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Harrison Schmitt

Harrison H. Schmitt

Credentials

Ph.D., Geology, Harvard University, 1964.
B.S., California Institute of Technology (Caltech), 1957.

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Background

Dr. Harrison Schmitt is a geologist who worked as a scientist-astronaut with NASA from 1965 to 1975. He is noted as being the last of the Apollo astronauts to arrive and set foot on the Moon.

Denial-a-Palooza: Where Are All the Scientists That Deniers Love To Talk About?

Wake up and smell the fossil fuel funding. That's right, it's that time of year again: the Heartland Institute is hosting its Sixth (annual?*) International Conference on Climate Change over the next two days in Washington D.C.

DeSmogBlog already revealed some of the oily sponsors behind the event. Now it's time to take a look at the so-called scientists Heartland has rounded up to accomplish this year's theme of "Restoring the Scientific Method."

Barry Brill

Credentials

OPM - Harvard Business School (2000).
Master of Commercial Law (2000).
Master of Law with Honours (1966).

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Background

Barry Brill is a New Zealand barrister and solicitor and the former NZ Minister of Science & Technology and Minister of Energy. He is currently chairman of the New Zealand Climate Science Coalition.

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Ken Haapala

Credentials

MS (Economics), Economic Modeling, Energy Economics. [1]

Background

Ken Haapala is the Executive Vice President of the Science and Environmental Policy Project (SEPP). Haapala has contributed to the the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC) reports.

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Nicola Scafetta

Credentials

Ph.D., Physics, University of North Texas. [1]

Background

Nicola Scafetta is a research scientist at Duke University Physics Department. He is known for proposing a phenomenological theory of climate change, claiming that oscillations induced by solar changes and other astronomical influences can affect climate.

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James Taylor

James M. Taylor

Credentials

B.A. from Dartmouth College.
J.D. from Syracuse University College of Law where he was president of the local chapter of the Federalist Society and founder and editor-in-chief of the Federalist Voice.

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