FACTSHEET: William Kininmonth
DETAILS
Director, Australasian Climate Research Institute
Contributing Author, Fraser Institute
science adviser, Science and Public Policy Institute (SPPI)
Contributing Author, Fraser Institute 2007 Independent Summary for Policymakers
Signatory to the anti-climate-change petition sent in April, '06 to Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper
According to DeSmogBlog.com: Kinimonth is a frequent writer for a climate change skeptic organization called the "Lavoisier Group," and in Nov. 2004, the Lavoisier Group helped launch Kilimonth's book Climate Change; a natural hazard. According to Nov. 27, '04 news article , the Lavoisier Group was founded by Hugh Morgan the former CEO of Western Mining Corporation, a uranium mining company recently taken over by BHP Billiton. Lavoisier founders, "... are of the view that the science behind global warming policy is far less certain than its protagonists claim, and we also believe that the economic damage which Australia would suffer, if a carbon tax of the magnitude canvassed in AGO [Australia's Greenhouse Office] documents were imposed."
No published peer-reviewed research on climate change
According to a search of 22,000 academic journals, Kininmonth has not published any research in a peer-reviewed journal on the subject of climate change. There is one study published in 1972 by "Kininmon, WR" on the subject of Rain-grown rice in Northern Australia. Kininmonth is a retired meteorologist and headed Australia's national climate centre for 12 years.
Kininmonth has a B.Sc. from the University of Western Australia, a M.Sc. from Colorado State University, and a M.Admin. from Monash University
KEY QUOTES
1 February, 2007
The scare-mongering that climate change, any climate change, will lead to widespread species loss is a denial of the innate robustness of most species, even those in relatively small numbers or confined to small regional domains.
Source: Unmasking “An InconvenientTruth” by William Kininmonth
QUOTES
1 February, 2007
The presentation of the science of climate change by Gore is superficial, erroneous and misleading. Much of Al Gore’s evidence for his claims lacks credibility when examined without the emotive baggage of impending disaster, blame and simplistic political solutions
Source: Unmasking “An InconvenientTruth” by William Kininmonth
1 February, 2007
there is no clear understanding of what the greenhouse effect actually is. There is a range of confused simplistic metaphors for the greenhouse effect in the public domain but these do not explain how it comes about. There is then a leap of faith to the outputs of computer models. This allows alarmist rhetoric to be propagated through the media to an uncritical public and policy makers
Source: Unmasking “An InconvenientTruth” by William Kininmonth
ORGANIZATIONS
Heartland Institute
Source: Heartland 2010 Climate Conference Speaker List
Fraser Institute
Source: DeSmogBlog.com (2007)
International Climate Science Coalition
Source: ICSC list of who's who
SOURCES
DeSmogBlog.com (2007)
DeSmog Leaks Advance Copy of Think Tank's IPCC Attack
http://www.desmogblog.com/fraser-institute-ipcc-london-report
ICSC list of who's who
http://www.climatescienceinternational.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=28
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
Unmasking “An InconvenientTruth” by William Kininmonth
http://ff.org/centers/csspp/pdf/20070330_kininmonth.pdf