Dennis Jensen
Dr Dennis Jensen (born 28 February 1962 in South Africa), Australian politician, was elected to the Australian House of Representatives at the 9 October 2004 federal election for the Division of Tangney, Western Australia, for the Liberal Party. He was educated at RMIT University, Melbourne University and Monash University, from where he has a PhD in materials engineering on ceramics. He was a research scientist with the CSIRO and a defence analyst before entering politics. He was the Liberal candidate for the Division of Corio, Victoria at the 1998 election.
In 2006, Dr Jensen lost his pre-selection for the division of Tangney for the 2007 federal election. Dr Jensen later won back his preselection with the support of prime minister John Howard.
Dr Jensen is a denier of human induced global warming and, on behalf of the Lavoisier Group, organised the release of a book[1] entitled Nine Facts About Climate Change by former mining CEO Ray Evans.[2] In February 2007 during a Parliamentary sitting, Jensen quoted the IPCC Vice Chairman Yuri Izrael who stated that "there is no proven link between human activity and global warming".[3] His reputation as a climate change skeptic became national when he and four government colleagues disagreed with others of their party in a dissenting committee report regarding climate change.[4][5]
Dr Jensen boycotted Parliament on the day that the formal apology to the Stolen Generations was made by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.[6]
References
- ^ Denis Peters, 'Climate change "a campaign of alarmism"', news.com.au, 28 February 2007, retrieved September 2007
- ^ Sourcewatch, Ray Evans, retrieved September 2007
- ^ Dr Dennis Jensen, The mysterious disappearing hockey stick, retrieved September 2007
- ^ House Standing Committee on Science and Innovation, Between a Rock and a Hard Place the science of geosequestration, August 2007, retrieved September 2007
- ^ ABC News, Report shows Coalition divided over climate change, 13 August 2007, retrieved September 2007
- ^ The Australian, [1], retrieved February 2008
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