Clark Nick , “IEA calls for $45trn global revolution in energy technology,” The Independent, 7 June 2008. See also Sensenbrenner F. James Jr. , “A demand for freebies: How the Third World threatens innovation,” Washington Times, 26 May 2009.

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Climate Change 2007 – The Physical Science Basis, Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC, “Chapter 1: Historical Overview of Climate Change Science,” page 95 [emphasis added].

Singer See Fred S. and Avery Dennis T. , Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1,500 years, New York: Roman & Littlefield Publishers (2007); Fagan Brian , The Little Ice Age: How climate made history 1300–1850, New York: Basic Books (2000).

Carroll Lewis , Alice in Wonderland, Kingsport, TN: Grosset & Dunlap, Inc. (1946), page 67.