1. Marc Morano was born on 1968 and is a former Republican political aide who founded and runs the website ClimateDepot.
16 Facts About Marc Morano
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Marc Morano has a bachelor's degree from George Mason University in political science.
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Marc Morano began his career working for Rush Limbaugh from 1992 to 1996.
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Marc Morano was communications director for the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee under the George W Bush administration.
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In 2007, Marc Morano produced a report listing hundreds of scientists whose work, according to Marc Morano, questions whether global warming is caused by human activity.
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In November 2009, Marc Morano was one of the first to break the Climatic Research Unit email controversy story after being contacted by Anthony Watts.
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In 2016 Marc Morano co-wrote and presented the CFACT-funded documentary Climate Hustle.
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In December 2012, Marc Morano debated Bill Nye on global warming on CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight.
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In January 2013, Marc Morano debated Michael Brune, executive director of the Sierra Club, again on Piers Morgan Tonight.
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Marc Morano was interviewed in the 2015 documentary Merchants of Doubt.
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In 2019, Marc Morano's blog described 16-year old climate change activist Greta Thunberg as an "autistic prophet", and he retweeted criticisms of her that center on her autism.
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Marc Morano says this is refreshing, healthy, and "good for the public debate".
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Marc Morano has been criticized for publishing the email addresses of climate scientists on ClimateDepot.
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In March 2012, Morano posted an article and the email address of sociology professor Kari Norgaard, who had presented a paper on why it is difficult for societies to take action to respond to climate change.
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Marc Morano says that emails targeting climate scientists can be nasty in tone, but he defends the practice of posting their addresses by noting that he, too, has received hate mail.
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Marc Morano says that his goal is to "let the professors hear from the public" and that receiving nasty emails is "part of the process".