Climate Change Research Program Is a Good Change, Says National Center for Policy Analysis 3/11/2004
From: Sean Tuffnell of the National Center for Policy Analysis, 800-859-1154 or stuffnell@ncpa.org WASHINGTON, March 11 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee has approved and sent to the full Senate a $60 million program for researching sudden or unexpected changes in the climate. Experts from the National Center for Policy Analysis' (NCPA) E-Team welcomed this news as a small but good change. "This is a welcome breath of fresh air on the climate change front," said NCPA Adjunct Scholar Kenneth Green. "Hopefully this signals a shift of attention from attempts to control speculated man-made climate change to the historically observed natural volatility of the Earth's climate." Skeptics of greenhouse gas controls have long argued that the focus on treaties like the Kyoto protocol have diverted attention away from more vital concerns, such as research into predicting and adapting to rapid climate change regardless of origin. In addition to being an Adjunct Scholar with the NCPA, Green is the chief scientist and director of the Risk and Environment Policy Centre at The Fraser Institute. He has written and directed studies on a wide range of safety, health, and environmental issues including climate change, air quality standards, urban air pollution control measures, transportation impacts on the environment, risk assessment, risk communication and risk management. To speak with Green contact the NCPA's E-Team at 800-859-1154. For more information on climate change issues visit http://www.eteam.ncpa.org. ------ The NCPA is an internationally known nonprofit, nonpartisan research institute with offices in Dallas and Washington, D.C. that advocates private solutions to public policy problems. We depend on the contributions of individuals, corporations and foundations that share our mission. The NCPA accepts no government grants. |