​Paul Driessen

 Credentials 

• BA in geology and field ecology from Lawrence University.
• JD from the University of Denver College of Law.
• Accreditation in Public Relations from the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA).

 Source: [1]

 Background

Paul Driessen is associated with numerous right-wing think tanks and organizations skeptical of man-made climate change. He is best known for his first book, Eco-Imperialism: Green Power Black Death where he discusses what he considers negative aspects of the environmental movement.

According to his biographical note, "he abandoned their cause when he recognized that the environmental movement had become intolerant in its views, inflexible in its demands, unwilling to recognize our tremendous strides in protecting the environment, and insensitive to the needs of billions of people who lack the food, electricity, safe water, healthcare and other basic necessities that we take for granted." [2]

Stance on Climate Change

"[Christopher] Monckton would have focused on the science. But it is morality that truly requires serious debate. Climate Armageddon claims are being used to justify malignant policies that have no rational basis.

"Global average temperatures peaked in 1998 and since have cooled slightly, despite steadily rising CO2 levels. Except in its Western Peninsula, Antarctica is gaining ice, and Antarctic sea ice reached an all-time high in 2007. Arctic ice is seasonably normal, and in 2008 the Northern Hemisphere was covered by more snow than ever before recorded." [3]

Key Quotes

"Imposing excessive new regulations, or closing coal-fired power plants, would produce few health or environmental benefits. But it would exact huge costs on society – and bring factories, offices and economies to a screeching halt in states that are 80-98% dependent on coal: Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, North Dakota, Ohio, Utah, West Virginia and Wyoming." [4]

"The day the world runs out of oil is much farther in the future than green activists care to admit. That is clear from data compiled by Dr. Robert Bradley, Jr. at the Institute for Energy Research…" [5]

"Had today’s technophobic zealots [environmental activists] been in charge in previous centuries, we would have to roll human progress back to the Middle Ages – and beyond, since even fire, the wheel and organic farming pose
risks, and none would have passed the “absolute safety” test the zealots demand. Putting them in charge now would mean an end to progress, and perpetual deprivation for inhabitants of developing nations." [5]

Key Deeds

March, 2008

Spoke at the Heartland Institute's first International Conference on Climate Change. [6]

March 8, 2007

Appeared in documentary "The Great Global Warming Swindle" documentary film.

Feb 4, 2004

Testified before the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, “on the subject of science, Eco-Imperialism and public policy.” [7]

Others testifying included Niger Innis and Cyril Boynes of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE).

Nov, 2003

Published the book Eco-Imperialism: Green Power Black Death and speaks regularly on the subject of "Eco-Imperialism" in the media.

 Affiliations 

• Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT) — Senior Policy Advisor and Senior Fellow.

• Center for the Defence of Free Enterprise (CDFE) — Senior Policy Advisor.

• Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) — Senior Policy Advisor

• Frontiers of Freedom (FoF) — Senior Fellow.

• Atlas Economic Research Foundation — Senior Fellow.

• Economic Human Rights Project — Director.

• Tech Central Station (TCS) — Contributor. 

• The American Conservative Union Foundation — Contributor.

• The Heartland Institute — "Expert." [9]

Source: [8]

 Publications

Driessen has written the book Eco-Imperialism: Green Power Black Death published by Merril Press in November, 2003. He was also the editor of Energy Keepers Energy Killers: The New Civil Rights Battle, written by Roy Innis and published in February, 2008 by Merril Press

Sample Publications

• Paul Driessen, "Prophets, False Prophets and Profiteers," CNSNews.com Commentary, December 15, 2004.

• Paul Driessen, "Skewed ethics on biotechnology: Anti-biotech campaigns perpetuate poverty, malnutrition and premature death," Canada Free Press, January 14, 2005.

• Paul Driessen, "Saving Lives with Coal," Townhall.com, January 3, 2009.

• Paul Driessen, op/ed: "Obama's energy, climate plans would drag U.S. back to 1905 – or 1862," Washington Examiner (Washington, DC), April 30, 2009. (Original article no longer online, republished here).

• Paul Driessen, op/ed: "Climate change ‘morality’," MichNews.com, June 1, 2009.

• Willie Soon and Paul Driessen, "The Myth of Killer Mercury," Wall Street Journal, May 26, 2011.

 Resources

1. "Center Staff and Advisors," Center for the Defence of Free Enterprise.

2. "Author's Biography," Eco-Imperielism.com.

3. "Climate change ‘morality’." MitchNews.com. June 01, 2009.

4. Paul Driessen, "Saving Lives with Coal,"Townhall.com, January 3, 2009.

5. "Eco-Imperialism: When policies kill," Testimony (PDF) of Paul R. Driessen before the House Subcommittee on Energy and Natural Resources, February 4, 2004.

6. "Breaking News" (see entry for 03/26/08), Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise. Accessed December 6, 2011.

7. "Paul Driessen's testimony before the United States Congress SCIENCE AND PUBLIC POLICY: Statement of Paul Driessen, Director, Economic Human Rights Project before the House Subcommittee on Energy and Natural Resources," February 4, 2004. Republished by Eco-Imperialism.com.

8. "Center Staff and Advisors," Center for the Defence of Free Enterprise.

9. "Experts: Paul Driessen," The Heartland Institute. Accessed May, 2012.

10. "Paul Driessen," SourceWatch profile.

11. ExxonSecrets Factsheet: Paul Diressen.

12. "Deniers: Paul Driessen," ExxonSecrets Wiki.