About TV Weatherman John Coleman: Climate "Skeptics" Conference Speaker

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Here’s a briefing note we’ve prepared on John Coleman, TV weather personality at KUSI in Sanย Diego.

Coleman is listed as a speaker at the โ€œ2008 International Conference on Climate Change,โ€ being organized by the ExxonMobil and Philip Morris-friendly Heartlandย Institute.

Below is a list of other briefing notes we have completed on speakers for the โ€œ2008 International Conference on Climateย Change:โ€

Willย Alexander

Dennisย Avery

Timย Ball

Calvinย Beisner

Sterlingย Burnett

Bobย Carter

Paulย Chesserย 

John Coleman ย 

Michaelย Fox

Vincentย Gray

Chris Horner

Madhavย Khandekar

Jayย Lehr

Rossย McKitrick

Patrickย Michaels

Marcย Morano

Robert M.ย Murphy

Toddย Myers

Timย Patterson

Bennyย Peiser

Paulย Reiter

Arthurย Robinson

Joelย Schwartz

S. Fredย Singer

Georgeย Taylor

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Kevin is a contributor and strategic adviser to DeSmog. He runs the digital marketing agency Spake Media House. Named a โ€œGreen Heroโ€ by Rolling Stone Magazine and one of the โ€œTop 50 Tweetersโ€ on climate change and environment issues, Kevin has appeared in major news media outlets around the world for his work on digital campaigning. Kevin has been involved in the public policy arena in both the United States and Canada for more than a decade. For five years he was the managing editor of DeSmogBlog.com. In this role, Kevinโ€™s research into the โ€œclimate denial industryโ€ and the right-wing think tank networks was featured in news media articles around the world. He is most well known for his ground-breaking research into David and Charles Kochโ€™s massive financial investments in the Republican and tea partyย networks. Kevin is the first person to be designated a โ€œCertified Expertโ€ on theย political and community organizing platformย NationBuilder. Prior to DeSmog, Kevin worked in various political and government roles. He was Senior Advisor to the Minister of State for Multiculturalism and a Special Assistant to the Minister of State for Asia Pacific, Foreign Affairs for the Government of Canada. Kevin also worked in various roles in the British Columbia provincial government in the Office of the Premier and the Ministry of Health. In 2008 Kevin co-founded a groundbreaking new online election tool called Vote for Environment which was later nominated for a World Summit Award in recognition of the worldโ€™s best e-Content and innovative ICTย applications. Kevin moved to Washington, DC in 2010 where he worked for two years as the Director of Online Strategy for Greenpeace USA and has since returned to his hometown of Vancouver, Canada.

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