Jan 29 2009
Former NASA supervisor to Hansen declares himself a global warming skeptic
Dr. John S. Theon , a former supervisor of James Hansen at NASA , declared himself a global warming skeptic. He said Hansen’s activity promoting man-made global warming “embarrassed NASA” and that he was “never muzzled.”
Theon wrote, “I appreciate the opportunity to add my name to those who disagree that global warming is man-made…I was, in effect, Hansen’s supervisor because I had to justify his funding, allocate his resources, and evaluate his results. I did not have the authority to give him his annual performance evaluation.”
Hansen runs the Goddard Institute for Space Studies at NASA, and has been one of Al Gore’s chief allies in pushing man-made global warming. Last summer Hansen declared he wanted trials for oil company CEOs and possibly Congressmen who were skeptics.
Theon continued, “Hansen was never muzzled even though he violated NASA’s official agency position on climate forecasting (i.e., we did not know enough to forecast climate change or mankind’s effect on it). Hansen thus embarrassed NASA by coming out with his claims of global warming in 1988 in his testimony before Congress.”
Explaining his qualifications behind his skepticism of anthropogenic climate change, Theon said, “As Chief of several of NASA Headquarters’ programs (1982-94), an SES position, I was responsible for all weather and climate research in the entire agency, including the research work by James Hansen, Roy Spencer, Joanne Simpson, and several hundred other scientists at NASA field centers, in academia, and in the private sector who worked on climate research.”
Theon added his name to the growing list of the 650+ international scientists skeptical of man-made global warming who have signed on to the U.S. Senate Minority Report that was released last December. Here is Senator James Inhofe welcoming his addition to the list -
A brief bio of Theon’s work and qualifications -
Education: B.S. Aero. Engr. (1953-57); Aerodynamicist, Douglas Aircraft Co. (1957-58); As USAF Reserve Officer (1958-60),B.S. Meteorology (1959); Served as Weather Officer 1959-60; M.S, Meteorology (1960-62); NASA Research Scientist, Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (1962-74); Head Meteorology Branch, GSFC (1974-76); Asst. Chief, Lab. for Atmos. Sciences, GSFC (1977-78); Program Scientist, NASA Global Weather Research Program, NASA Hq. (1978-82); Chief, Atmospheric Dynamics & Radiation Branch NASA Hq., (1982-91); Ph.D., Engr. Science & Mech.: course of study and dissertation in atmos. science (1983-85); Chief, Atmospheric Dynamics, Radiation, & Hydrology Branch, NASA Hq. (1991-93); Chief, Climate Processes Research Program, NASA Hq. (1993-94); Senior Scientist, Mission to Planet Earth Office, NASA Hq. (1994-95); Science Consultant, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (1995-99); Science Consultant Orbital Sciences Corp. (1996-97) and NASA Jet Propulsion Lab., (1997-99).
Sources: Inhofe EPW Press Blog - James Hansen’s Former NASA Supervisor Declares Himself a Skeptic January 27, 2009
The Guardian - Put oil firm chiefs on trial, says leading climate change scientist June 23, 2008
got to keep calling our senators about this scam.
Al Gore is guilty of fraud.