James M. Taylor
Credentials
- B.A. from Dartmouth College.
- J.D. from Syracuse University College of Law where he was president of the local chapter of the Federalist Society and founder and editor-in-chief of the Federalist Voice.
Source: [1]
Background
James Taylor is a Senior Fellow with the Heartland Institute, and is the managing editor of the Heartland Institute's publication Environment & Climate News.
Taylor previously served as a legal analyst for Defenders of Property Rights. He has been an intern at the Cato Institute, and a member of the Federalist Society.
He previously served as managing editor of CCH Incorporated's disability law publications. Prior to that he was a legal analyst for Defenders of Property Rights.
Stance on Climate Change
"The evidence is powerful, straightforward, and damning. NASA satellite instruments precisely measuring global temperatures show absolutely no warming during the past the past 10 years." [2]
Key Quotes
"Without a doubt, the warming of the past 100 years has been a welcome respite from a long and deadly Little Ice Age. The possibility that humans may have contributed to the recent warming does not make it any less welcome." [3]
"A primary reason why we are involved in climate change is [that] assertions of a global warming crisis are being utilized to impose restrictions on the economy, on free choices across the economy," he said in a recent interview."To that extent, we want to make sure that the science justifies these restrictions on free markets and on individual liberty, and the best evidence indicates that the science does not justify these restrictions, so that's why we are involved," he added. [10]
Key Deeds
June, 2011
Taylor was a keynote speaker at the Heartland Institute's Sixth International Conference on Climate Change. [4]
May 2010
Spoke at the Heartland Institute's Fourth International Conference on Climate Change. (PDF)
Fox News reported on the conference, describing how Taylor supposedly proved that "global cooling is already happening" because "This past 'decade set a record for largest average global snow extent'." [5], [6]
The science blog Deltoid subsequently debunked Taylor's claim, showing how he had misrepresented the data from Rutgers University Global Snow Lab on whcih he had made his assertion. [7]
March 2009
Spoke at the Heartland Institute's 2009 International Conference on Climate Change. [8]
March 4, 2008
Spoke at the Heartland Institute's Second International Conference on Climate Change. [9]
Affiliations
- The Heartland Institute - Heartland Senior Fellow and managing editor of Environment & Climate News. [1]
Publications
According to a search of Google Scholar, James M. Taylor has not published any research in peer-reviewed journals. The search does list that he has published numerous articles with the Heartland Insitute. Taylor's profile at the Heartland Institute has a full list of his publications.
Samples include:
- "What Climate Scientists Think about Global Warming". Heartland Institute, 2007.
- "State Greenhouse Gas Programs: An Economic and Scientific Analysis" (co-author). 2003. Heartland Institute.
- "New Source Review: An Evaluation of EPA's Reform Recommendations." 2002. The Heartland Institute.
- Has a weekly column titled "Endpoint Analysis" at Forbes.com.
Resources
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"Heartland Experts: James M. Taylor," The Heartland Institute. Accessed February, 2012.
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James Taylor. "Ten Years And Counting: Where's The Global Warming?", Forbes, June 8, 2011. Archived February 22, 2012, with WebCite.
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James Taylor. "The Black Death: Longing For The Good Old Days," Forbes, June 15, 2011. Archived February 22, 2012 with WebCite.
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"Speakers," International Conference on Climate Change (climateconference.heartland.org). Accessed February, 2012.
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"4th International Conference on Climate Change (PDF)," The Heartland Institute. Retrieved February, 2012, from Lawrence I. Gould's personal page on the University of Hartford web server.
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Gene J. Koprowski. "Global Cooling Is Coming — and Beware the Big Chill, Scientist Warns," Fox News, May 19, 2010. Archived February 22, 2012, with WebCite.
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Tim Lambert. "James M. Taylor hides the decline," Deltoid, May 22, 2010.
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"Speakers," heartland.org, February 17, 2009. Archived February 18, 2009.
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"2008 International Conference on Climate Change: Audio," The Heartland Institute. Archived March 1, 2010.
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"Heartland admits 'mistake' in billboard campaign," E&E News, May 14, 2012, (subscription req'd).
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"James M. Taylor," SourceWatch Profile.
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