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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (9897)	2/26/2007 1:09:35 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 36917

You may wish to read Dr. S. Fred Singer as well as the others you present.... The others seem to all know and respect Dr Singer's work and thoughts.... pbs.org en.wikipedia.org Siegfried Frederick Singer (born September 27, 1924 in Vienna) is an atmospheric physicist. He is best known as President and founder (in 1990) of the Science & Environmental Policy Project, which disputes the prevailing scientific opinion on climate change. Singer is also skeptical about the connection between CFCs and ozone depletion, between ultraviolet radiation and skin cancer[2] [3] [4][5][6] and between second hand smoke and lung cancer[7][8][9]. Singer has also worked with organisations with similar views, such as the Independent Institute, the American Council on Science and Health, Frontiers of Freedom, the Marshall Institute, and the National Center for Policy Analysis. Singer is a Distinguished Research Professor at George Mason University and Professor Emeritus of environmental science at the University of Virginia. He is a fellow of a number of scientific bodies, including the American Physical Society. [edit] Degrees and awards Singer holds a degree in Electrical engineering from Ohio State University and a PhD in Physics from Princeton University.[1] In 1959 he was selected as one of "Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Nation" by the U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce. [edit] Career In the 1940s and 50s Singer was involved in designing instruments used in satellites to measure cosmic radiation and ozone [10]. Previous government and academic positions: Director of the Center for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Maryland (1953-62) Special advisor to President Eisenhower on space developments (1960) First Director of the National Weather Satellite Service (1962-64) Founding Dean of the School of Environmental and Planetary Sciences, University of Miami (1964-67) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Water Quality and Research, U.S. Department of the Interior (1967- 70) Deputy Assistant Administrator for Policy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (1970-71) Professor of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia (1971-94) Chief Scientist, U.S. Department of Transportation (1987- 89) Global warming Singer emphasizes natural factors over anthropogenic causes to explain global warming. Singer wrote: The scientific world had known about the sunspot connection to Earth’s climate for some 400 years. British astronomer William Herschel claimed in 1801 that he could forecast wheat prices by sunspot numbers, because wheat crops were often poor when sunspots (and thus solar activity) were low. Not only did the Maunder minimum (1645-1715) coincide with the coldest period of the Little Ice Age, the Spörer Minimum (1450–1543) aligned with the second-coldest phase of that period. [11] His most recent sole-author publication on global warming was a letter about other scientists' research which appeared in Eos, December 16, 1997.[2] However, Singer is also listed as co-author of two 2004 articles in Geophysics Research Letters.[3] Singer has also claimed that most glaciers are advancing, a claim widely publicised by David Bellamy as evidence against global warming. In fact, the vast majority of glaciers have been retreating since 1850. Singer's stated source is an unspecified 1989 article in Science. A search by George Monbiot found no such article to exist [12].