David Battisti, William E. Easterling, Christopher Field, et al.
Amici Curiae
Robert B. McKinstry, Jr., Counsel of Record David Battisti, William E. Easterling, andChristopher Field are joined inthis brief by 15 other climate scientists who study global warming. Robert B.McKinstry, Jr., is a counselor with the law firm Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll, where hespecializes in environmental law. He is also a professor of forestry andenvironmental conservation at Penn State University. He received his law degreefrom Yale University in 1979. The followingis excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Petitioners as submitted tothe U.S. Supreme Court on August 31, 2006. The science ofclimate change indicates that increases in greenhouse…
