For Immediate Release Washington, D.C., December 8, 2015—The Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation today announced that over 350 scientists, policy experts, ethicists, and religious leaders, plus laymen, have signed An Open Letter on Climate Change to the People, their Local Representatives, the State Legislatures and Governors, the Congress, and the President of the United States of America. The letter, which challenges “consensus” on anthropogenic global warming (AGW) exclusively … [Read more...]
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On Climate and Economic Policy, What do the World’s Poor Need?
Recently the Cornwall Alliance sent to over 2,900 faculty members of Christian colleges and universities around the country an email asking them to consider endorsing our An Open Letter on Climate Change to the People, their Local Representatives, the State Legislatures and Governors, the Congress, and the President of the United States of America. The email had the name of Dr. Roy Spencer, Cornwall Alliance Senior Fellow and Principal Research Scientist in Climatology at the University of … [Read more...]
Preventing Climate Change does Not Help the Poor, It Dooms Them!
Many climate scientists argue that we need to mitigate global warming because otherwise it will be the poor who will be hurt the most. Apparently these scientists do not understand their own models. Projections from climate models are based on the rates of poverty reduction, with the highest (‘worst’) temperature projections resulting when the poorest people in the world increase their incomes from $246 (measured in constant 1990 USD) to $49,000 per year (approximately equal to U.S. GDP per … [Read more...]
Does the “Precautionary Principle” Favor Fighting “Climate Change”?
Proponents of efforts to mitigate climate change often appeal to the “Precautionary Principle”—Principle #15 of the Rio Declaration in 1992: “In order to protect the environment, the precautionary approach shall be widely applied by States according to their capabilities … [W]here there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty shall not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation.” In light of that, we … [Read more...]
Reasons to Sign An Open Letter on Climate Change to the American People and their Leaders: An Appeal to Christian Academics
Four-part Series: Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4 Burke, VA, November 18, 2015 Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ—Friend of sinners, Friend of the poor. We’re writing to ask you to join us in doing something that will take courage, so we want you to be well informed, first about who we are, and second about the subject on which we’re asking you to take a stand. Along with nearly 400 others—including many climate scientists, physicists, mathematicians, economists … [Read more...]
Climate Change, Climate Policy, and the Precautionary Principle: An Appeal to Christian College Faculty Members
Four-part Series: Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4 Burke, VA, July 29, 2015 Greetings in Christ’s name! I’m David R. Legates, Professor of Climatology and Geography at the University of Delaware, a Senior Fellow of The Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation, and a Christian committed to Biblically sound environmental stewardship and the reduction of poverty around the world. Proponents of efforts to mitigate climate change often appeal to the “Precautionary Principle”—Principle #15 of … [Read more...]
Bad Science Makes Bad Policy: Why Christian Educators Should Care about Climate Policy
Four-part Series: Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4 Burke, VA, July 15, 2015 “Bad science makes bad policy.” That’s what Robert Stewart, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Science, Technology, and Mathematics, Regent University, said when asked why he had endorsed “An Open Letter on Climate Change to the People, their Local Representatives, the State Legislatures and Governors, the Congress, and the President of the United States of America.” That Open Letter is reprinted below, and you … [Read more...]
An Open Letter on Climate Change to the People, their Local Representatives, the State Legislatures and Governors, the Congress, and the President of the United States of America
Click here to sign the Open Letter. Human-induced climate change, also known as anthropogenic global warming (AGW), is real. Crucial questions facing the public and policymakers are its magnitude, its benefits and harms relative to the benefits and harms of the activities that drive it, and the benefits and harms of proposed responses to it. As the American people and their political representatives formulate policy regarding AGW, they should consider the following: Human … [Read more...]
Greener on the Other Side: Climate Alarmism—Facts, Not Fear, Speaker Bios
The following experts appear in the Cornwall Alliance's YouTube video series Greener on the Other Side: Climate Alarmism---Facts, Not Fear: Jock Allison, Ph.D., Reproductive Studies, Research Scientist (ret.), New Zealand Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Timothy F. Ball, Ph.D., Geography, Professor of Climatology (ret.), University of Winnipeg William “Matt” Briggs, Ph.D., Mathematical Statistics, Statistical Consultant; former Meteorologist, NWS Sterling Burnett, Ph.D., … [Read more...]
An Open Letter on Climate Change to the People, their Local Representatives, the State Legislatures and Governors, the Congress, and the President of the United States of America
Human-induced climate change, also known as anthropogenic global warming (AGW), is real. Crucial questions facing the public and policymakers are its magnitude, its benefits and harms relative to the benefits and harms of the activities that drive it, and the benefits and harms of proposed responses to it. As the American people and their political representatives formulate policy regarding AGW, they should consider the following: Human Exceptionalism and Humanity’s Role in the Earth Severe … [Read more...]
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