Dr. Caleb Rossiter was "terminated" via email as an "Associate Fellow" from the progressive group Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), following his May 4th, 2014 Wall Street Journal OpEd titled "Sacrificing Africa for Climate Change," in which he called man-made global warming an "unproved science." Rossiter also championed the expansion of carbon based energy in Africa. Dr. Rossiter is an adjunct professor at American University. Rossiter, who has taught courses in climate statistics, holds a PhD in policy analysis and a masters degree in mathematics.
In an exclusive interview with Climate Depot, Dr. Rossiter explained: "If people ever say that fears of censorship for 'climate change' views are overblown, have them take a look at this: Just two days after I published a piece in the Wall Street Journal calling for Africa to be allowed the 'all of the above' energy strategy we have in the U.S., the Institute for Policy Studies terminated my 23-year relationship with them...because my analysis and theirs 'diverge.'"
"I have tried to get [IPS] to discuss and explain their rejection of my analysis,' Rossiter told Climate Depot. "When I countered a claim of 'rapidly accelerating' temperature change with the [UN] IPCC's own data', showing the nearly 20-year temperature pause - the best response I ever got was 'Caleb, I don't have time for this.'"
[Climate Depot Note: Intimidation of skeptical scientists has been well documented.Climate scientist Dr. Lennart Bengtsson - who converted from warmist to skeptic - resigns from skeptical group after 'enormous group pressure' from warmists - Now 'worried about my health and safety' - 'Colleagues are withdrawing from joint authorship'Climate Depot has obtained a copy of a May 7, 2014 email that John Cavanagh, the director of IPS since 1998, sent to Rossiter with the subject "Ending IPS Associate Fellowship."
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"Dear Caleb, We would like to inform you that we are terminating your position as an Associate Fellow of the Institute for Policy Studies," Cavanagh wrote in the opening sentence of the email.
"Unfortunately, we now feel that your views on key issues, including climate science, climate justice, and many aspects of U.S. policy to Africa, diverge so significantly from ours that a productive working relationship is untenable. The other project directors of IPS feel the same," Cavanagh explained.
"We thank you for that work and wish you the best in your future endeavors," Cavanagh and his IPS associate Emira Woods added. [Full text of IPS email is reproduced further below.]
Comment: Unfortunately it seems this will become a reality for more and more people as they are forced to realize that the American Dream was just that - a dream. A couple of people in the article seem to think that being Republican can somehow save them from poverty. What will it take for people to let go of their various ideologies that keep us fighting each other and see that the issue isn't Republican vs Democrat, white vs black, gay vs straight, women vs men, middle class vs the poor, America vs the rest of the world, but rather psychopaths (especially those in power) vs human beings?
Poverty has always been a reality for some people and, too often, those people have found themselves demonized by the more fortunate who have managed to avoid it, but now, as things get progressively worse and pathologicals tighten their grip, many in the upper and middle classes are being schooled in the uncomfortable and inconvenient truth that many in the US and around the world have known for centuries: that most governments are corrupt and anyone can suddenly find themselves on the bottom rung at any time.
For more insight on how the American Dream has been a nightmare for many, see these Sott links:
The facade of the American dream
The American Dream: How the Banksters captured and subverted the United States
American Eulogy