Kevin Dayaratna

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Kevin Dayaratna, PhD., is a chief statistician, data scientist, and senior research fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Center for Data Analysis.

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    The Social Cost of Carbon: Legitimate Cost-Benefit Analysis or a Statistical Mirage?

    Kevin Dayaratna
    As delegates at the 2025 United Nations Climate Conference in Brazil enter their final week of negotiations, the global climate regime finds itself at a crossroads: Growing rifts between developed and developing nations are colliding with a visible decline in U.S. engagement.   At the heart of discussions are ongoing conversations about regulating greenhouse gas…
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    Reversing the EPA’s Endangerment Finding on Greenhouse Gases

    Kevin Dayaratna | Diana Furchtgott-Roth
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    ‘Gold Standard Science’ Should Start With the Climate

    Kevin Dayaratna | Ryan Strasser
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    Use This Calculator to See How Little Cutting Carbon Emissions Would Budge Temperatures

    Kevin Dayaratna
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    Climate Models Exaggerate Effects of Global Warming

    Roy Spencer | Kevin Dayaratna
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    Are Hurricanes Really Getting Worse or Is That Really Just Climate Alarmists’ Hot Air?

    Joe D’Aleo | Kevin Dayaratna
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    FACT CHECK: How Blue Cities and Counties Inflate Red States’ Homicide Rates

    Kevin Dayaratna | Tyler Whitman
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    New Jersey’s $8,000-Per-Resident Wind Energy Scheme Won’t Reduce Climate Change

    Travis Fisher | Kevin Dayaratna
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    COVID-19 Data Shows It’s Time for America to Return to Normal

    Doug Badger | Kevin Dayaratna
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    There Are Better Ways to Fight COVID-19 Than Mask Mandates

    Kevin Dayaratna
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    Why Tax Code Should Continue to Allow Full Expensing of Research and Development

    Kevin Dayaratna
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    Biden Administration Is Skewing Carbon Numbers to Push Regulations

    Kevin Dayaratna | Patrick J. Michaels | Marlo Lewis
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    The Social Cost of Carbon and Climate Sensitivity Is Model Manipulation at Its Finest

    Patrick J. Michaels | Kevin Dayaratna
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    Why ‘Social Cost of Carbon’ Is Most Useless Number You’ve Never Heard Of

    Kevin Dayaratna
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    Are Lockdowns Necessary? What Data From 10 Countries Show

    Andy Vanderplas | Kevin Dayaratna
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    Failures of an Influential COVID-19 Model Used to Justify Lockdowns

    Kevin Dayaratna