FACTSHEET: Jeff Kueter
DETAILS
President, George Marshall Institute
Kueter was formerly Research Director at the National Coalition for Advanced Manufacturing (NACFAM) and at Washington Nichibei Consultants.
B.A. in Political Science and Economics, University of Iowa.
M.A. in Political Science and another M.A. in Security Policy Studies and Science & Technology Studies, both from George Washington University.
Bio: http://www.marshall.org/experts.php?id=43
KEY QUOTES
9 May, 2004
"We don't buy into alarmists' speculation of what's going to happen in the future. There's so much we don't know about how the climate system operates."
Source: "Warmer Climate Threatens Forests", The Commercial Appeal, May 9, 2004
20 September, 2006
"A careful reading of the International Panel on Climate Change’s work
group report on science, reports issued by the U.S.'s National Academy of Science and the U.S.'s Climate Science Strategic Plan would demonstrate to any objective reader that the state of climate science is anything but conclusive. This is not an opinion it is a demonstrable fact."
Source: George Marshall Institute, Jeff Kueter media statement, Sept 2006 [PDF]
24 January, 2007
[Kueter] was particularly troubled by a recommendation in the UCS report for "congressional oversight" of the alleged "disinformation campaign."
"It smacks to me of McCarthyism and big-brotherism and is completely antithetical to the scientific process and the American political philosophy of free speech," Kueter said.
Source: Cybercast News Service, "Activists Trying to Silence Global Warming Skeptics," January 23, 2007
QUOTES
9 May, 2004
"We don't buy into alarmists' speculation of what's going to happen in the future. There's so much we don't know about how the climate system operates."
Source: "Warmer Climate Threatens Forests", The Commercial Appeal, May 9, 2004
KEY DEEDS
10 February, 2005
Moderator for the 2005 Congressional and Media Briefing organized by the Cooler Heads Coalition and the Marshall Institute: "The Kyoto Protocol and Beyond: A Roundtable Discussion on the Future of International and U. S. Climate Policy." The roundtable featured Sen. James Inhofe, Harlan Watson, William O'Keefe (GMI), Myron Ebell (CEI), and Christopher Horner (Cooler Heads Coalition/CEI).
Source: George Marshall Institute, Roundtable invitation, Feb 2005
ORGANIZATIONS
George C. Marshall Institute
Source: George Marshall Institute website 5/06
SOURCES
"Warmer Climate Threatens Forests", The Commercial Appeal, May 9, 2004
Written by: Angie Wagner
"Warmer Climate Threatens Forests", The Commercial Appeal, May 9, 2004
Written by: Angie Wagner
George Marshall Institute website 5/06
http://www.marshall.org
George Marshall Institute website 5/06
http://www.marshall.org
George Marshall Institute, Jeff Kueter media statement, Sept 2006 [PDF]
Guardian's Accusations False: Corporate Interests Do Not Influence Institute Positions
http://www.marshall.org/pdf/materials/447.pdf
George Marshall Institute, Roundtable invitation, Feb 2005
http://www.globalwarming.org/article.php?uid=898
Cybercast News Service, "Activists Trying to Silence Global Warming Skeptics," January 23, 2007
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=/Culture/archive/200701/CUL20070123a.html