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Dissent in the Maelstrom [Preview]

Maverick meteorologist Richard S. Lindzen keeps right on arguing that human-induced global warming isn't a problem

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RICHARD S. LINDZEN: CLIMATE SKEPTIC

  • Born in 1940 and grew up in New York City; married with two children.
  • Degrees from Harvard University; holds the endowed Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Meteorology chair at M.I.T.
  • What he would do to global warming research if he held the federal purse strings: cut funding. "You would no longer have vested interests in the problem remaining" if funds were scarcer.
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Adviser to senators, think tanks and at least some of the president's men, Richard S.

Lindzen holds a special place in today's heated debate about global warming. An award-winning scientist and a member of the National Academy of


This article was originally published with the title Dissent in the Maelstrom.



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