FACTSHEET: Ross McKitrick
DETAILS
Associate Professor of Economics, University of Guelph, Ontario
Senior Fellow, Fraser Institute, Vancouver, B.C.
George Marshall Institute Expert
According to the GMI website, McKitrick "specializes in the application of economic analysis to environmental policy design and climate change."
Co-author of the Interfaith Stewardship Council's "A Call to Truth, Prudence, and Protection of the Poor: An Evangelical Response to Global Warming" a July 2006 point-by-point refutation of “Climate Change: A Call to Action,” issued in February 2006 by the Evangelical Climate Initiative (ECI)
Author of chapter 2 in Pat Michaels book "Shattered Consensus" (2006)
Author of 2002 book "Taken By Storm: The Troubled Science, Policy and Politics of Global Warming" http://www.takenbystorm.info/
Holds a BA in economics from Queen's University, and an MA and Ph.D. in economics from the University of British Columbia.
KEY QUOTES
7 November, 2003
The present state of the climate reflects primarily natural causes, and if infrared-absorption plays a role it seems very minor. Continued use of fossil fuels following any reasonable trajectory, by adding CO2 to the air, may at most cause small and barely noticeable changes to the future climate. These changes will be impossible to detect in any location, but on balance they will probably be beneficial. The optimal emissions of CO2 corresponds with the unconstrained level. The Kyoto Protocol is a costly initiative that yields no environmental benefit. There is no reason for Canada to comply with Kyoto, so Canadians should be left alone to do their laundry in whatever water they find works best.
Source: McKitrick 2003
QUOTES
30 May, 2000
Climate alarmists put the policy cart in front of the horse. Even if global warming is happening, or about to happen, and we decide its net effects are mostly bad, there are many feasible policy options to deal with it. In sharp contrast, the scale of policy intervention required to stabilize carbon concentrations would have far worse effects on human welfare than any known impact of climate change.
Source: CNSNews.com (2000)
DEEDS
Regular critic of Michael Mann et al "Hockey Stick" graph.
Source: McKitrick and MacIntyre
25 July, 2006
Co-author of the Interfaith Stewardship Council letter in July 2006, which included the claim: "The role of the IPCC in climate studies is similar to that of the Jesus Seminar in New Testament scholarship in the 1990s and Darwinism for the past century." The ISC seeks to counter the efforts of the Evangelical Climate Initiative, a group calling for action on climate change.
Source: Interfaith Stewardship Council (2006)
KEY EVENTS
Fraser Institute Press Conference 2007 Independent Summary for Policymakers
http://www.fraserinstitute.ca/shared/readmore.asp?sNav=nr&id=781
The relationship of Ross McKitrick to the event: Featured Speaker
ORGANIZATIONS
Heartland Institute
Source: Heartland 2010 Climate Conference Speaker List
George C. Marshall Institute
Source: George Marshall Institute website 5/06
Fraser Institute
Source: Fraser Institute website 4/04
Interfaith Stewardship Alliance
Source: Interfaith Stewardship Alliance "Call to Faith"
Heartland Institute
Source: Heartland Institute - HeartlandGlobalWarming.org
SOURCES
Fraser Institute website 4/04
http://www.fraserinstitute.ca
Fraser Institute website 4/04
http://www.fraserinstitute.ca
George Marshall Institute website 5/06
http://www.marshall.org
George Marshall Institute website 5/06
http://www.marshall.org
Interfaith Stewardship Alliance "Call to Faith"
http://www.interfaithstewardship.org/pages/article.php?&id=160
Interfaith Stewardship Alliance "Call to Faith"
http://www.interfaithstewardship.org/pages/article.php?&id=160
CNSNews.com (2000)
via SEPP
http://www.sepp.org/Archive/NewSEPP/BriefingMay30.htm
McKitrick and MacIntyre
The M&M Project: Replication Analysis of the Mann et al. Hockey Stick
http://www.uoguelph.ca/~rmckitri/research/trc.html
Interfaith Stewardship Council (2006)
http://www.interfaithstewardship.org/pages/article.php?&id=160
McKitrick 2003
An Economist’s Perspective on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol
www.uoguelph.ca/~rmckitri/research/econ-persp.pdf
Heartland Institute - HeartlandGlobalWarming.org
http://www.globalwarmingheartland.org/
Heartland 2010 Climate Conference Speaker List
More than 70 speakers will make keynote presentations or participate in panel discussions at the Fourth International Conference on Climate Change, May 16-18, 2010 in Chicago.
http://www.heartland.org/events/2010Chicago/speakers.html