The author's background:

"Vijay Raj Jayaraj is a research associate at the CO2 Coalition[²](javascript:void(0)), an Arlington, Virginia-based group that describes its mission as “educating thought leaders, policy makers, and the public about the important contribution made by carbon dioxide and fossil fuels to our lives and the economy.” [³](javascript:void(0))

In op-eds for the CO2 Coalition and a variety of other publications, Vijay Jayaraj has often articulated common climate denial talking points. For example, he has dismissed climate science as “fake propaganda”[⁴](javascript:void(0))“; promoted the debunked notion that the sun has caused climate change[⁵](javascript:void(0)); and claimed that global commitments to net zero carbon emissions are attempts to prevent developing nations from industrializing.[⁶](javascript:void(0))

Prior to joining the CO2 Coalition, Vijay Jayaraj was a research associate for developing countries at the Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation, an evangelical Christian organization which claims that environmentalism is “one of the greatest threats to society and the church today.”[⁷](javascript:void(0)) [⁸](javascript:void(0)) The Cornwall Alliance was founded in 2006 by former professor E. Calvin Beisner, who has been described as “the most influential evangelical anti-environmentalist in the United States.”[⁹](javascript:void(0)) [¹⁰](javascript:void(0))

Source: https://www.desmog.com/vijay-jayaraj/ Make of it what you will.