Ross McKitrick
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Ross McKitrick
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| Nationality | Canadian |
| Education | BA (Hons) (1988) economics, MA (1990) economics, PhD (1996) economics[1] |
| Alma mater | Queen's University University of British Columbia[1] |
| Occupation | Economist |
| Employer | University of Guelph[1] |
| Organization | Senior Fellow, Fraser Institute, Vancouver, B.C. Member of the academic advisory boards of the John Deutsch Institute, Kingston, Ontario, and the Global Warming Policy Foundation[1] |
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Ross McKitrick is a Canadian economist specializing in environmental economics and policy analysis. He is professor of economics at the University of Guelph; a senior fellow of the Fraser Institute, a Canadian free-market public policy think tank; and a member of the academic advisory boards of the John Deutsch Institute and the Global Warming Policy Foundation.[1]
He is the co-author of Taken By Storm: The Troubled Science, Policy and Politics of Global Warming (2003), and author of Economic Analysis of Environmental Policy (2010) .
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Background
McKitrick gained his doctorate in economics in 1996 from the University of British Columbia, and in the same year was appointed Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Guelph, Ontario. In 2001 he received an Associate Professorship and has been a full Professor since December 2008. He has also been a Senior Fellow of the Fraser Institute since 2002.He currently lives in Guelph, Ontario with his wife, a son and a daughter.[1]
Writing
In 2002 with Christopher Essex, McKitrick co-wrote Taken By Storm, which was a runner-up for the Donner Prize.[1][2] He has since published research on palaeoclimate reconstruction, including co-authoring "Corrections to the Mann et. al. (1998) Proxy Data Base and Northern Hemisphere Average Temperature Series"[3] and "Hockey Sticks, Principal Components and Spurious Significance" with Stephen McIntyre.[4] He continues to publish research in economics, usually in the area of environmental policy.
In 2007 McKitrick was co-author on a paper in the Journal of Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics arguing that "Physical, mathematical and observational grounds are employed to show that there is no physically meaningful global temperature for the Earth in the context of the issue of global warming".[5]
In 2009, he wrote a criticism of Earth Hour, saying, "I abhor Earth Hour. Abundant, cheap electricity has been the greatest source of human liberation in the 20th century. Every material social advance in the 20th century depended on the proliferation of inexpensive and reliable electricity."[6]
McKitrick has said, "I have been probing the arguments for global warming for well over a decade. In collaboration with a lot of excellent coauthors I have consistently found that when the layers get peeled back, what lies at the core is either flawed, misleading or simply non-existent."[7]
McKitrick is a signatory to the Cornwall Alliance's "Evangelical Declaration on Global Warming".[8][9]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Ross McKitrick's curriculum vitae, accessed May 9, 2010.
- ^ Essex, C. and R. McKitrick (2002). Taken By Storm: The Troubled Science, Policy and Politics of Global Warming. Toronto: Key Porter Books. ISBN 1-55263-212-1.
- ^ McIntyre, S. and R. McKitrick (2003). "Corrections to the Mann et. al. (1998) Proxy Data Base and Northern Hemisphere Average Temperature Series". Energy and Environment 14 (6): 751–771. http://www.climateaudit.org/pdf/mcintyre.mckitrick.2003.pdf.[dead link]
- ^ Mcintyre, S. and R. McKitrick (2005). "Hockey sticks, principal components, and spurious significance". Geophysical Research Letters 32 (3): L03710. Bibcode 2005GeoRL..3203710M. doi:10.1029/2004GL021750. http://www.climateaudit.org/pdf/mcintyre.grl.2005.pdf.[dead link]
- ^ Essex, Anderson & McKitrick, "Does a Global Temperature Exist?", 2007, Journal of Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics, Volume 32 No. 1
- ^ McKitrick, Ross (2009). "Earth Hour: A Dissent". http://www.rossmckitrick.com/uploads/4/8/0/8/4808045/earthhour.pdf. Retrieved March 31, 2012.
- ^ "Defects in key climate data are uncovered" by Ross McKitrick, National Post, October 01, 2009.
- ^ Prominent Signers of An Evangelical Declaration on Global Warming
- ^ An Evangelical Declaration on Global Warming "We believe Earth and its ecosystems — created by God's intelligent design and infinite power and sustained by His faithful providence — are robust, resilient, self-regulating, and self-correcting, admirably suited for human flourishing, and displaying His glory."
External links
- McKitrick's home page
- McKitrick's publications and papers
- Annotated index to publications and papers
- Hockey Stick Studies at Climate Audit
- Steve McIntyre, The Wegman and North Reports for Newbies
- Ross McKitrick, What is the "Hockey Stick" Debate About?
- Ross McKitrick, Asking the Right Questions About Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol, Fraser Forum, February 2002
- "Trusting Nature as the Climate Referee", John Tierney analyzes McKitrick's carbon-tax proposal at The New York Times, December 14, 2009
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