FACTSHEET: Robert C. Balling Jr.
DETAILS
Director, Office of Climatology and Associate professor of Geography, Arizona State University
NCPPR scientific expert on global warming. (1996)
Dr. Balling wrote the "Heated Debate," published by the Pacific Research Institute and "True State of the Planet," published by CEI. He co-wrote "The Satanic Gases" with Patrick J. Michaels, published by the Cato Institute. Balling signed the Leipzig Declaration in 1995.
According to Harper's, Balling has recieved more than $200,000 from coal and oil interests over the past six years. Specific incidences include significant levels of funding since 1989 from the Kuwaiti government, foreign coal and mining corporations and Cyprus Minerals Company (totalling $72,554). (Kuwait has opposed the findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change). The Kuwaiti government paid for a release of Balling's "A Heated Debate" in the Middle East, a project originally funded by the Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy. The Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Science granted Balling $48,993 and the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research granted him an undisclosed amount. British Coal Corporation gave him a total of $103,544 and the German Coal Mining Association gave him $81,780 in two separate grants. (Ozone Action, NCPPR directory)
PhD University of Oklahoma, 1979.
Senior Consultant United Nations World Meteorological Organization.
KEY QUOTES
13 December, 2003
"Here is the real dilemma for the ski industry. If we were to seriously attempt to stabilize concentrations of greenhouse gases, we would devastate our economies (the very reason Russia and the United States said "no way" to Kyoto) and no one could afford to ski. Those windmills in Aspen would power empty lifts, and the ski industry would discover that policies aimed at reducing greenhouse gas concentrations can be far more damaging than any rise in global temperature."
Source: "Global warming's slippery slope," Chicago Tribune 12/13/03
13 December, 2003
"Here is the real dilemma for the ski industry. If we were to seriously attempt to stabilize concentrations of greenhouse gases, we would devastate our economies (the very reason Russia and the United States said "no way" to Kyoto) and no one could afford to ski. Those windmills in Aspen would power empty lifts, and the ski industry would discover that policies aimed at reducing greenhouse gas concentrations can be far more damaging than any rise in global temperature."
Source: "Global warming's slippery slope," Chicago Tribune 12/13/03
QUOTES
1 May, 1997
"[N]ot only is there little to no linkage between global warming and hurricane activity, but there seems to have been no warming in recent decades either."
Source: "Calmer Weather," CEI, 5/97
1 May, 1997
"[N]ot only is there little to no linkage between global warming and hurricane activity, but there seems to have been no warming in recent decades either."
Source: "Calmer Weather," CEI, 5/97
KEY DEEDS
Conducted an ExxonMobil-funded study in 2002, with Craig Idso, entitled "The 2000 United States Historical Climate Network Update: What Changed?"
Source: ASU web site 5/03
Conducted an ExxonMobil-funded study in 2002, with Craig Idso, entitled "The 2000 United States Historical Climate Network Update: What Changed?"
Source: ASU web site 5/03
KEY EVENTS
Junk Science: A Hazard to Your Health
http://www.pacificresearch.org/events/1998/98-06_jun.html
The relationship of Robert C. Balling Jr. to the event: Speaker
Junk Science: A Hazard to Your Health
http://www.pacificresearch.org/events/1998/98-06_jun.html
The relationship of Robert C. Balling Jr. to the event: Speaker
Global Warming: The State of the Debate
http://www.cato.org/events/gw031212.html
The relationship of Robert C. Balling Jr. to the event: Speaker
Global Warming: The State of the Debate
http://www.cato.org/events/gw031212.html
The relationship of Robert C. Balling Jr. to the event: Speaker
ORGANIZATIONS
Greening Earth Society
Source: CLEAR d-base
Independent Commission on Environmental Education
Source: ASU web site 5/03
Cato Institute
Source: Cato Institute website 4/04
Heritage Foundation
Source: Heritage Foundation "Policy Experts" website
International Policy Network - North America
Source: International Policy Network website 4/04
Tech Central Science Foundation or Tech Central Station
Source: Tech Central Station Bio - Balling
CFACT - Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow
Source: Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow CFACT Website 5/06
Heartland Institute
Source: Heartland Institute - HeartlandGlobalWarming.org
SOURCES
ASU web site 5/03
ASU web site 5/03
www.asu.edu
ASU web site 5/03
ASU web site 5/03
www.asu.edu
CLEAR d-base
CLEAR d-base
CLEAR d-base
CLEAR d-base
"Calmer Weather," CEI, 5/97
Subheader: The Spin on Greenhouse Hurricanes
By Robert C. Balling Jr.
http://www.cei.org/gencon/025,01200.cfm
"Calmer Weather," CEI, 5/97
Subheader: The Spin on Greenhouse Hurricanes
By Robert C. Balling Jr.
http://www.cei.org/gencon/025,01200.cfm
Cato Institute website 4/04
http://www.cato.org
Cato Institute website 4/04
http://www.cato.org
"Global warming's slippery slope," Chicago Tribune 12/13/03
Commentary by Dr. Robert Balling Jr.
"Global warming's slippery slope," Chicago Tribune 12/13/03
Commentary by Dr. Robert Balling Jr.
Heritage Foundation "Policy Experts" website
http://www.policyexperts.org
Heritage Foundation "Policy Experts" website
http://www.policyexperts.org
International Policy Network website 4/04
http://www.policynetwork.net
International Policy Network website 4/04
http://www.policynetwork.net
Tech Central Station Bio - Balling
http://www.techcentralstation.com/bioballingrobert.html
Tech Central Station Bio - Balling
http://www.techcentralstation.com/bioballingrobert.html
Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow CFACT Website 5/06
www.CFACT.org
Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow CFACT Website 5/06
www.CFACT.org
Heartland Institute - HeartlandGlobalWarming.org
http://www.globalwarmingheartland.org/