Charles Battig, Author at CFACT

About Charles Battig

Dr. Charles Battig is a retired physician and electrical engineer. In the 1960s he served as “principal scientist in bio-medical monitoring systems” at North American Aviation Los Angeles in support of the Apollo Moon Mission. Later he served in the U.S. Public Health Service at NIH, Bethesda MD, in the biomedical engineering branch. Following teaching appointments in anesthesiology at UCLA and Mt. Sinai, NYC, he entered the private practice of anesthesiology until retirement. Dr. Battig has long been a friend of CFACT.

Suing into submission

According to Mark Twain, “Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.” Now six state attorney generals (AG) have banded together to do something about it by initiating governmental legal prosecution. Can a modern “Reign of Terror” be far behind? These AGs claim a climate conspiracy implying that investors are unaware that climate changes may impact corporate investments, and have committed to using the power of the state to solve it. In early November 2015, Exxon Mobil was targeted by New York State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman pursuing a legal case based on claimed similarities to the [...]

By Charles Battig|2016-04-06T15:37:48+00:00April 5th, 2016|Guest Insights|8 Comments

New climate regulations will save lots of imaginary people

Once again the nanny state Environmental Protection Agency is out to protect -- its own jobs. The agency's new ozone regulatiosn are unneeded overkill that will do little if anything to help the environment but much to destroy jobs, businesses, and well-being of citizens. Dr. Charles Battig explains why.

By Charles Battig|2015-10-06T16:02:12+00:00October 6th, 2015|CFACT Insights, Guest Insights|13 Comments

Questionable data, secret science

CFACT contributor Charles G. Battig, in a letter published in the Wall Street Journal, lashes out at the EPA for its apparent collusion with radical environmental activists in the orchestrated “sue and settle” consent decrees and asserts that the agency's Clean Air Act policy continues in a self-perpetuating bureaucratic endeavor far removed from its original congressional mission.

By Charles Battig|2015-07-22T18:16:57+00:00July 22nd, 2015|Guest Insights|3 Comments

Driving policies through fraud and fear-mongering

The EPA's justification for PM2.5 regulation is sketchy at best, given that the secret Harvard study upon which the rules are based found a statistical relative risk that is well below the legal threshold for identifying a significant potential risk. Moreover, notes CFACT contributor Dr. Charles Battig, while the EPA claims instant PM2.5 mortality begins at just 35 microns per cubic meter, a single draw on a cigarette releases up to 40,000 microns per cubic meter into a smoker's lungs, and airport smoker lounges have ambient levels up to 10,000 microns per cubic meter. Dr. Battig concludese that the EPA has fabricated a PM2.5 disease entity, endowed it with a unique pathological profile, funded friendly "studies" that support its claims and ignored all contrary findings, and published regulations that will enhance its power and authority over the regulated community while greatly increasing the costs of doing business.

By Charles Battig|2015-07-10T13:38:33+00:00July 10th, 2015|CFACT Insights, Guest Insights|2 Comments

Hunger games and climate games

Virginia schools are now giving out awards for composting the very food that Michelle Obama has mandated be served at school to children who prefer just about anything else to eat. The cost of operating this awards program likely far exceeds any social or environmental benefits, but that is likely of little concern to educrats whose real mission is to turn children into subservient followers. One would hope these children would look to the heroes of "The Hunger Games" movies as role models -- young people who challenge a corrupt, oppressive state despite very long odds.

By Charles Battig|2013-12-16T17:52:31+00:00December 16th, 2013|CFACT Insights, Uncategorized|Comments Off