FACTSHEET: David R. Legates
DETAILS
Professor, University of Delaware
Associate Professor in Climatology, George Marshall Institute
Dr. Legates is a climate change "contrarian" and prolific writer.
"In addition to teaching at Louisiana State University, the University of Oklahoma and the University of Virginia, Dr. Legates has served as chief research scientist in a variety of commercial venues, including the Southern Regional Climate Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and the Center for Computational Geosciences in Norman, Oklahoma." (From George Marshall website)
KEY QUOTES
15 May, 2006
"The underlying theme is that the climate system is complex, resilient and inherently stable. Research from a wide variety of disciplines, published in a number of peer-reviewed journals and spanning a broad spectrum of climate expertise, supports this conclusion. Throughout the millennia, life has survived and thrived despite wide changes in solar output, air temperature and atmospheric gas concentrations."
Source: "Climate Science: Climate Change and Its Impacts" NCPA Study
2 May, 2007
"When you have the science on your side, you argue the science. When you don`t have the science on your side you attack the messenger."
Source: CNN, Glenn Beck special "Exposed: The Climate of Fear," May 2, 2007
Recent claims that coral reefs are “bleaching” (losing color and dying off) due to warming oceans ignore the evidence that bleaching appears to be a healthy response in which corals expel one symbiotic species of algae for a better-adapted species that allows corals to thrive in warmer waters. -2006 http://www.ncpa.org/pdfs/st285.pdf
Source: American Energy Freedom Center
QUOTES
15 May, 2006
"Climate science has improved but debate continues regarding the extent to which human activities contribute to global warming and what the potential impact on the environment might be. Importantly, much of the scientific evidence contradicts assertions that substantial global warming is likely to occur soon and that the predicted warming will harm the Earth's biosphere."
Source: "Climate Science: Climate Change and Its Impacts" NCPA Study
15 May, 2006
"Importantly, much of the scientific evidence contradicts assertions that substantial global warming is likely to occur soon and that the predicted warming will harm the Earth's biosphere"
Source: Daily Policy Digest May 15, 2006 from NCPA by David R. Legates
2 May, 2007
"The biggest misconception is that climate change is going to be dramatic and that it`s going to be extreme."
Source: CNN, Glenn Beck special "Exposed: The Climate of Fear," May 2, 2007
15 May, 2006
“The underlying theme is that the climate system is complex, resilient and inherently stable. Research from a wide variety of disciplines, published in a number of peer-reviewed journals and spanning a broad spectrum of climate expertise, supports this conclusion. Throughout the millennia, life has survived and thrived despite wide changes in solar output, air temperature and atmospheric gas concentrations.”
Source: "Climate Science: Climate Change and Its Impacts" NCPA Study
15 May, 2006
“Climate science has improved but debate continues regarding the extent to which human activities contribute to global warming and what the potential impact on the environment might be. Importantly, much of the scientific evidence contradicts assertions that substantial global warming is likely to occur soon and that the predicted warming will harm the Earth's biosphere.”
Source: "Climate Science: Climate Change and Its Impacts" NCPA Study
15 May, 2006
"Importantly, much of the scientific evidence contradicts assertions that substantial global warming is likely to occur soon and that the predicted warming will harm the Earth's biosphere”
Source: Daily Policy Digest May 15, 2006 from NCPA by David R. Legates
1 July, 2006
The complexity of the climate and the limitations of data and computer models mean projections of future climate change are unreliable at best. In sum, the science does not support claims of drastic increases in global temperatures over the 21st century, nor does it support claims of human influence on weather events and other secondary effects of climate change.
Source: ncpa.org
KEY DEEDS
Co-authored a paper with Willie Soon and Sallie Baliunas, which claimed that temperatures in the 20th Century were not higher than average. Legates later testifed, along with Soon, before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Source: "Earth Last," The American Prospect, 5/7/04
28 July, 2003
Co-author of Indpendent Institute report "New Perspectives in Climate Change: What the EPA Isn't Telling Us" criticizing the EPA's 2001 Climate Action Report.
Source: Independent Institute report 2003
2 May, 2007
Appeared on Glenn Beck's May 2, 2007 special "Exposed: The Climate of Fear"
Source: CNN, Glenn Beck special "Exposed: The Climate of Fear," May 2, 2007
17 May, 2007
His non-peer reviewed analysis of the science of polar bears being threatened by global warming was published on the NCPA website. This analysis has been strongly discredited by much larger and peer reviewed bodies of work.
Source: "Polar Bears on Thin Ice, Not Really!" Brief Analysis
Co-authored a paper with Willie Soon and Sallie Baliunas, which claimed that temperatures in the 20th Century were not higher than average. Legates later testifed, along with Soon, before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Source: "Earth Last," The American Prospect, 5/7/04
KEY EVENTS
NCPA Earth Day Briefing on Global Warming: 'What Do We Really Know vs. What We Are Told'
http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=123-04202004
The relationship of David R. Legates to the event: Speaker
NCPA Earth Day Briefing on Global Warming: 'What Do We Really Know vs. What We Are Told'
http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=123-04202004
The relationship of David R. Legates to the event: Speaker
Call to Truth, Prudence and the Protection of the Poor: An Evangelical Response to Global Warming
http://www.heritage.org/press/events/ev072506b.cfm
The relationship of David R. Legates to the event: Speaker
Call to Truth, Prudence and the Protection of the Poor: An Evangelical Response to Global Warming
http://www.heritage.org/press/events/ev072506b.cfm
The relationship of David R. Legates to the event: Speaker
ORGANIZATIONS
National Center for Policy Analysis
Source: NCPA website 4/04
Competitive Enterprise Institute
Source: CEI website, 3/04
Independent Institute
Source: Independent Institute website 4/04
George C. Marshall Institute
Source: George Marshall Institute website 5/06
Tech Central Science Foundation or Tech Central Station
Source: Tech Central Station Bio - Legates
Interfaith Stewardship Alliance
Source: Heritage Foundation Press Release (2006)
Heartland Institute
Source: Heartland Institute - HeartlandGlobalWarming.org
SOURCES
CEI website, 3/04
http://www.cei.org
CEI website, 3/04
http://www.cei.org
NCPA website 4/04
http://www.ncpa.org/
NCPA website 4/04
http://www.ncpa.org/
"Earth Last," The American Prospect, 5/7/04
article by Chris Mooney
http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewPrint&articleId=7603
"Earth Last," The American Prospect, 5/7/04
article by Chris Mooney
http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewPrint&articleId=7603
Independent Institute website 4/04
http://www.independent.org/
Independent Institute website 4/04
http://www.independent.org/
Tech Central Station Bio - Legates
http://www.techcentralstation.com/biolegatesdavid.html
Tech Central Station Bio - Legates
http://www.techcentralstation.com/biolegatesdavid.html
"Climate Science: Climate Change and Its Impacts" NCPA Study
by David R. Legates, Ph.D., C.C.M
http://www.ncpa.org/pub/st/st285/index.html
"Climate Science: Climate Change and Its Impacts" NCPA Study
by David R. Legates, Ph.D., C.C.M
http://www.ncpa.org/pub/st/st285/index.html
Daily Policy Digest May 15, 2006 from NCPA by David R. Legates
http://www.ncpa.org/newdpd/dpdarticle.php?article_id=3328
Daily Policy Digest May 15, 2006 from NCPA by David R. Legates
http://www.ncpa.org/newdpd/dpdarticle.php?article_id=3328
George Marshall Institute website 5/06
http://www.marshall.org
George Marshall Institute website 5/06
http://www.marshall.org
Heritage Foundation Press Release (2006)
http://www.heritage.org/press/events/ev072506b.cfm
Heritage Foundation Press Release (2006)
http://www.heritage.org/press/events/ev072506b.cfm
Independent Institute report 2003
http://www.independent.org/publications/policy_reports/detail.asp?type=full&id=5
Heartland Institute - HeartlandGlobalWarming.org
http://www.globalwarmingheartland.org/
CNN, Glenn Beck special "Exposed: The Climate of Fear," May 2, 2007
http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/beck.climateoffear/
"Polar Bears on Thin Ice, Not Really!" Brief Analysis
National Center for Policy Analysis, No. 551
http://www.ncpa.org/pub/ba/ba551/
American Energy Freedom Center
a project of the Institute for Energy Research
http://www.energyfreedomcenter.org/blog/
ncpa.org
http://www.ncpa.org/pdfs/st285.pdf