Dr. William Happer, CO2 Coalition Chair and Princeton Professor Emeritus, discusses his invention, the sodium laser guide star, part of the Strategic Defense Initiative, that is used in astronomical adaptive optics to correct for the degrading effects of atmospheric turbulence. According to Dr. Ethan Siegel, this invention was “perhaps the most spectacular, revolutionary advance in… Continue Reading
Julius Robert Oppenheimer is once more in the news, thanks to the highly publicized film “Oppenheimer.” As a physics graduate student at Princeton University in the early 1960s, I had occasional interactions with Oppenheimer, who was then the director of the Institute for Advanced Study. He was not very friendly to students at this stage… Continue Reading
7.25.2022
William Happer, Richard Lindzen and CO2 Coalition comment on the 4th National Climate Assessment
Publication: Scientific paper in response to USGCRP Decadal Strategic Plan 2022-2031 | Authors: William Happer, Richard Lindzen & Gregory Wrightstone | Date: 22 July 2022 Happer-Lindzen-CO2C-USGCRP-NCA-7-22-22(1) I. SUMMARY On May 26, 2022, the United States Global Change Research Program (“USGCRP”) explained it is developing a Decadal Strategic Plan 2022-31 and indicated they are focusing on three scientific… Continue Reading
Comment and Declaration on the SEC’s Proposed Rule “The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors,” William Happer, Professor of Physics, Emeritus, Princeton University Richard Lindzen, Professor of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology June 17, 2022 Comment and Declaration Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the proposed… Continue Reading
11.9.2021
Press Release CLINTEL: Climate optimist William Happer 15/16 November in the Netherlands
Press release CLINTEL: Climate optimist William Happer 15/16 November in the Netherlands William Happer, natuurkundige, emeritus professor van Princeton University, uitgesproken klimaatoptimist, klimaatadviseur van ex-president Trump, brengt 15 en 16 november, op uitnodiging van Stichting CLINTEL een bezoek aan Nederland. Hij zal op maandag 15 november om 19:00 uur een publiekslezing geven in Amsterdam en… Continue Reading
A keynote science presentation by Dr. William Happer, Co-Founder and Chair of the CO2 Coalition, entitled “Noble Lies.” Continue Reading
How to Think About Climate Change William Happer – Co-Founder and Chair of the CO2 Coalition, Dr. William Happer, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Physics at Princeton University, is a specialist in modern optics, optical and radiofrequency spectroscopy of atoms and molecules, radiation propagation in the atmosphere, and spin-polarized atoms and nuclei. Continue Reading
William Happer, one of the most well-known climate optimists/realists in the world, visited The Netherlands on November 15 and 16, on the invitation of CLINTEL. Happer is a physicist, professor emeritus at Princeton University, former (climate) advisor in the Trump Administration and founder of the US thinktank the CO2 Coalition. Happer gave a CLINTEL Lecture (full talk with… Continue Reading
3.21.2018
William Happer, Steven E. Koonin and Richard S. Lindzen’s Response to Judge William H. Alsup’s Tutorial Questions
The Court has invited a tutorial on global warming and climate change, which is set to occur March 21, 2018. The Court also identified specific questions to be addressed at the tutorial. Pursuant to Civil L.R. 7-11, Professors William Happer, Steven E. Koonin, and Richard S. Lindzen respectfully ask the Court to accept their presentation… Continue Reading
Wiliam Happer, Professor of Physics (emeritus) at Princeton University, a founding board member of the CO2 Coalition, and a long-term member of the JASON advisory group, presents “Independence Now” at the 12th International Conference on Climate Change on March 24, 2017. Continue Reading
The Global Warming Policy Foundation recently published a paper which argued in favor of carbon taxes as the economically optimal way to address global warming. CO2 Coalition Chairman Dr. Will Happer and Director Dr. Bruce Everett take exception to this analysis. Why carbon taxes are a bad idea. The authors conclude that CO2 has: • no impact on human and animal health, •… Continue Reading
In 2009, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, under the auspices of the Clean Air Act, falsely determined that carbon dioxide was a pollutant. This is known as the Endangerment Finding and has been used since then to enable EPA to regulate and control CO2 emissions. It is this authority that is being used… Continue Reading
10.25.2022
Review and Analysis of Van Wijngaarden and Happer Concerning Radiative Transfer in Earth’s Atmosphere in the Presence of Clouds
Download 2n-Stream Radiative Transfer here Kees de Lange October 2, 2022 The understanding of Earth’s climate depends to a large extent on our knowledge of radiative transfer processes in the atmosphere. Short wavelength radiation in the visible range from the sun enters the atmosphere and finds its way to the surface to warm it. Long… Continue Reading
9.6.2022
Van Wijngaarden and Happer Radiative Transfer Paper for Five Greenhouse Gases Explained
by Dr. C.A. de Lange In 2019, William. A. van Wijngaarden and William Happer published a seminal paper on the radiative transfer process titled: Infrared Forcing by Greenhouse Gases. In it, they reviewed how the atmospheric temperatures and the concentrations of Earth’s five most important, naturally occurring greenhouse gases, H2O, CO2, O3, N2O and CH4… Continue Reading
8.7.2022
Lindzen, Happer & CO2 Coalition Comment on the CFTC Climate-Related Financial Risk
On August 8, 2022, Richard Lindzen, William Happer and the CO2 Coalition submitted comments to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on climate-related financial risk. Read the entire comment here: Happer Lindzen CO2C CFTC 8-7-22d Our conclusion states: In our scientific opinion as career scientists, there is no scientific basis for the CFTC inquiry. Real science… Continue Reading
There’s renewed interest in this interchange between William Happer and David Karoly conducted by The Best Schools in their Civil Global Warming Dialogue. Excerpts below are from William Happer’s Major Statement, which is no longer available. Instead, there is an extensive William Happer Interview on Global Warming from September 7, 2021. The David Karoly Interview is available from Andy… Continue Reading
Greenhouse effects of methane, nitrous oxide & carbon dioxide Professor Happer’s agricultural policy message is clear. Increasing methane and nitrous oxide is harmless, while increasing carbon dioxide is actually beneficial. Draconian policies aimed at reducing emissions of these gases are a witch hunt driven by climate change hysteria. Dr. William Happer, Emeritus Professor of Physics… Continue Reading
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A lecture by Professor William van Wijngaarden hosted by the Irish Climate Science Foundation (ICSF) on 25 November, 2020. Professor William van Wijngaarden is a Full Professor in the Physics Department at York University, located in Toronto, Canada. He received a PhD in Physics in 1986. His expertise includes analysing archival data of humidity, temperature… Continue Reading