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Patrick J. Michaels
Senior Fellow in Environmental Studies
Patrick J. Michaels is a Senior Research Fellow for Policy and Economic Development at George Mason University. He is a past president of the American Association of State Climatologists and was program chair for the Committee on Applied Climatology of the American Meteorological Society. Michaels was also a research professor of Environmental Sciences at University of Virginia for thirty years. Michaels is a contributing author and reviewer of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. His writing has been published in the major scientific journals, including Climate Research, Climatic Change, Geophysical Research Letters, Journal of Climate, Nature, and Science, as well as in popular serials such as the Washington Post, Washington Times, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Houston Chronicle, and Journal of Commerce. He was an author of the climate "paper of the year" awarded by the Association of American Geographers in 2004. He has appeared on most of the worldwide major media. Michaels holds A.B. and S.M. degrees in biological sciences and plant ecology from the University of Chicago, and he received a Ph.D. in ecological climatology from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1979.
Media Contact: 202-789-5200
To Book a Speaking Engagement: 202-789-5226
E-Mail: pmichaels@cato.org
Books and Book Chapters
"Climate Coup: Climate Coup: Global Warming's Invasion of Our Government and Our Lives, editor (2011).
"Global Warming and Climate Change," Chapter 45 of the Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th edition.
Climate of Extremes: Global Warming Science They Don't Want You to Know (2009), by Patrick J. Michaels and Robert C. Balling, Jr.
Meltdown: The Predictable Distortion of Global Warming by Scientists, Politicians, and the Media (2004)
The Satanic Gases (2000)
Cato Studies
"Is the Sky Really Falling? A Review of Recent Global Warming Scare Stories," Policy Analysis no. 576, August 23, 2006.
"Review of the 2001 U.S. Climate Action Report," White Paper, June 3, 2002.
"Long Hot Year: Latest Science Debunks Global Warming Hysteria," Policy Analysis no. 329, December 31, 1998.
"The Consequences of Kyoto," Policy Analysis no. 307, May 7, 1998.
Articles and Newsletters
"Scientific Shortcomings in the EPA's Endangerment Finding from Greenhouse Gases," by Patrick J. Michaels and Paul C. Knappenberger, Cato Journal, Fall 2009.
"Shaky Science: Inconvenient Truths Ignored by EPA in Its Proposal to Regulate Carbon Dioxide Emissions", December 22, 2008.
Trends in Precipitation on the Wettest Days of the Year across the Contiguous United States. International Journal of Climatology 24, pp. 1873-1882, 2004.
A Test of Corrections for Extraneous Signals in Gridded Surface Temperature Data. Climate Research 26, pp. 159-174, 2004.
Decadal Changes in Summer Mortality in U.S. Cities. International Journal of Biometeorology 47, pp. 166-175, 2003.
Opinion and Commentary
"The Current Wisdom: Climate Change Controversy in the Wall Street Journal," Cato.org, February 2, 2012
"Watts Up? Who Killed Climate Change?," Forbes.com, January 27, 2012
"The Great Renewable Energy Scam: Is There A Change in the Wind?," Forbes.com, January 19, 2012
"GM's Flop in Green," New York Post (Online), January 11, 2012
"A Sustainable Depression," Washington Times, January 6, 2012
Cato @ Liberty Blog Posts
"Irene Wasn't All That," August 29, 2011
"The Current Wisdom: Overplaying the Human Contribution to Recent Weather Extremes," March 10, 2011
"The Current Wisdom: The Short-Term Climate Trend Is Not Your Friend," February 7, 2011
"The Current Wisdom: Better Model, Less Warming," January 6, 2011
"The Current Wisdom," December 13, 2010
Events
"Climate Coup: Global Warming's Invasion of Our Government and Our Lives," May 4, 2011 [Book Forum]
"The Great Debate: Can Smart Growth Cost-Effectively Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions?," December 3, 2009 [Policy Forum]
"Climate Change, Copenhagen, and Congress," November 5, 2009 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
"Cato Institute Policy Perspectives 2009," April 30, 2009 [City Seminar]
"Climate of Extremes: Global Warming Science They Don't Want You to Know," March 12, 2009 [Book Forum]
Speeches and Testimony
"Testimony on Climate Change," Congressional Testimony, November 17, 2010.
Climate Crisis: National Security, Economic, and Public Health Threats, Testimony, February 12, 2009.
Multimedia
Patrick J. Michaels discusses climate change on WJR's Frank Beckman Show (February 1, 2012) [Media Highlights - Radio, 10:51]
Patrick J. Michaels discusses green energy on FOX Business' The Willis Report (January 28, 2012) [Media Highlights - TV, 07:27]
Patrick J. Michaels discusses the Chevy Volt on Fox Business' Willis Report (January 25, 2012) [Media Highlights - TV, 03:42]
Patrick J. Michaels discusses State Department's announcement to block the Keystone Pipeline project on the LaDonna Harvey Show (January 18, 2012) [Media Highlights - Radio, 08:21]
Patrick J. Michaels discusses the Chevy Volt on WIBA's The Vicki McKenna Show (January 13, 2012) [Media Highlights - Radio, 17:24]
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