Watts is a signatory to the Leipzig Declaration as well as the Manhattan Declaration , which calls for the immediate halt to any tax funded attempts to counteract climate change or reduce CO2 emissions , and suggests the consensus among climate scientists is " false " . Watts says he advocates for alternative energy sources and for the United States to " disengage from Middle East Oil . " In 2010 , Watts went on a speaking tour to 18 locations around Australia . In 2014 , Watts began the Open Atmospheric Society , which he announced would operate a peer reviewed journal representing " individuals who have been unrepresented by existing professional organizations that have become more activist than science based in their outlook . " Watts established '' Watts Up With That ? '' ( WUWT ) in 2006 . The blog features material disputing the scientific consensus on climate change , including assertions that the human role in global warming is insignificant and carbon dioxide is not a driving force of warming . It hosts several guest bloggers , such as Christopher Monckton and Fred Singer , in addition to Watts . It is among the most prominent climate change denial blogs , and is described by climatologist Michael E. Mann as the most popular , having surpassed Climate Audit . In 2010 , it received more than half a million views per month . Columbia Journalism School writer Curtis Brainard has written that " scientists have repeatedly criticized Watts for misleading readers on subjects such as the reliability of the U.S. surface temperature record . " In 2009 , Watts was involved in popularizing the Climatic Research Unit email controversy , wherein emails of several climatologists were published by a hacker . Watts argued that the emails showed the scientists were manipulating data , and while a series of independent investigations cleared the scientists of any wrongdoing , public accusations resulting from the event continued for years . The scientific consensus that global warming is occurring as a result of human activity remained unchanged throughout the investigations , however , the reports may have decreased public confidence in climate scientists and the IPCC , and conclusively altered the Copenhagen negotiations that year
Climatic Research Unit email controversy
Climatic Research Unit email controversy
Anthony Watts (blogger)