In the 1970s, the most comprehensive study on climate change (and the closest thing to a scientific consensus at the time) was the 1975 US National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council Report. Their basic conclusion was "…we do not have a good quantitative understanding of our climate machine and what determines its course. Without the fundamental understanding, it does not seem possible to predict climate…" This is in strong contrast with the current position of the US National Academy of Sciences: "...there is now strong evidence that significant global warming is occurring... It is likely that most of the warming in recent decades can be attributed to human activities... The scientific understanding of climate change is now sufficiently clear to justify nations taking prompt action." This is in a joint statement with the Academies of Science from Brazil, France, Canada, China, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Russia and the United Kingdom.
There is no "Steven Goddard" and I will not read anything from someone that is such a fraud that they must use an alias. Of course, for denier idiots it is good enough. To them an unqualified individual writing under an alias is just as good as NASA and NOAA.
It has been known for quite a while that Steven Goddard is a pseudo name for Tony Heller. Tony has presented "The Emperor's New Climate", at the 9th annual International Conference on Climate Change as well in other conferences. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Goddard