John O’Sullivan

John O’Sullivan Credentials Credentials heavily contested. No reliable source available. Background John O’Sullivan is a UK-based climate denialist blogger, writer, and the sole active director of Principia Scientific International — a membership group promoting fringe views on climate change science and the role of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. O’Sullivan, a former school teacher, claims the greenhouse […]

Principia Scientific International

Principia Scientific International Background Principia Scientific International (PSI) is an organisation based in the United Kingdom which promotes fringe views and material to claim that carbon dioxide is not a greenhouse gas. PSI was formed in 2010 around the time they published their first book, titled Slaying the Sky Dragon: Death of the Greenhouse Gas […]

Maurice Newman

Maurice Newman Credentials Background Maurice Newman is a former stockbroker, company director and chairman of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and has been an advisor to several Australian governments. In September 2013 he was appointed chairman of the Tony Abbott-led Government’s Business Advisory Council. 2“Prime […]

The Galileo Movement

The Galileo Movement Background The Galileo Movement is an Australian organisation, registered as a private company, which campaigns against legislation to put a price on carbon dioxide emissions. The group was founded in February 2011 by two Queensland-based retired businessmen Case Smith and John Smeed, who had previously worked together to successfully arrange a tour […]

Malcolm Roberts

Malcolm Roberts Credentials Background Malcolm Roberts, based in Brisbane, Queensland, was a Australian Senator for the far-right fringe political party One Nation. In […]

Joe Fone

Joe Fone Credentials Background Joe Fone works as a Computer Aided Design (CAD) Engineer at Enatel. Previously he worked at Tait Electronics from 1977- 2002. He perceives manmade global warming as just one among many fads supported by scientists and eagerly promoted by the media, but he asserted that this is one that “has become […]

Alain Préat

Alain Préat Credentials Background Stance on Climate Change Alain Préat, a known climate skeptic, has been quoted saying [climate] science lost its ‘capital S’ in the 1990s when it became a politicized and “economic issue.” He also believes that unanimity in science, results […]

Judith Curry

Judith Curry Credentials Background Judith A. Curry is an American climatologist and professor emerita of the Georgia Institute of Technology, where she chaired the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences from 2002–2014. She is the president of Climate Forecast Applications Network, a consulting company. 1“JUDITH A. CURRY,” CV at the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology. […]

Science and Public Policy Institute

Science and Public Policy Institute (SPPI) Background The Science and Public Policy Institute (SPPI) is an advocacy organization with the mission of seeking “sound public policy based on sound science.”1 ”Our Mission,” Science and Public Policy Institute. Archived August 12, 2015. SPPI was founded in mid-2007 with a strong focus on global warming skepticism, and […]

Institute for Energy Research

Institute for Energy Research (IER) Background The Institute for Energy Research (IER) is a not-for-profit organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code that “conducts intensive research and analysis on the functions, operations, and government regulation of global energy markets,” according to its website. IER, founded in 1989 from a “predecessor non-profit organization,”1“About the […]