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Myron Ebell | |
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| Education | Philosophy and political theory |
| Alma mater | Colorado College London School of Economics |
| Occupation | Public policy analyst |
| Known for | Climate change denial[1][2][3] |
Myron Ebell serves as the Director of Global Warming and International Environmental Policy at the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI). He is also the chairman of the Cooler Heads Coalition. In September 2016 he was appointed by President-elect Donald Trump to lead his transition team for the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA).[4][5]He is known for being a climate change denier.[1][2]
Education
Ebell grew up on a 2,000-acre cattle ranch in Oregon.[1] He graduated from Colorado College with a B.A. and obtained an M.Sc. from the London School of Economics.[6] He did graduate work at the University of California at San Diego and at Peterhouse College, Cambridge University.[6]
Career
Ebell was an early staff member of Senator Malcolm Wallop's Frontiers of Freedom Institute at least between 1996[7] and 1999 when he took up his post at the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI).[8] Ebell plays a prominent part in producing news releases at the CEi.[1]
Media appearances
In 2001, Ebell stated his belief that global warming is a hoax perpetrated by the EU and the rest of the world to harm America's economy. He justified the allegation with a quote from European Commissioner Margot Wallström in her response to Bush's withdrawal from the Kyoto Protocol.[9] Ebell also called the UK's Chief Scientist David King "an alarmist with ridiculous views who knows nothing about climate change"; he added that since all scientists in Europe and in other countries outside the USA were funded by governments, none of them could be seen as independent.[10] 66 MPs signed an Early Day Motion deploring "in the strongest possible terms [his] unfounded and insulting criticism of Sir David King..."[11]
Litigation
In 2000, Ebell was a plaintiff, along with several members of Congress, including Sen. James Inhofe (R, OK), who sued the National Science and Technology Council, President Bill Clinton, and the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. In the lawsuit, the plaintiffs asserted that the National Assessment on Climate Change report—which details likely state-by-state consequences of anthropogenic climate change—violated several federal open-meeting, appropriations and research statutes.
In June 2002 he wrote a memo to Philip Cooney, which Greenpeace later obtained,[12] outlining their strategy for dealing with what Ebell saw as problems caused by the Climate Action Report 2002,[13] which the US government had submitted to the UN. One paragraph reads:
As I said, we made the decision this morning to do as much as we could to deflect criticism by blaming the EPA for freelancing. It seems to me that the folks at the EPA are the obvious fall guys, and we would only hope that the fall guy (or gal) should be as high up as possible. I have done several interviews and have stressed that the president needs to get everyone rowing in the same direction. Perhaps tomorrow we will call for [Christine Todd Whitman] to be fired. I know that that doesn't sound like much help, but it seems to me that our only leverage to push you in the right direction is to drive a wedge between the President and those in the Administration who think they are serving the president's best interests by publishing this rubbish.
When two state attorneys general obtained this email they wrote to John Ashcroft, the US attorney general:
It appears that certain White House officials conspired with an anti-environmental special interest group to cause the lawsuit to be filed against the federal government.
The idea that the Bush Administration may have invited a lawsuit from a special interest group in order to undermine the federal government's own work under an international treaty is very troubling.
We believe an investigation is necessary to determine whether the idea of this lawsuit came from the White House itself, and if so, whether it represents improper conduct by public officials.[14]
Other writings
Myron Ebell wrote articles for Human Events on issues of oil drilling and of the fight for the re-election of the Republican Representative Richard Pombo.[15]
Ebell has been a critic of the Endangered Species Act, saying that it unfairly infringes on land owner's property rights, as well as going against the protection of rare species by encouraging land-owners to make their property uninhabitable for such species to escape regulation.[16]
Personal life
Ebell resides in a suburb of Washington, D.C. with his wife and four children.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e Shnayerson, Michael (May 2007). "A Convenient Untruth". Vanity Fair. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
- ^ a b What a Donald Trump EPA Will Look Like With Climate Change Skeptic Myron Ebell at the Helm. NewsWeek, 9 November 2016|quote=Ebell is sometimes described as climate denier-in-chief, and he revels in it.
- ^ Greshko, Michael (9 November 2016). "The Global Dangers of Trump's Climate Denial". National Geographic. Retrieved 2016-11-10.
- ^ Mufson, Steven; Brady, Dennis (9 November 2016). "Trump victory reverses U.S. energy and environmental priorities". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2016-11-10.
- ^ Bravender, Robin. "Trump Picks Top Climate Skeptic to Lead EPA Transition". Retrieved 2016-09-27.
- ^ a b "Myron Ebell: Director, Center for Energy and Environment". Competitive Enterprise Institute. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
- ^ "Scoop issue 139". The National Center for Public Policy Research. 10 August 1996. Retrieved 2007-01-11.
- ^ "Scientists' Report Documents ExxonMobil's Tobacco-like Disinformation Campaign on Global Warming Science". Union of Concerned Scientists. 3 January 2007. Retrieved 2007-01-11.
- ^ Stephen Castle (19 March 2001). "EU sends strong warning to Bushover greenhouse gas emisssions". The Independent. Retrieved 2006-11-20.
- ^ "With the Queen in Germany worrying about climate change...? (includes listener feedback)" (RealAudio). BBC. 4 November 2004. Retrieved 2006-11-20.
- ^ "1881 US Government and climate change". Hansard. 17 November 2004.
- ^ "Greenpeace obtains smoking-gun memo: White House/Exxon link". Greenpeace. 9 September 2003. Retrieved 2006-11-20.
- ^ "Climate Action Report 2002". May 2002. Retrieved 2006-11-20.
- ^ "Maine, Connecticut AGs call on Ashcroft to investigate White House role in lawsuit" (Press release). Maine.gov. 11 August 2003. Retrieved 2007-01-11.
- ^ Myron Ebell (2 November 2006). "Environmentalists Attack Richard Pombo". Human Events. Retrieved 2006-11-20.
- ^ Myron Ebell (April 2005). "An Update on Endangered Species Act Reform" (PDF). American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)l. Retrieved July 28, 2016.