Editing Science & Environmental Policy Project (section)

==NIPCC==
In 2008, The Science and Environmental Policy Project completed the organization<ref>{{cite web | first=S. Fred | last=Singer | title=The Week that Was | date=2007-09-01 | access-date=2008-05-09 | publisher=SEPP | url=http://www.sepp.org/Archive/weekwas/2007/September%201.htm | quote=Because of these omissions, which became evident from the initial drafts of AR4, the SEPP decided to set up a ‘Team B’ to produce an independent evaluation of the available scientific evidence. While the initial organization took place in 2004, Team B only became activated after the SPM appeared in February 2007; it changed its name to NIPCC and organized an international climate workshop in Vienna in April 2007. | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080429225341/https://www.sepp.org/Archive/weekwas/2007/September%201.htm | archive-date=2008-04-29 }}</ref> of the [[Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change|Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC)]] as the culmination of a process that began in 2003.  The NIPCC calls itself "an international coalition of scientists convened to provide an independent examination of the evidence available on the causes and [[effects of climate change|consequences of climate change]] in the published, peer-reviewed literature – examined without bias and selectivity."<ref>{{cite web |title=Climate Change Conference Invigorates Global Warming Debate |url=http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=23062 |author=Harriette Johnson and Joseph L. Bast |work=Environment News |date=2008-05-05 |access-date=2008-05-07 |publisher=[[The Heartland Institute]] |archive-date=2012-08-02 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120802185051/http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=23062 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The 2008 NIPCC document titled ''Nature, Not Human Activity Rules the Climate: Summary for Policymakers of the Report of the Nongovernmental International Panel of Climate Change'',<ref name=nature1>{{cite web |title=Nature, Not Human Activity, Rules the Climate |url=http://www.heartland.org/article.cfm?artId=22835 |editor-first=S. Fred |editor-last=Singer |work=Summary for Policymakers of the Report of the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change |date=2008-03-02 |access-date=2008-05-08 |publisher=[[Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change]] / [[The Heartland Institute]] |archive-date=2008-03-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080314104504/http://www.heartland.org/article.cfm?artId=22835 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[publisher|published]] by [[The Heartland Institute]],<ref>Report notice: Opinions expressed are solely those of the authors. Nothing in this report should be construed as reflecting the views of the Science and Environmental Policy Project or The Heartland Institute, or as an attempt to influence pending legislation.</ref> was released in February–March 2008. Singer served as General Editor and also holds the copyright.

Unnamed climate scientists from [[NASA]], [[Stanford University]] and [[Princeton University|Princeton]] who were contacted by ABC News dismissed the same report as "fabricated nonsense.".<ref name="DanHarrisNQ">{{cite news |first=Dan |last=Harris |author2=Felicia Biberica |author3=Elizabeth Stuart |author4=Nils Kongshaug |title=Global Warming Denier: Fraud or 'Realist'? |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/GlobalWarming/story?id=4506059&page=1 |work=ABC News |publisher=ABCnews.com |date=2008-03-23 |access-date=2008-03-24}}</ref>  In response, Singer objected to the ABC News piece, calling it "an appalling display of bias, unfairness, journalistic misbehavior, and a breakdown of ethical standards" which used "prejudicial language, distorted facts, libelous insinuations, and anonymous smears."<ref name="LetterToABC">{{cite web|last=Singer|first=S. Fred|date=2008-03-28|title=Letter to ABC News from Dr. S. Fred Singer|url=http://www.heartland.org/policybot/results/23002/Letter_to_ABC_News_from_Dr_S_Fred_Singer.html|url-status=dead|access-date=2009-07-08|work=Science & Environmental Policy Project|publisher=|archive-date=2009-08-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090827030100/http://www.heartland.org/policybot/results/23002/Letter_to_ABC_News_from_Dr_S_Fred_Singer.html}}</ref>