Sallie L. Baliunas
Sallie Louise Baliunas received her M.A. (1975) and Ph.D. (1980) degrees in Astrophysics from Harvard University.
Global Warming Skeptic
Between December 1998[1] and September 2001[2] she was listed as a "Scientific Adviser" to the Greening Earth Society', a group that was funded and controlled by the Western Fuels Association (WFA), an association of coal-burning utility companies. WFA founded the group in 1997, according to an archived version of it website, "as a vehicle for advocacy on climate change, the environmental impact of CO2, and fossil fuel use."[3]
She is Enviro-Sci Host for James K. Glassman's Tech Central Station, and a astrophysicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Baliunas received in 1997 the Petr Beckmann Award for her "devastating critique of the global warming hoax." [1]
Until January 1, 2003, she served as Deputy Director of the Mount Wilson Institute. [2]
Affiliations
- Advisory Board, Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow [4]
- George C. Marshall Institute
- Between 1998-2001Greening Earth Society
- Scientific Alliance
- Statistical Assessment Service
Other SourceWatch resources
External links
- Jeff Nesmith, "Foes of Global Warming Theory Have Energy Ties," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, June 2, 2003.
- "Scientific advisors," Greening Earth Society
- "Sallie Baliunas," Wikipedia
- Willy Soon and Sallie Baliunas, "Lessons & Limits of Climate History:Was the 20th Century Climate Unusual?," George C. Marshall Institute, 2003. (Pdf file).
- Sallie Baliunas, "Warming Up to the Truth: The Real Story About Climate Change," Heritage Lecture #758, August 22, 2002.