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Date Posted: 08:05:41 03/13/07 Tue In reply to: Bev 's message, "Information on your expert . LOLOL" on 19:34:02 03/12/07 Mon The lestist Dailykos again???? vNo wonder you are screwed up! Bio: Dr. Tim Ball, B.A., M.A., Ph,D. Dr. Tim Ball taught at the University of Winnipeg from 1971 to 1996. With a Ph. D. in Climatology, he is an expert on the impact of climate change on human history and the human condition. While at the University of Winnipeg Dr. Ball was well-known for his sold-out classes for seniors on Current World Events. Now living in Victoria, B.C., Dr. Ball works as an environmental consultant and is a popular speaker and columnist. He is a regular contributing writer to Country Guide and the author of numerous papers on climate change, bird migration, weather patterns and related issues. His book on environment, climate change and the fur trade is in print at McGill Queens University Press. Dr. Ball has also chaired provincial boards on water management, environmental issues and sustainable development. Dr. Ball has been heavily involved in education at all levels, kindergarten to seniors. He has acted as a motivational speaker for teachers, served on committees for curriculum development, and is a board member of Agriculture in the Classroom (BC). >astroturf scientist funded by big oil - you'll be >seeing him a lot >quoted by Hannity. >It's too bad he's getting threats, those that do should >be prosecuted, and it just inflates his self >importance. >--------- > >href="http://www.desmogblog.com/tim-ball-finding-new-wa >ys-to-...">http://www.desmogblog.com/tim-ball-finding-n >ew-ways-to-... > >In a September 26, 2006 letter to the Royal Society, >Dr. Tim Ball, the leading signatory, identifies >himself as "Professor of Climatology, University of >Winnipeg." >Not quite. From 1988 until his retirement in 1996, Dr. >Ball was a Professor of Geography at that university. >He has not, since, had any official position at U of W >or at any university. So, he is not now a Professor of >Climatology at the University of Winnipeg and, >arguably, never was. > >It raises the question: if he is this cavalier about >the factual accuracy of his own record of employment >and credentials, how could he expect us to believe any >of the rest of what he says? > >------ > >href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/10/10/113157/6 >2">http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/10/10/113157/62 >a> >In 1996, Dr. Ball left his job at the University of >Winnipeg for the more lucrative pursuit of scientific >gun-for-hire ("environmental consultant"). According >to the Center for Media and Democracy SourceWatch, he >found a home at the American National Center for >Public Policy Research, a conservative front group >supporting whatever initiatives their financial >backers want them to endorse. Since 1997, one of their >principal mandates has been to fight the environment >movement in general and in particular, shoot down any >regulation to decrease the emission of greenhouse >gasses. > > >"CFCs were never a problem... it's only because the >sun is changing" and, "What's wrong with global >warming ? There are lots of positive benefits to >global warming." >It seems as though Tim Ball traded his professional >pride and ethics for easy money and an invitation to >play with the big boys. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |