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He testified before the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee in February 2009<ref>"[http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/reprint/happer_senate_testimony.html]"</ref>
 
He testified before the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee in February 2009<ref>"[http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/reprint/happer_senate_testimony.html]"</ref>
  
He is the author of a 'briefing paper' by the [[Global Warming Policy Foundation]] entitled 'The Truth About Greenhouse Gases'. Happer writes 'We conclude that atmospheric CO2 levels should be above about 150 ppm to avoid harming green plants and below about 5000 ppm to avoid harming people. That is a big range, and our atmosphere is much closer to the lower end than the upper end.'<ref>"[http://www.thegwpf.org/images/stories/gwpf-reports/happer-the_truth_about_greenhouse_gases.pdf]"</ref> Happer's 'briefing paper' is propaganda masquerading as science, as evidenced by his use of the first person plural.
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He is the author of a 'briefing paper' by the [[Global Warming Policy Foundation]] entitled 'The Truth About Greenhouse Gases'. Happer writes 'We conclude that atmospheric CO2 levels should be above about 150 ppm to avoid harming green plants and below about 5000 ppm to avoid harming people. That is a big range, and our atmosphere is much closer to the lower end than the upper end.'<ref>"[http://www.thegwpf.org/images/stories/gwpf-reports/happer-the_truth_about_greenhouse_gases.pdf "The Truth About Greenhouse Gases,]" Global Warming Policy Foundation, undated</ref>
  
  

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William Happer is Eugene Higgens Professor of Physics and Cyrus Fogg Brackett Professor of Physics , Princeton University and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the George C. Marshall Institute and is on the Academic Advisory Council of the Global Warming Policy Foundation[1]

From 1987 to 1990 he served as Chairman of the Steering Committee of the JASON Committee

He testified before the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee in February 2009[2]

He is the author of a 'briefing paper' by the Global Warming Policy Foundation entitled 'The Truth About Greenhouse Gases'. Happer writes 'We conclude that atmospheric CO2 levels should be above about 150 ppm to avoid harming green plants and below about 5000 ppm to avoid harming people. That is a big range, and our atmosphere is much closer to the lower end than the upper end.'[3]


Quotations

  • “We evolved as a species when CO2 concentrations were three or four times what they are now”.
  • "I believe that the increase of CO2 is not a cause for alarm and will be good for mankind." [4]



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External articles

  • William Happer wants to party like it’s 79,999,999 (BC)

http://thingsbreak.wordpress.com/2009/03/04/william-happer-wants-to-party-like-its-79999999-bc/



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