Chris Horner

 Credentials

• Juris Doctorate from Washington University in St. Louis. [1]

 Background

Christopher C. Horner is a senior fellow at the Washington, DC-based think-tank, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), and the director of litigation at the American Tradition Institute’s Environmental Law Center.

Horner is a lawyer by training and regularly appears on television as a commentator on the issue of climate change.

Stance on Climate Change

"Given that the atmosphere inarguably shows no appreciable warming in the 25-year history of satellite and radiosonde measurements (initiated in response to the cooling panic), to assert that runaway global warming is as real as President Bush's re-election is an absurd proposition." [2]

Key Quotes

"Pluto's warm-up is a reminder that no matter where you are climate happens. It always has, it always will — with or without SUVs. And it should remind us to continue taking with an ever-increasing grain of salt these claims that your car acts as a weather machine." [3]

Key Deeds

June 30 - July 1, 2011

Horner spoke at the Heartland Institute's Sixth International Conference on Climate Change. [4] His presentation was titled "Crony Capitalism and the 'Green Jobs' Charade."

DeSmogBlog found that 17 of the 43 sponsors of the Heartland Institute’s Sixth International Conference on Climate Change, including the Heartland Institute itself, have collectively received over $46 million from either Scaife Foundations, Koch Foundations, or ExxonMobil and its foundation.

March 8-10, 2009

Horner was a speaker at the Heartland Institute's 2009 International Conference on Climate Change.  The conference is described as "a platform for scientists and policy analysts from around the world who question the theory that global warming is a crisis." [4]

His presentation was titled "Re-Writing the Roles for Kyoto II: Turning a Treaty into a Congressional-executive Agreement"

DeSmogBlog found that organizations sponsoring the conference had collectively received over $40 million from oil companies and right-wing foundations such as Koch Foundations and Scaife Foundations.

February 27, 2009

Horner accused NASA's chief climate scientist, James Hansen, of "doctor[ing] temperature data on two occasions in 2001 and once in 2007 in attempts to show an impending climate catastrophe."

Horner stated that Hansen had "clearly abused his platform provided to him by the taxpayer, principally by the way he's been exposed of manipulating and revising data with the strange coincidence of him always found on the side of exaggerating the warming." [5]

2009

Participated in the "Climate Chains" video along with deniers Myron Ebell, Marlo Lewis, Patrick Michaels, and Todd Wynn. The video claims that "One of the greatest threats to freedom and prosperity in America is climate change legislation." The video was organized by the Cascade Policy Institute. [6]

March 2 - 4, 2008

Horner spoke at the Heartland Institute's First International Conference on Climate Change. The purpose of this conference was reported to be to "generate international media attention" on global warming skepticism. [4]

May 2, 2007

Appeared on Glenn Beck's May 2, 2007 special "Exposed: The Climate of Fear."

 Affiliations

• Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) — Senior Fellow, Center for Energy and Environment. [1]

• American Tradition Institute — "Senior Director of Litigation." [7]

• Cooler Heads Coalition — Oversees petitions and litigation for the Cooler Heads Coalition in "environment and energy issues, international environmental treaties, and climate policy." [8] Also listed as a "Contributor." [9]

• Tech Central Station — Contributor. [10]

• Enron Corporation — Past director of Federal Government Relations (1997). [11]

• National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) — Contributor. [11]

• European Enterprise Institute — Past Director of External Relations, Policy Counsel. [12]

 Publications

Horner has written two books published through Regnery Publishing: Red Hot Lies: How Global Warming Alarmists Use Threats, Fraud and Deception to Keep You Misinformed (2008) and The Politically Incorrect Guide to Global Warming and Environmentalism (2007).

According to a search of Google Scholar, Horner has not published any peer-reviewed articles on the subject of climate change.

 Resources

1. "Christopher C. Horner," Competitive Enterprise Institute. Accessed January, 2012.

2. Christopher C. Horner. "Reviving 'Global Warming'," letter in the Washington Times. Republished by the Competitive Enterprise Institute, April 29, 2005.

3. Marc Morano. "'Alarmist' Global Warming Claims Unfounded Says Climatolgist," CNSNews.com, July 14, 2003. Archived March 13, 2008.

4. "Chris Horner," International Conference on Climate Change, accessed January, 2012.

5. "NASA's Chief Climate Scientist Stirs Controversy With Call for Civil Disobedience," FoxNews.com, February 27, 2009.

6. "About the Experts," ClimateChains.com. Archived April 1, 2010.

7. "Court Orders University of Virginia to Produce Documents of Dr. Michael Mann" (Press Release), American Tradition Institute, May 25, 2011.

8. ExxonSecrets Factsheet: Christopher C. Horner.

9. "Contributors," Globalwarming.org. Accessed January, 2012.

10. "Christopher C. Horner," Tech Central Station. Archived February 8, 2005.

11. "Christopher C. Horner," Profile at the National Center for Policy Analysis. Accessed January, 2011.

12. "Executive," European Enterprise Institute. Archived January 6, 2009.

13. "Chris Horner," SourceWatch Profile.