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# 27th TCA Awards

The 27th TCA Awards were presented by the Television Critics Association. Nick Offerman hosted the ceremony on August 6 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

## Winners and nominees

| Category | Winner | Other Nominees |
| Program of the Year | Friday Night Lights (NBC/Audience Network) | Boardwalk Empire (HBO) Game of Thrones (HBO) Justified (FX) Parks and Recreation (NBC) |
| Outstanding Achievement in Comedy | Modern Family (ABC) | Community (NBC) Louie (FX) Parks and Recreation (NBC) Raising Hope (Fox) |
| Outstanding Achievement in Drama | Mad Men (AMC) | Friday Night Lights (NBC/Audience Network) Game of Thrones (HBO) The Good Wife (CBS) Justified (FX) |
| Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries and Specials | Sherlock (PBS) | Cinema Verite (HBO) Downton Abbey (PBS) Mildred Pierce (HBO) Too Big to Fail (HBO) |
| Outstanding New Program | Game of Thrones (HBO) | Boardwalk Empire (HBO) The Killing (AMC) Terriers (FX) The Walking Dead (AMC) |
| Individual Achievement in Comedy | Ty Burrell - Modern Family (ABC) and Nick Offerman - Parks and Recreation (NBC) | Louis C.K. - Louie (FX) Amy Poehler - Parks and Recreation (NBC) Danny Pudi - Community (NBC) Jon Stewart - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) |
| Individual Achievement in Drama | Jon Hamm - Mad Men (AMC) | Steve Buscemi - Boardwalk Empire (HBO) Peter Dinklage - Game of Thrones (HBO) Julianna Margulies - The Good Wife (CBS) Margo Martindale - Justified (FX) Timothy Olyphant - Justified (FX) |
| Outstanding Achievement in Youth Programming | Sesame Street (PBS) | A Child's Garden of Poetry (HBO) iCarly (Nickelodeon) Nick News with Linda Ellerbee (Nickelodeon) R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour (The Hub) Yo Gabba Gabba! (Nick Jr. Channel) |
| Outstanding Achievement in News and Information | Restrepo (National Geographic Channel) | 30 for 30 (ESPN) 60 Minutes (CBS) If God Is Willing and Da Creek Don't Rise (HBO) The Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC) |
| Outstanding Achievement in Reality Programming | The Amazing Race (CBS) | Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (Travel Channel) Survivor (CBS) Top Chef: All Stars (Bravo) The Voice (NBC) |
| Heritage Award | The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS) | All in the Family (CBS) Freaks and Geeks (NBC) Twin Peaks (ABC) |
| Career Achievement Award | Oprah Winfrey | Steven Bochco Dick Ebersol Cloris Leachman David Letterman William Shatner |

### Multiple wins

The following shows received multiple wins:
| Wins | Recipient |
| 2 | Mad Men |
| 2 | Modern Family |

### Multiple nominations

The following shows received multiple nominations:
| Nominations | Recipient |
| 4 | Game of Thrones |
| 4 | Justified |
| 4 | Parks and Recreation |
| 3 | Boardwalk Empire |
| 2 | Community |
| 2 | Friday Night Lights |
| 2 | The Good Wife |
| 2 | Louie |
| 2 | Mad Men |
| 2 | Modern Family |
# Vladimir Gorodetsky

Vladimir Filippovich Gorodetsky (Russian: Влади́мир Фили́ппович Городе́цкий, IPA:; born July 11, 1948) is a Russian politician serving as a Senator from the executive authority of Novosibirsk Oblast since 2018. He had previously served three terms as mayor of Novosibirsk, Russia from 2000 to 2014 and was the governor of Novosibirsk Oblast from 2014 to 2017.

## Biography

Gorodetsky first moved to Novosibirsk in 1972, and spent ten years in the construction industry before being elected to leadership roles in local Communist Party organizations. In the 1990s he spent a few years in business again, but in 1996 he was appointed first deputy mayor under Viktor Tolokonsky, who later became the Governor of Novosibirsk Oblast, and was responsible for economics, investment and industrial policy.
He was elected mayor of Novosibirsk, Russia in 2000, and re-elected on March 28, 2004 with 58% of the vote in a run-off against Yakov London. He was elected to a third term in March 2009.
Gorodetsky was also president of the Association of Siberian and Far-Eastern Cities, a member of the Board of the Congress of Municipalities of the Russian Federation from 2003 to 2014 and work with the Euro-Asia section of the worldwide United Cities and Local Governments organisation.
He was considered for the 2008 World Mayor award.
In March 2014, Gorodetsky was appointed as acting governor of Novosibirsk Oblast to replace Vasily Yurchenko, who resigned. He was confirmed in the post by popular vote in September of that year, taking 65% of the votes. He resigned from the position in October 2017.
He is married, and has a grown-up son, a daughter, and four grandchildren.

### Sanctions

He was sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to the Russo-Ukrainian War.

## Awards

* Order of Alexander Nevsky (August 17, 2023) — for his great contribution to the development of parliamentarism, active legislative activity and many years of conscientious work;
* Order of Honour (April 26, 2007) — for achieved labor achievements and many years of conscientious work;
* Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" II degree (July 28, 1998) — for services to the state, long-term conscientious work and a great contribution to strengthening friendship and cooperation between peoples;
* Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Honour (July 29, 2008) — for his great contribution to the socio-economic development of the city and many years of conscientious work.
# Stian Aasmundsen

Stian Semb Aasmundsen (born 2 November 1989) is a Norwegian football midfielder who currently plays for Eik Tønsberg.

## Career

He joined Mjøndalen from FK Tønsberg ahead of the 2013 season, and featured in their 2015 Tippeligaen campaign. Ahead of the 2016 season he went on to Swedish Allsvenskan club Jönköpings Södra IF. In December 2017 he returned to Norway, signing a two-year contract with Kristiansund. In March 2019, he returned to Mjøndalen. In January 2022, he joined Eik Tønsberg.

## Career statistics

    As of match played 12 December 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Mjøndalen | 2013 | 1. divisjon | 24 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 2 |
| Mjøndalen | 2014 | 1. divisjon | 20 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 3 |
| Mjøndalen | 2015 | Eliteserien | 24 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 26 | 4 |
| Mjøndalen | Total | Total | 68 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 83 | 9 |
| Jönköpings Södra | 2016 | Allsvenskan | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 1 |
| Jönköpings Södra | 2017 | Allsvenskan | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| Jönköpings Södra | Total | Total | 39 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 2 |
| Kristiansund | 2018 | Eliteserien | 27 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 4 |
| Mjøndalen | 2019 | Eliteserien | 29 | 3 | 4 | 2 | — | — | 33 | 5 |
| Mjøndalen | 2020 | Eliteserien | 27 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 28 | 1 |
| Mjøndalen | 2021 | Eliteserien | 23 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 26 | 1 |
| Mjøndalen | Total | Total | 79 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 87 | 7 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 213 | 17 | 22 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 244 | 22 |
* 1 2 Appearances in promotion play-offs
* 1 2 Appearance(s) in relegation play-offs
# Shadrach (Beastie Boys song)

"Shadrach" is a song by American hip hop group Beastie Boys from their second studio album Paul's Boutique (1989). It was released as the album's second single on October 30, 1989, as a 7-inch vinyl backed with the non-album track "And What You Give Is What You Get". Both songs appear on the EP An Exciting Evening at Home with Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego (1989).

## Composition

The song refers to the Biblical story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and the fiery furnace in the Book of Daniel. However, the lyrics "Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego" in the track are used and sampled from Sly and the Family Stone's "Loose Booty", in which they are repeated and spoken rhythmically throughout the track in an almost rap-like form.
The drum beat is a loop from the song "Hot & Nasty" by Black Oak Arkansas and played by drummer Wayne "Squeezebox" Evans. In 2012, The Beastie Boys were sued for copyright infringement for sampling "Say What" in the song "Shadrach".

## Music video

The video released to promote the Beastie Boys' song was directed by Adam Yauch under his pseudonym Nathaniel Hörnblowér. Utilizing an abstract impressionist style, each frame of the video was hand-painted by animators working for Los Angeles–based animation studio Klasky Csupo. It was later included in the 22nd International Tournée of Animation. The video can be seen on the Beastie Boys Video Anthology DVD compilation released by The Criterion Collection.
They performed a live version of the song on Soul Train in 1990.

## Personnel

* Produced & arranged by the Beastie Boys and the Dust Brothers.
* Engineered by Mario Caldato and Allen Abrahamson.
# Murderkill River

The Murderkill River is a river flowing to Delaware Bay in central Delaware in the United States. It is approximately 21.7 miles (34.9 km) long and drains an area of 106 square miles (270 km$^2$) on the Atlantic Coastal Plain.
The Murderkill flows for its entire length in southern Kent County. It rises just west of Felton and flows generally east-northeastwardly, through Killen Pond (site of Killens Pond State Park) and Coursey Pond, under Carpenters Bridge, and past Frederica to Bowers, where it enters Delaware Bay about 0.5 miles (1 km) south of the mouth of the St. Jones River. The Murderkill River is tidally influenced from its mouth upstream to just past Frederica, and is considered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to be navigable for the lower 10 miles (16 km) of its course.
According to 2002 data from the United States Environmental Protection Agency, 55% of the area of the Murderkill River's watershed is occupied by agricultural uses; 17% is forested; 14% is urban; 9% is wetland; and 2% is water.

## Origin of name

One description of the river's naming was recorded in 1945 by George R. Stewart, but is now considered to be a folk tale:
   ...remembering how they had been served at the Whore-Kill, they went some ten or twelve miles higher, where they landed again and traded with the Indians, trusting the Indians to come onto their stores ashore, and likewise aboard their sloop drinking and debauching with the Indians until they were at last barbarously murdered, and so that place was christened with their blood and to this day is called the Murderer-Kill, that is, Murderers Creek.
Dick Carter, Chair of the Delaware Heritage Commission, states that the name of Murderkill River is taken from the original Dutch for Mother River. Mother is moeder in Middle Dutch, and river is Kille. Later, under British rule, the word "River" was added to the waterway's name, effectively making it "mother river river." The term "kill" is used in areas of Dutch influence in the Netherlands' former North American colony of New Netherland, primarily the Hudson and Delaware Valleys to describe a creek, river, tidal inlet, strait, or arm of the, sea such as Bronx Kill in New York and Schuylkill River in Pennsylvania.
Delaware's creeks and rivers are slow-moving and there is deep mud associated with marshy rivers. Dutch "modder" = mud, a false cognate to "mother." Modder Kill = Muddy Creek or Muddy River. The word is still used in Dutch, such as this Dutch video of a tractor stuck in mud ("vast in de modder").
Also, in New York there is Muddy Kill, with a clear connection to the older Dutch name.

## Variant names

According to the Geographic Names Information System, the Murderkill River has also been known historically as:
* Mordare Kijhlen (Swedish)
* Mother Creek
* Mother Kill
* Motherkill
* Motherkiln Creek
* Mothers Creek
* Murder Kill Creek
* Murther Creek
* Murtherkill
# Omar Al Khodaim

Omar Al-Khodaim (Arabic:عمر الخديم) (born 9 December 1992) is an Emirati footballer who plays for Emirates Club as a left back.
# Bayali language

Bayali (also spelt Biyali, Baiali, Byelle, Byellee, and also known as Orambul or Urambal) is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language of Queensland in Australia, spoken in the Rockhampton and Gladstone areas, but a project is under way to revive the language.

## Classification

Bayali belongs to the Pama–Nyungan language family. It has been classified together with Darumbal as a Kingkel language,$^{:xxxiv}$ but the two are not close, and Bowern (2011) reclassified Darumbal as a Maric language.

## Language revival

Since 2017, the Central Queensland Language Centre has been working on helping to restore three languages from the region – Yiiman, Byelle and Taribelang (also known as Gureng Gureng). As of 2020, Bayali (spelt Bayelle) is one of 20 languages prioritised as part of the Priority Languages Support Project, being undertaken by First Languages Australia and funded by the Department of Communications and the Arts. The project aims to "identify and document critically-endangered languages — those languages for which little or no documentation exists, where no recordings have previously been made, but where there are living speakers".
Some words from the Bayali language, as spelt and written by Bayali authors include:
* Girra: fire
* Gula: koala
* Guruman: kangaroo
* Kobbera: head
# Danil Karpov

Danil Aleksandrovich Karpov (Russian: Данил Александрович Карпов; born 28 June 1999) is a Russian football player who plays for Tyumen on loan from Krasnodar.

## Club career

He made his debut in the Russian Football National League for Tyumen on 6 May 2017 in a game against Shinnik Yaroslavl.
On 16 June 2022, Karpov signed a three-year contract with Russian Premier League club Krasnodar. Karpov made his debut for Krasnodar's main squad on 31 August 2022 in a Russian Cup game against Khimki.
On 30 July 2024, Karpov returned to Tyumen on loan.

## Career statistics

    As of 27 November 2022
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Tyumen | 2016–17 | First League | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 |
| Tyumen | 2017–18 | First League | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 4 | 0 | 21 | 3 |
| Tyumen | 2018–19 | First League | 23 | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 3 | 1 | 28 | 5 |
| Tyumen | 2019–20 | Second League | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 13 | 2 |
| Tyumen | 2020–21 | Second League | 25 | 15 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 27 | 15 |
| Tyumen | 2021–22 | Second League | 27 | 21 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 30 | 23 |
| Tyumen | Total | Total | 104 | 43 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 120 | 48 |
| Krasnodar-2 | 2022–23 | First League | 15 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | 4 |
| Krasnodar | 2022–23 | RPL | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 0 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 119 | 47 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 137 | 52 |
* 1 2 Appearances in the FNL Cup
# Pavel Maslov

Pavel Yevgenyevich Maslov (Russian: Павел Евгеньевич Маслов; born 14 April 2000) is a Russian football player who plays for PFC Sochi on loan from FC Spartak Moscow as a defender.

## Club career

He made his debut in the Russian Football National League for FC Tyumen on 16 March 2016 in a game against FC Baikal Irkutsk.
On 13 June 2018, he signed with FC Spartak Moscow. He made his debut for the main squad of FC Spartak Moscow on 26 September 2018 in a Russian Cup game against FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk. He made his Russian Premier League debut on 14 March 2020 when he started the game against FC Orenburg.
On 12 September 2024, Maslov was loaned by PFC Sochi.

## Personal life

He is a son of Yevgeni Maslov.

## Career statistics

    As of match played 14 August 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | Europe | Europe | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Tyumen | 2015–16 | Russian Football National League | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Tyumen | 2016–17 | Russian Football National League | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Tyumen | 2017–18 | Russian Football National League | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| Tyumen | Total | Total | 52 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | 62 | 0 |
| Spartak-2 Moscow | 2018–19 | Russian Football National League | 28 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | 32 | 2 |
| Spartak-2 Moscow | 2019–20 | Russian Football National League | 21 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | 1 |
| Spartak-2 Moscow | Total | Total | 49 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | 53 | 3 |
| Spartak Moscow | 2018–19 | Russian Premier League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 |
| Spartak Moscow | 2019–20 | Russian Premier League | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 |
| Spartak Moscow | 2020–21 | Russian Premier League | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 28 | 0 |
| Spartak Moscow | 2021–22 | Russian Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Spartak Moscow | 2022–23 | Russian Premier League | 19 | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 27 | 1 |
| Spartak Moscow | 2023–24 | Russian Premier League | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 9 | 0 |
| Spartak Moscow | 2024–25 | Russian Premier League | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 |
| Spartak Moscow | Total | Total | 58 | 1 | 20 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 78 | 2 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 159 | 3 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 193 | 5 |
* 1 2 3 4 Appearances in the FNL Cup
# Artyom Minulin

Artyom Minulin (Russian: Артём Рафикович Минулин, born 1 October 1998) is a Russian professional ice hockey defenseman for Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

## Playing career

Minulin was drafted in the first round, 29th overall, by the Swift Current Broncos in the 2015 CHL Import Draft. On 31 October 2018, he was traded from the Broncos to the Everett Silvertips. In three seasons with the Broncos, he recorded 26 goals and 100 assists in 206 games. During the 2017–18 season, he won the WHL Championship with the Silvertips.
On 14 July 2019, Minulin signed a one-year contract with Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the KHL. He made his professional debut for Magnitogorsk during the 2019–20 season, where he appeared in 21 regular season games, and recorded one goal and two assists in five playoff games. On 1 May 2020, he signed a two-year contract extension with Magnitogorsk through the 2021–22 season.

## International play

Minulin represented Russia at the 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
On 23 January 2022, Minulin was named to the roster to represent Russian Olympic Committee athletes at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

## Career statistics
### Regular season and playoffs

| | | | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 2014–15 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | RUS U17 | 25 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014–15 | Stalnye Lisy | MHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015–16 | Swift Current Broncos | WHL | 72 | 5 | 28 | 33 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016–17 | Swift Current Broncos | WHL | 70 | 8 | 42 | 50 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 |
| 2017–18 | Swift Current Broncos | WHL | 64 | 13 | 30 | 43 | 26 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 |
| 2018–19 | Everett Silvertips | WHL | 51 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2019–20 | Zauralie Kurgan | VHL | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2019–20 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | KHL | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 2020–21 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | KHL | 53 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 41 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 2021–22 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | KHL | 46 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 34 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 2022–23 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | KHL | 45 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2023–24 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | KHL | 51 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| KHL totals | KHL totals | KHL totals | 216 | 7 | 25 | 32 | 103 | 65 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 22 |

### International

| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 2014 | Russia | U17 | | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | Russia | WJC | 5th | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Junior totals | Junior totals | Junior totals | Junior totals | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |

## Awards and honors

| Award | Year |
| KHL |||
| Gagarin Cup (Metallurg Magnitogorsk) | 2024 |
# Marc Vidal (chef)

Marc Vidal (born 9 July 1977) is a Spanish chef from Barcelona. He is the executive chef of Boqueria in New York City and Washington, D.C.

## Education and career

Vidal was born and raised in Barcelona, and worked in his family's restaurant. He pursued a culinary education at Escola de Restauracio i Hostelatge de Barcelona in 1996, receiving two degrees. Shortly after graduating, he began an internship at Can Gaig, a Michelin starred restaurant. He spent a year at Maison de la Catalogne in Paris. After returning to Barcelona, he worked as a pastry chef at the Windsor restaurant. He then went on to work at elBulli, L'Arpège and restaurant Alain Ducasse, acquiring experience under several notable European chefs including Alain Passard, Alain Ducasse and Ferran Adria.
Vidal left Paris, returning to Barcelona in 2002. He worked at restaurant Ot and two years later, became the executive chef of Visual in the Torre Catalunya hotel. Vidal moved to the U.S. and opened Por Fin restaurant in Coral Gables, Florida in December 2006. In 2009, he became executive chef at Solea at the W Hotel in South Beach.

### Boqueria

In September 2010, Vidal became the executive chef for restaurateur Yann de Rochefort's tapas restaurant, Boqueria, in New York. Vidal replaced chef Seamus Mullen at Boqueria's locations in Flatiron and SoHo. Vidal opened a third Boqueria location on Dupont Circle in Washington, D.C. in March 2012. Boqueria is named after Mercat de la Boqueria, a popular food market in Vidal's home city of Barcelona.
# Science and Public Policy Institute

The Science and Public Policy Institute (SPPI) is a United States public policy organization which promotes climate change denial.

## Background

The mission of the nonprofit advocacy group Science and Public Policy Institute is to promote "sound public policy based on sound science."
With a strong emphasis on global warming denial, SPPI was established in the middle of 2007. It heavily references works by climate change science denier Christopher Monckton, who served as editor of the organization's "Monthly CO2 Report", has published many of his works with SPPI, and who is also listed as the organization's "Chief Policy Advisor."
The SPPI has analyzed the states for observed climate change and the impact or expense of climate change regulations or prevention measures, in addition to releasing original articles on subjects including climate change and mercury in the environment. SPPI has been called a "front" for the Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change (CSCDGC), with whom it frequently co-publishes papers.

## Staff

The organization's executive director is Robert Ferguson, and the chief policy adviser is Christopher Monckton. Joe D'Aleo is the institute's Meteorology Adviser. Further science advisers, as listed in 2011, include:
* Robert M. Carter
* Craig D. Idso
* William Kininmonth
* David Legates
Willie Soon was at one time the chief science advisor.

## Publications

The Science and Public Policy Institute funded a film Apocalypse? No! intended to show errors in the Al Gore documentary, An Inconvenient Truth. It shows Monckton giving a presentation to the Cambridge University Union.
The SPPI took an interest in the Climatic Research Unit email controversy ("Climategate"). Its position is elaborated in a 45-page paper released in December 2009, titled "Climategate: Caught Green-Handed!: Cold facts about the hot topic of global temperature change after the Climategate scandal", which concluded that global warming is a myth.

## Funding

The Institute is operated by The Frontiers of Freedom Foundation, Inc., a policy organization founded in 1996 by former Senator Malcolm Wallop, Republican of Wyoming. On its website SPPI does not detail the sources of its funding. In 2002, Frontiers of Freedom had a budget of $700,000, with fossil-fuel company Exxon-Mobil donating $230,000 of that sum.