Peter W. Huber

Peter W. Huber
Born(1952-11-03)November 3, 1952
DiedJanuary 9, 2021(2021-01-09) (aged 68)
SpouseAndrea Huber
Academic background
EducationMassachusetts Institute of Technology (BS, MS, PhD)
Harvard University (JD)
ThesisElectric charging in liquid hydrocarbon filtration (1976)
Doctoral advisorAin A. Sonin
Other advisorsJames R. Melcher, Ronald F. Probstein

Peter William Huber (November 3, 1952 January 8, 2021) was a Canadian-American lawyer and author. He was a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and was a founding partner at the law firm of Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel. He is credited with popularizing the term "junk science" in 1991, and articulating a conservative approach to environmentalism in his 2000 book, Hard Green: Saving the Environment from the Environmentalists.