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President Obama says that "few challenges facing America and the world are more urgent than fighting climate change. The science is beyond dispute and the facts are clear." In fact, many scientists disagree with the "facts," their certainty, and their interpretation. Over 100 of them have signed the statement that appears in the Cato Institute's newspaper ad.

Must Read from Cato Scholars

Global Warming and Climate Change"Global Warming and Climate Change," Chapter 45, Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th Edition .

What to Do about Climate Change"What to Do about Climate Change," by Indur Goklany, Policy Analysis no. 609.

What Will Climate Change Cost Us?"What Will Climate Change Cost Us?," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Cato.org.

Global-Warming Myth"Global-Warming Myth," by Patrick J. Michaels, Washington Times.



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Key Resources from National and International Scholars

Environment and Climate News, the Heartland Institute's national monthly outreach publication for common-sense environmentalism.

Nordhaus, William D., An Analysis of the Dismal Theorem (January 20, 2009). Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 1686. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1330454

Weisbach, David A. and Sunstein, Cass R.,Climate Change and Discounting the Future: A Guide for the Perplexed (August 12, 2008). Reg-Markets Center Working Paper No. 08-19; Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 08-20; Harvard Law School Program on Risk Regulation Research Paper No. 08-12. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1223448

Sunstein, Cass R.,Two Conceptions of Irreversible Environmental Harm(May 2008). U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 407; U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 218; Reg-Markets Center Working Paper No. 08-16. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1133164

Holland, Stephen P., Knittel, Christopher R. and Hughes, Jonathan E.,Greenhouse Gas Reductions Under Low Carbon Fuel Standards? (May 18, 2007). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=987759

Stavins, Robert N., Jaffe, Judson L. and Schatzki, Todd,Too Good to Be True? An Examination of Three Economic Assessments of California Climate Change Policy (January 2007). AEI-Brookings Joint Center Working Paper No. 07-01; KSG Working Paper No. RWP07-16. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=973836

Deschenes, Olivier and Greenstone, Michael,The Economic Impacts of Climate Change: Evidence from Agricultural Profits and Random Fluctuations in Weather (July 1, 2004). MIT Department of Economics Research Paper No. 04-26. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=564722

"Your Money or Your Life," by Cass R. Sunstein, The New Republic, March 15, 2004

Multimedia

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Books

Climate of Extremes The Improving State of the World Meltdown
Climate of Extremes: Global Warming Science They Don't Want You to Know
by Patrick J. Michaels and Robert C. Balling, Jr. (January 2009) 		The Improving State of the World: Why We're Living Longer, Healthier, More Comfortable Lives on a Cleaner Planet
by Indur M. Goklany (February 2007) 		Climate of Fear: Why We Shouldn't Worry About Global Warming by Thomas Gale Moore (January 1998)

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