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Dr. Roy Spencer is a principal research scientist for the University of Alabama in Huntsville and the U.S. Science Team Leader for the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR-E) on NASA's Aqua satellite. He holds M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in meteorology. ^[1]

Spencer is a prominent global warming skeptic. Since February 2004 he has been a columnist for TCS Daily writing over forty columns, almost entirely on the the topic of global warming. Until 2006, TCS Daily was run by DCI Group, a lobbying firm that works for ExxonMobil. ^[2]

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

At a 2008 talk sponsored by the Kansas Chamber of Commerce, Spencer said, "There's probably a natural reason for global warming. ... We will look back on it as a gigantic false alarm. ... The Earth isn't that sensitive to how much CO2 we put into the atmosphere. ... I think we need to consider the possibility that more carbon dioxide is better than less." ^[4]

Asked in December 2008 what his advice was for then-President-Elect Barack Obama, Spencer responded, "He should put off the environmentalists indefinitely. ... Tell them we have to fix the economy first before we can afford unaffordable renewable energy 'solutions.'" ^[5]

Contents 1 Articles and resources 1.1 Related SourceWatch articles 1.2 References 1.3 External resources 1.4 External articles 1.4.1 Interviews with Spencer 1.4.2 Articles by Spencer 1.4.3 General articles

Articles and resources

Related SourceWatch articles

• Global warming skeptics
• Heartland Institute
• International Conference on Climate Change (2009)
• SourceWatch:Project:Creating Articles on Sponsors and Speakers at The 2008 International Conference on Climate Change
• Tech Central Station

References

1. ↑ "Taking Earth's temperature," University of Alabama in Huntsville website, accessed March 2009.
2. ↑ Diane Farsetta, "Oil Lobbyist's 'News' Denies Inconvenient Truths: WTOK-11's Hot Air Misleads Viewers," Center for Media and Democracy, November 14, 2006.
3. ↑ "Speakers," Heartland Institute website, accessed January 2009.
4. ↑ David Klepper, "Expert: We must act fast on warming," The Wichita Eagle (Kansas), September 24, 2008.
5. ↑ Frank Beckmann, "Skeptical scientists caution Obama on climate change fixes," The Detroit News (Michigan), December 5, 2008.

External resources

• George C. Marshall Institute, "Roy Spencer", accessed March 2007.
• Goddard Space Flight Center, "Roy Spencer", accessed March 2007.
• "Roy Spencer", accessed March 2007.
• "FACTSHEET: Roy W. Spencer", Exxonsecrets.org, accessed March 2007.

External articles

Interviews with Spencer

• James K. Glassman, "Hurricanes and Global Warming: Interview with Dr. Roy Spencer", Capitalism Magazine, September 14, 2005.

Articles by Spencer

• Dr. John R. Christy and Roy Spencer, "Satellite Temperature Data," George C. Marshall Institute, April 17, 2006.
• Roy Spencer, "Some Convergence of Global Warming Estimates," George C. Marshall Institute, August 11, 2005.
• Roy Spencer, "Satellite Evidence for Global Warming Being Driven by the Pacific Decadal Oscillation", Presentation to the Heartland Institute's International Conference on Climate Change (2009), March 10, 2009. (PowerPoint)

General articles

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