{"id":281211,"date":"2023-09-30T13:25:31","date_gmt":"2023-09-30T11:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=281211"},"modified":"2023-09-30T13:25:35","modified_gmt":"2023-09-30T11:25:35","slug":"professor-william-happer-ipa-lecture-the-crusade-against-carbon-dioxide-september-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=281211","title":{"rendered":"Professor William Happer IPA lecture \u2013 The Crusade Against Carbon Dioxide \u2013 September 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"422\" data-attachment-id=\"281216\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=281216\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/00Screenshot-2023-09-30-132233.png?fit=967%2C564&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"967,564\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"00Screenshot-2023-09-30-132233\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/00Screenshot-2023-09-30-132233.png?fit=723%2C422&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/00Screenshot-2023-09-30-132233.png?resize=723%2C422&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-281216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/00Screenshot-2023-09-30-132233.png?w=967&amp;ssl=1 967w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/00Screenshot-2023-09-30-132233.png?resize=300%2C175&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/00Screenshot-2023-09-30-132233.png?resize=768%2C448&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@IPAaustralia\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/yt3.ggpht.com\/ytc\/APkrFKZevmtxe7R3qXSVKqvid4LJJCTdcJrySYHgLKV3=s48-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj\" alt=\"\">Institute of Public Affairs<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In September 2023, Princeton University\u2019s Emeritus Cyrus Fogg Brackett Professor of Physics, William Happer, spoke to an audience in Brisbane, Australia about the crusade against carbon dioxide and integrity in climate science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Professor Happer is one of the world\u2019s leading scientists and climate realists, having made extensive contributions to the debate about climate science. He has played a vital role in ensuring there is integrity in climate science and the community is exposed to information and arguments that many major institutions in our society seek to silence or censor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Institute of Public Affairs was proud to host Professor Happer on a tour around Australian where he spoke to audiences in Perth, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. To learn more about the IPA\u2019s research visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipa.org.au\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.ipa.org.au<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"723\" height=\"407\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v2nhssPW77I?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Institute of Public Affairs In September 2023, Princeton University\u2019s Emeritus Cyrus Fogg Brackett Professor of Physics, William Happer, spoke to an audience in Brisbane, Australia about the crusade against carbon dioxide and integrity in climate science. Professor Happer is one of the world\u2019s leading scientists and climate realists, having made extensive contributions to the debate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":281216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691823133,691823132,691819222,691818728],"class_list":{"0":"post-281211","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-madness-of-crowds","9":"tag-real-air-pollution","10":"tag-temperature","11":"tag-wind-and-solar","13":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/00Screenshot-2023-09-30-132233.png?fit=967%2C564&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1b9F","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":281531,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=281531","url_meta":{"origin":281211,"position":0},"title":"Professor William Happer on integrity in climate science on Sky News Australia &#8211; 17 September 2023","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"02\/10\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Institute of Public Affairs Professor Emeritus of Physics at Princeton University, William Happer discussed common misconceptions in climate science, especially the negative reputation given to CO2, on Sky News Australia. 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