Atmospheric physicist S. Fred Singer, President of The Science & Environmental Policy Project, presents lectures and seminars on environmental topics, most recently as an outgrowth of his book, Hot Talk, Cold Science: Global Warming's Unfinished Debate, published in late 1997 through the Independent Institute, an Oakland, California-based think tank. Here are some of Singer's recent talks:
2000
January, 4 shipboard talks on the Caronia, on population, environment, energy, and space exploration.
January 11, seminar on New Developments about Global Warming at Imperial College, London.
January 31, Ph-D Project paper presented at "Space Technology and Applications International Fourum" in Albuquerque NM
February 1, talk at Stanford University to Stanford Review Staff,on Global Warming.
February 3, talk at Stanford University to the Space Systems Engineering (E-235) class on Ph-D project.
February 8,seminar at EPRI (Palo Alto) on What's New on Global Warming.
February 9, roundtable seminar at Cal Tech (Pasadena) on Global Warming.
February 9, talk at Cal Tech, to the Branner Club on Global Warming.
February 10, talk at Long Beach City College, to LA Basin Geological Society on Global Warming.
February 11, at University of California (Irvine). Discussion at National Academy of Engineering Conference on Microgravity.
February 14, talk at NASA Ames Space Center (Moffat Field, CA) on the Ph-D Project.
February 15, talk at University of California (Berkeley) to Energy Institute on Global Warming.
February 15, Public Lecture at the Independent Institute (Oakland, CA) on "Global Warming: Scientific Fact or Fiction." For a Transcript of the Lecture click the link.
March 8, Seminar at DTM/ Carnegie Instirtution of Washington on the "Origin
of the Moon"
March 19-April 5, four lectures onboard the cruiseship Seabourn Pride on Population,
Environment, Energy, and Space Travel.
April 18, 2000, interview with KTSA (San Antonio)
April 18, 2000, interview with Ohio Public Service Network
April 18, 2000, interview on the Jimmy Barrett Show on WXYZ (Detroit)
April 18, 2000, PBS Special, NOVA/Frontline entitled "What's Up With the Weather?"
April 19, 2000, interview on "Hot Talk" program with Geoff Metcalf
on KFSO. For Transcript of interview click
link.
May 12, 2000. 69th Joseph Henry Lecture "Hot Talk Cold Science: The Debate
Heats Up, But Not The Atmosphere." The Philisophical Society of Washington
meeting, Cosmos Club, Washington DC.
July 12, 2000, talk at NOAA Library entitled "OAR Past, Present, and Future."
July 18, 2000, testimony before the Senate Commerce Committee. "National Assesment of Impacts of Climate Change".
July 27, 2000, talk for the Agricultural Group about Weather Satellites and Climate.
1999
January 12, presentation on Global Warming, to CF Industries, Miami Florida
January 13, interview on Radio WOKV on Global Warming, Jacksonville Florida
January 14, lecture: Global Warming, James Madison Institute,Pensecola Florida.
January 21, Myth of Global Warming, Hoover Institution
February 5, seminar on global warming, EPRI, Palo Alto.
February 9, Discussion with Stanford Review at Hoover Institution
February 10, lecture on global warming, EE Seminar, Stanford University
February 10, lecture, on Kyoto Climate Accord, Hoover Institution
February 19, Colloquium on Global Warming. Host: Environment Institute, Princeton University
March 4, Presentation on Global Climate Change to Natural Gas Council, Washington DC
March 15, interview WPBR radio
April 2, TV interview on Global Warming by John Palfreman for PBS Special
April 13, Luncheon talk at American Association of Petroleum Geologists, San Antonio
April 13, Forum Panel at annual meeting of AAPG in San Antonio
April 14, Colloquium on Global Warming, Physics department, University of Rochester
April 15, Symposium Speaker on Kyoto Protocol at Georgetown University Law School
June 2, Paper Presented at Spring meeting of the AGU, Boston (Critique of Wigley Paper)
June 5, Symposium Speaker "Is peace possible" at Cosmos Club Washington DC
June 15, lecture, "Global Warming, Water Resources, and Agriculture" 7th International Conference of Israel Society for Ecology, Jerusalem
June 18, lecture on "Energy and Natural Resources in the Changing Middle East: the Privatization of Water" at Special workshop on Palestinian water problems, Bethlehem University, Bethlehem.
August 12, lecture on the Phobos Deimos Project at annual meeting of the Mars Society, Boulder, CO.
August 23, lecture on Sea Level Rise at Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NJ
September 16 talk at WAIS workshop, Sterling VA. Presentation on Sea Level Rise
September 17, colloquium "The Science and Politics of Global Warming" Host: Dept of Agric. Economics, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
September 24, presentation on Sea Level Rise to Cooler Heads Group and Congressional Staff.
October 6, paper on Sea Level Rise at European Geophysical Society Conference on Global and Regional Sea Level Change, Sardinia.
October 8, colloquium on Global Warming at physics dept. University of Rome.
October 13, lecture on Global Warming, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw
October 14, talk on Global Warming, Rotary Club, Krakow
October 15, seminar on Global Warming, Technical University, Krakow
October 18, Poster presentation Will Global Warming Raise Sea Levels? International Conference of The Ocean Observing System for Climate, Saint-Raphael, France.
October 18, Poster Presentation " Measurement of atmospheric surface pressure with a satellite-borne LASER" ast International Conference of The Ocean Observing System for Climate Saint-Raphael, France.
October 29, presentation at Conference of Acton Institute at Cornwall CT.
November 10, lecture series at APS, College Park MD, on Global Warming
December, four shipboard talks on the Queen Elizabeth 2.
1998
January 14, lecture: "The Climate Change Debate: Is It Happening, Where Is It Going?" Host: Arizona Public Service Corporation, Phoenix, Arizona.
January 15, two research paper presentations: "Why Are We Not Seeing Global Warming" and "Effect of Aircraft on Regional Climate Change." Host: Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, Phoenix, Arizona.
January 21, seminar: "Global Warming: Unfinished Business." Host: Stanford University Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Palo Alto, California.
February 4, 1998, lecture: "The Road to Rio and Kyoto." Host: The Hoover Institution, Stanford University.
February 5, 1998, seminar: global warming. Host: Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, California.
February 10, 1998, roundtable discussion: global warming. Host: student staff of the Stanford Review, Stanford University.
February 11, 1998, lecture: global warming. Host: Dept. of Physics, University of California-Berkeley.
February 11, 1998, lecture/reception (open to the public): "Global Warming: Sense or Nonsense?" Host: The Smith Center for Private Enterprise Studies, California State University-Hayward.
February 12, 1998, roundtable discussion: global warming. Host: Dept. of Physics, Stanford University.
February 13, 1998, physics faculty roundtable discussion: global warming. Host: Office of the Provost, California Institute of Technology.
March 6, 1998, physics colloquium: "Global Warming: Unfinished Business". Host: Department of Physics, University of Connecticut.
March 10, 1998, lecture: global warming. Host: National Council on Air and Stream Inmprovement. Held at Research Triangle Park, NC.
March 12, 1998, lecture for the course "Policy Responses to Global Environmental Change: Post-Kyoto Perspectives on Climate Change", University of Colorado.
March 13, 1998, colloquium on global warming, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, CO.
March 20, 1998, seminar: SEPP Research Associate Candace Crandall participated in "How Junk Science and the Legal System Harm Women and Women's Health," hosted by the Independent Women's Forum, New York City.
March 30, 1998, lecture: global warming. Host: National Ocean Industries Association, Washington, DC.
April 10, 1998, colloquium: "A Discerible Human Influence on Global Climate?" Host: Department of Physics, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.
April 22, 1998: afternoon seminar, global warming. Host: Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie-Mellon University. Also, evening "Earth Day" lecture on global warming. Host: The Phoenix/Phoenix Speaker's Bureau (alternative student newspaper), Carnegie-Mellon University, University of Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
April 24, 1998, Keynote address: "The Road to Rio--and Kyoto". Host: The Philadelphia Society, Thirty-Fourth National Meeting, Oak Brook, IL.
May 8, 1998: panelist, global warming discussion. Host: Conference of the Independent Petroleum Association of America at the Opryland Hotel, Nashville, Tennessee. Featured speaker, ABC News reporter John Stossel, spoke on "Are we scaring ourselves to death?"
May 13, 1998: global warming debate. S. Fred Singer vs. Melinda Kimble, (acting) assistant secretary, U.S. State Department, filling in for Undersecretary of State Stuart Eizenstat. Host: World Affairs Council, Wilmington, Delaware.
May 22, 1998--Seminar: "The Road to Rio and Kyoto: Will Politics Triumph over Science?" Host: Dept of Physics and Astronomy/Environmental Studies Program, Dartmouth University, Hanover, New Hampshire.
May 26, 1998--Seminar: "Global Warming: Unfinished Business." Host: Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
June 22, 1998--lecture: global warming. Host: The Fertilizer Institute, The Greenbrier, White Sulfur Springs, West Virginia.
June 22, 1998--lecture: global warming. Host: Color Pigment Manufacturers Association, The Greenbrier.
July 8, 1998--paper presentation at Conference on Water Resources, organized by International Centre for Research on Environmental Issues, Aix-en-Provence, France.
July 17, 1998--science briefing on global warming to embassy personnel. Capitol Hill Building, Washington, DC.
July 29, 1998--Congressional testimony on the science of global warming. House Committee on Small Business.
September 9, 1998--Seminar: "Hot Talk, Cold Science: Global Warming's Unfinished Debate." Host: Department of Applied Science/Chemistry, Brookhaven National Laboratory.
September 14, 1998--forum: "Global Warming's Unfinished Business." Host: Adam Smith Club, Campbell University, NC.
September 14, 1998--colloqium:"Global Warming:Unfinished Business." Host: Geography Department, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.
October 17, 1998--seminar "Global Warming: Unfinished Business" Host: Lab Meteor.Dyn., Ecole Polytechnique (Jussieu), Paris, France
1997
February 7, Discussion on Global Warming, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California.
February 11, Seminar: "Global Warming: Unfinished Business." Host: Marine Sciences Research Center, State University of New York at Stony Brook.
February 12, Seminar: "Global Warming: Unfinished Business." Host: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York.
March 19, Seminar: "Global Warming: Unfinished Business." Host: Union Industrial Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
March 21, Keynote speech at Catholic University, in Santiago, Chile Host: Libertad y Desarrollo
May 20, Seminar: "Global Warming: Unfinished Business." Host: Department of Physics, Imperial College, London, England.
May 22, Seminar: "Global Warming: Unfinished Business." Host: Max Planck Institute, Munich, Germany.
May 26, Seminar: "Global Warming: Unfinished Business." Host: Institute of Geophysics, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark.
May 29, Seminar: "Global Warming: Unfinished Business." Host: Finnish Heidelberg Society, University of Helsinki, Finland.
June 2-3, Seminar: "Global Warming: Unfinished Business." Host: SNS Energy, an affiliate of SNS (Center for Business and Policy Studies), Stockholm, Sweden.
June 20, Seminar: "Global Warming: Unfinished Business." Host: Department of Marine Science, University of South Florida at St. Petersburg.
June 23, Panelist, global warming: Public Relations Society of America Conference, National Press Club, Washington, D.C.
June 26, Lecture on global warming: Seminar Series for Argentinian businessmen, Atlas Economic Research Foundation, Fairfax, Virginia
September 11, Seminar: "Global Warming: Unfinished Business," at Tel Aviv University, Israel.
September 24, Lecture on global warming: Learning in Retirement Institute, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia
October 10, Seminar: "Global Warming: Unfinished Business," University of Rome, Italy.
October 14, Seminar: "Global Warming: Unfinished Business," Heartland Institute, Chicago, Illinois.
October 29, Panelist, global warming: Center for Security Policy Forum, ANA Hotel, Washington, D.C.
November 1, Panelist: Atlas Economic Research Foundation Conference, "New Information Technology & the Future of the Environment, " Athens, Greece.
November 3 , Seminar: "Global Warming: Global Blunder?" with commentary by representatives of five major Austrian political parties, Austrian Parliament, Vienna, Austria.
November 7, Seminar: "Current Problems of Climate Science." Host: Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany. Dr. Singer was the special guest of Prof. Reimar Lust.
November 10, Speaker and Panelist: Global Warming Unfinished Business Conference on "Climate Changes - Causes and Consequences," co-hosted by The Science & Environmental Policy Project, the European Academy for Environmental Affairs, and the European Academy for Science and the Arts, Bonn, Germany.
November 17, Lecture on global warming and Climate Treaty proposals: The Monday Club, hosted by Stanton Evans, Washington, D.C.
November 19, Panelist: "The Implications of the Global Climate Change Treaty for the U.S. Economy, Sovereignty, and National Security. Host: Center for Security Policy, New York, New York.
November 22, Speaker at Garstang Symposium: Global Warming Will Not Raise Sea Levels, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia.
November 25, Speaker at Press Briefing arranged by Media Research Center at National Press Club, Washington, D.C.
on December 16, 1997, New York Academy of Sciences Policy Forum "The Montreal Protocol on the Ozone Layer: What Effect? What Lessons for Kyoto?", debate between S. Fred Singer and Alexander Chisholm, former Director of Science Policy for Environment Canada.
1996
February 28, Lecture: "The Moral Basis for Global and Environmental Concerns." Host: New York University (Public Policy Series), New York, New York.
April 12, Lecture: "The Global Environment and Human Health." Host: Department of Environmental & Industrial Health, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
May 10, Lecture on Global Warming. Host: Atlas Economic Research Foundation Conference, Ashdown Park, England.
May 13, Seminar: "CFC Production Ban: Barking Up the Wrong Tree." Host: Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Planetary Physics, Oxford University, Oxford, England.
August 2, Seminar: "Stratospheric Ozone: Politically Correct and Other Views." Host: Doctors for Disaster Preparedness, 14th Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah.
August 13, "The Ozone-CFC Debacle: Hasty Action, Shaky Science." Host: Center for Energy and Combustion Research, University of California at San Diego.
September 16, Seminar on Global Warming. Atlas Economic Research Foundation Workshop, Istanbul, Turkey.
November 6, Seminar on Global Warming. Host: National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland.
November 11, Seminar: "Global Warming: Unfinished Business." Host: Washington College, Maryland.
Note: listings for 1995 and before are incomplete.
1995
February 1, Seminar: "Stratospheric Ozone: Politically Correct and Other Views." Host: The Center for Economic and Policy Education." St. Vincent College, Latrobe, Pennsylvania.
February 28, Seminar: "CFC-Ozone Controversy: New Data." Host: Department of Physics, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
September 29, Seminar: "Global Warming: Do We Know Enough to Act?" Hosts: Environmental Sciences Graduate Program, School of Natural Resources, Graduate School, and the University Center for International Studies, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
1994
February 18, Seminar: "Stratospheric Ozone: Politically Correct and Other Views." Host: Global Climate Research and Regional Atmospheric Sciences Divisions, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey.
October 21, Seminar: "Stratospheric Ozone: Politically Correct and Other Views." Host: Center for Space Physics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts.
November 16, Seminar: "Stratospheric Ozone: Politically Correct and Other Views." Edmund Burke Society, Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.
December 14, Lecture: "Global Warming: Fact and Fiction." Hosts: Tau Beta Pi Fraternity and the Northern Virginia and Washington Sections of The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., Washington, D.C.
1991
May 5, Seminar: "Stratospheric Ozone: Politically Correct and Other Views." Host: SSP/AMP National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, Colorado
1990
November 1990, Seminar: "Global Climate Change: Facts and Fiction." Hosts: The Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, the University of Hawaii Department of Meteorology and Department of Physics.