However, in 2007, the then-governor of Oregon, Ted Kulongoski, said that there was no such position in the state and demanded that Taylor stop using such a title, saying "he's not my weatherman".
[2] In 2008, after he retired from OSU, he founded, and became the president of, the consulting firm Applied Climate Services.
"[9] Taylor considered global warming to be primarily caused by natural variability, not human activity, though he acknowledged that both have played a role.
"[10] Taylor was a vegetarian, rode a bike to Oregon State University when he worked there, and engaged in many environmentalist practices.
[10][11] Taylor died November 8, 2022 suffering from Parkinson's Disease and Lewy Body Dementia.