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​Brian G. Valentine

Credentials  

Source: [1]

 Background

Brian G. Valentine works with the U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Industrial Technologies Program, where he is listed as a contact for the areas of “petroleum” and “science coordination.”

The Department of Energy describes the program (PDF) as “partnering with industries with significant energy consumption to develop technologies that meet industry’s needs to reduce energy costs, improve productivity, and reduce environmental impacts.”

He was also an Adjunct Associate Professor of Engineering Science at the University of Maryland from 2000 to 2004.

Stance on Climate Change

“No 'greenhouse' gas other than water has ever influenced the global climate perceptibly.” [2]

Key Quotes

“I'm a thorough carbon dioxide climate change denialist and I wouldn't believe in carbon dioxide induced climate change at gunpoint - because it is physically impossible.” [3]

“These people [the EPA] are just psychotic, that’s all, there’s no other word for it… . The United States doesn't need to be governed by psychopaths; people who have lost their minds and all sense of proportion have no business telling other people what to do.” [4]

Key Deeds 

March, 2009

Spoke at the Heartland Institute's 2009 International Conference on Climate Change. [5]

July, 2008

Valentine was quoted by Senator James Inhofe as saying “No 'greenhouse' gas other than water has ever influenced the global climate perceptibly.”

Valentine submitted an opinion article about his inclusion in Inhofe's document: (Note: original linkappears dead.)

“All of us have allowed the use of our names for Sen. James Inhofe’s report to inspire more public discussion and understanding of what Albert Gore’s message is. The public needs to hear, understand and believe that there is no danger from carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.”

March, 2008

Signedthe Manhattan Declaration on Climate Change which declares that “human-caused climate change is not a global crisis” and that there is “no convincing evidence that CO2 emissions from modern industrial activity has in the past, is now, or will in the future cause catastrophic climate change.” [6]

The Manhattan Declaration was presented at the Heartland Institute's 2008 International Conference on Climate Change, and has since been promoted by theInternational Climate Science Coalition (ICSC).

December, 2007

Signed an open letter to Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon that claims “It is not possible to stop climate change, a natural phenomenon that has affected humanity through the ages.” [7]

 Affiliations 

*Freedom Action describes itself as a “web-based gathering of grassroots activists” that regularly criticizes the EPA, environmental groups, and policies to reduce emissions. They recently ran an initiative to “Take Action to Stop EPA From Regulating Greenhouse Gas Emissions.”

 Publications

According to a search of Google Scholar for the author “Brian G Valentine,” Valentine has not published any articles in peer reviewed journals on the subject of climate.

Valentine appears to be involved in studies for the chemical industry, performed by the Department of Energy's “Industrial Technologies Program.” For example:

 Resources

  1. “Contacts,” U.S. Department of Energy, Advanced Manufacturing Office. Accessed February 22, 2012.
  2. Brian G. Valentine's comment on “Public Enemies,” Switchboard, June 23, 2008.Comment #1162, June 24, 2008, 12:20 AM. Republished by U.S. Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works, “Gore’s (Really) Inconvenient Timing – 'Consensus' On Man-Made Global Warming Collapses in 2008,” July 18, 2008.
  3. Brian G. Valentine, Comment on “Is it hot in here? Or is the climate changing?”,Grist Magazine, January 28, 2011. Comment posted on January 30, 2011, 10:22 p.m.
  4. Brian G. Valentine,Comment on “Don’t Mess withTexas.” August 3, 2010. Global Warming.org. Comment on August 3, 2010 at 6:07 pm.
  5. “Proceedings,” The 2009 International Conference on Climate Change (The Heartland Institute). Archived April 11, 2010.
  6. “QUALIFIED ENDORSERS NOT AT CONFERENCE,” International Climate Science Coalition. Accessed February 22, 2012.
  7. “Open Letter to the Secretary-General of the UnitedNations,” December 13, 2007. Reprinted by the Science and Public Policy Institute.
  8. “Brian Valentine,” SourceWatch Profile.

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Brian Valentine

General Engineer, U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

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Brian G. Valentine is with the U.S. Department of Energy's Industrial Technologies Program, [1] and a climate change skeptic. He is sometimes also identified as a professor at the University of Maryland, [2] but is not included in their online directory.

Valentine is a speaker at the International Conference on Climate Change (2009) organized by the Heartland Institute think tank. [3]

Valentine signed onto a December 2007 open letter to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon that called global warming "a natural phenomenon that has affected humanity through the ages," called carbon dioxide "a non-polluting gas that is essential to plant photosynthesis," and claimed the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's reports "quite inadequate as justification for implementing policies that will markedly diminish future prosperity." The letter also stated, "Recent observations of phenomena such as glacial retreats, sea-level rise and the migration of temperature-sensitive species are not evidence for abnormal climate change, for none of these changes has been shown to lie outside the bounds of known natural variability." [4]

Valentine was quoted in a document submitted to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee in July 2008 by Senator James :{Inhofe:(style="background-color:#ffff66;"):}: as saying, "No 'greenhouse' gas other than water has ever influenced the global climate perceptibly." [5] In a letter to the editor about the document, Valentine wrote: [6]

[A]ll of us have allowed the use of our names for Sen. James Inhofe's report to inspire more public discussion and understanding of what Albert Gore's message is. The public needs to hear, understand and believe that there is no danger from carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. None. It doesn't matter where it came from.I can't make a movie to prove it. I can't get up and bully the United Nations and a conference in Bali into believing me. I can't do any more than invite the public to demand: "If Al Gore thinks he's right, then stop dismissing Inhofe and the list of people and ask those people to discuss, with knowledgeable experts, why Al Gore isn't right."

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References

  1. ↑ "Industrial Technologies Program: Contacts," U.S. Department of Energy website, accessed March 2009.
  2. ↑ Joseph Romm, "CEI deniers praise Andy Revkin, diss Tiger Woods," Climate Progress, June 14, 2008.
  3. ↑ "Speakers," Heartland Institute website, accessed January 2009.
  4. ↑ "Open Letter to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, December 13, 2007," printed as "Don't fight, adapt; We should give up futile attempts to combat climate change," National Post (Canada), December 13, 2007.
  5. ↑ "'Consensus' On Man-Made Global Warming Collapses in 2008: U.N. Warning of 10-Year 'Climate Tipping Point' Began in 1989," U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, July 18, 2008.
  6. ↑ Brian Valentine, letter to the editor: "The Challenge To Gore," Investor's Business Daily, December 28, 2007.

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