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'''Patrick J. Michaels''' (±1942- ), also known as Pat Michaels, is a largely oil-funded [[global warming skeptic]] who argues that [[global warming]] models are fatally flawed and, in any event, we should take no action because new technologies will soon replace those that emit greenhouse gases.
==New Hope Environmental Services "advocacy science" consulting firm==
Michaels is Editor of the ''[[World Climate Report]]'', a blog published by the "advocacy science consulting firm" [[New Hope Environmental Services]]<ref>[http://www.nhes.com/ "New Hope Environmental Services"], New Hope Environmental Services website, accessed May 2009.</ref>, which he founded and runs.
===Mission===
In an affidavit in a Vermont court case, Michaels described his firm's "mission" as being to "publicize findings on climate change and scientific and social perspectives that may not otherwise appear in the popular literature or media. This entails both response research and public commentary."<ref name="PMAffadavit">Dr. Patrick J. Michaels, [http://www.sourcewatch.org/images/e/e5/GreenMtDoc521-3.pdf "Affidavit of Dr. Patrick J. Michaels"], United States District Court for the District of Vermont, Green Mountain Chrysler et al. v. Crombie et al., Docket No. 02:05-CV-302, July 6, 2007.(Pdf)</ref> In effect, New Hope Environmental Services is a PR firm.
