FACTSHEET: Fred L. Smith Jr.
DETAILS
President and Founder, Competitive Enterprise Institute.
Former Director of Government Relaions, Council for a Competitive Economy.
Former Sr. Economist, Association of American Railroads.
Former Senior Policy Analyst, EPA.
Smith founded the Competitive Enterprise Institute in 1984. He was a contributing writer to "Global Warming and Other Eco-Myths," one of many of his publications attempting to discredit global-warming science and policy.
"Mr. Smith holds a B.S. degree in Theoretical Mathematics and Political Science from Tulane University where he earned the Arts and Sciences Medal (Tulane’s highest academic award) and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He has also done graduate work in mathematics and applied mathematical economics at Harvard, SUNY at Buffalo, and the University of Pennsylvania. ." (CEI wesite)
KEY QUOTES
5 May, 2004
"We've managed to denigrate science for 30 years and this is the result.'' The prevalent attitude today is that "science is more to be feared than revered. Most professional scientific societies are against their own profession.'' "[S]tudents are frightened away from science by such unscientific scares as the threat of global warming and the danger of nuclear power. "
Source: "Reigniting the Fire of Science," Orange County Register (CA), May 5, 2004
5 May, 2004
"We've managed to denigrate science for 30 years and this is the result.'' The prevalent attitude today is that "science is more to be feared than revered. Most professional scientific societies are against their own profession.'' "[S]tudents are frightened away from science by such unscientific scares as the threat of global warming and the danger of nuclear power. "
Source: "Reigniting the Fire of Science," Orange County Register (CA), May 5, 2004
QUOTES
21 March, 2004
"There's no real threat from climate per se to a wealthy, technologically adroit world." "Restrictions like the framework convention and the Kyoto Protocol would stand in the way of economic development that could enable poor countries to cope with climate change."
Source: "Mixed Effects as Global Warming Treaty Turns 10", Atlanta Journal Constitution, March 21, 2004
21 March, 2004
"There's no real threat from climate per se to a wealthy, technologically adroit world." "Restrictions like the framework convention and the Kyoto Protocol would stand in the way of economic development that could enable poor countries to cope with climate change."
Source: "Mixed Effects as Global Warming Treaty Turns 10", Atlanta Journal Constitution, March 21, 2004
KEY DEEDS
27 January, 2003
Wrote a joint letter to President Bush, discouraging him from supporting the McCain-Lieberman bill that would have regulated carbon dioxide emissions.
Source: Letter to President Bush, 1/27/03
27 January, 2003
Wrote a joint letter to President Bush, discouraging him from supporting the McCain-Lieberman bill that would have regulated carbon dioxide emissions.
Source: Letter to President Bush, 1/27/03
KEY EVENTS
Poverty and the Environment: Global Lessons, Local Solutions
http://www.atlasusa.org/highlight_archive/1998/H1998-01-Poverty.html
The relationship of Fred L. Smith Jr. to the event: Speaker
Poverty and the Environment: Global Lessons, Local Solutions
http://www.atlasusa.org/highlight_archive/1998/H1998-01-Poverty.html
The relationship of Fred L. Smith Jr. to the event: Speaker
ORGANIZATIONS
Competitive Enterprise Institute
Source: CEI website, 3/04
SOURCES
CEI website, 3/04
http://www.cei.org
CEI website, 3/04
http://www.cei.org
Letter to President Bush, 1/27/03
Letter with multiple signers, discouraging Bush's support of McCain-Lieberman bill.
http://www.cei.org/gencon/027,03339.cfm
Letter to President Bush, 1/27/03
Letter with multiple signers, discouraging Bush's support of McCain-Lieberman bill.
http://www.cei.org/gencon/027,03339.cfm
"Reigniting the Fire of Science," Orange County Register (CA), May 5, 2004
http://www2.ocregister.com/ocrweb/ocr/homepage.do
"Reigniting the Fire of Science," Orange County Register (CA), May 5, 2004
http://www2.ocregister.com/ocrweb/ocr/homepage.do
"Mixed Effects as Global Warming Treaty Turns 10", Atlanta Journal Constitution, March 21, 2004
written by: Jeff Nesmith
"Mixed Effects as Global Warming Treaty Turns 10", Atlanta Journal Constitution, March 21, 2004
written by: Jeff Nesmith