Pat Michaels (1950-2022) discussed his book, “Climate Coup,” during a 2011 interview with Carolina Journal Radio. Michaels served as a Competitive Enterprise Institute senior fellow, director of the Center for the Study of Science at the Cato Institute, research professor of environmental sciences at the University of Virginia for 30 years, Virginia state climatologist for 27 years, and president of the American Association of State Climatologists.
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