NCPA Economic Policy Forum & Author Series with Dr. Patrick J. Michaels Contributing Editor of Climate Coup: Global Warming’s Invasion of Our Government and Our Lives WHEN:             Monday, June 20, 2011                           12:00PM – 1:15PM WHERE:           The Pavilion at Belo Mansion                            2101 Ross Avenue                           Dallas, Texas 75201  Click here to register. A buffet-style lunch is included. Self-parking is available at the Olive Street entrance for a discounted rate of $6 – $10. Copies of Dr. Michaels’ book Climate Coup: Global Warming’s Invasion of our Government and Our Lives will be available for purchase. He will sign copies of the book after the event.

On June 20, the NCPA welcomes Dr. Patrick J. Michaels, editor of the new book Climate Coup: Global Warming’s Invasion of our Government and Our Lives.

Despite convincing evidence that observed climate changes do not portend a calamitous future, global warming alarmism is invading nearly every aspect of our society. Children are flooded with apocalyptic visions and ideas in our schools. Poor countries shake down rich ones in the name of climate justice. Lawmakers try to impose tariffs and sanctions on nations that don’t agree with their environmental preconceptions. Even the military uses climate change as an excuse to enlarge its budget. Climate Coup is edited by leading climatologist Dr. Patrick J. Michaels, widely acknowledged by climate alarmists as today’s most effective advocate of the non-apocalyptic view of climate change. Michaels has gathered a team of first-rate experts on health, education, religion, defense, development, law, trade, and academic publication to produce this comprehensive documentation of the pervasive influence of global warming alarmism on almost every aspect of society.

Patrick J. Michaels is a Distinguished Senior Fellow in the School of Public Policy 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.