Is Kenner Creighton's Mouthpiece?

I believe that Creighton uses Kenner as a mouthpiece in ‘State of Fear’, mainly because all the facts come from him. You have a character like Evans that I think represents most of America; he thinks that Global Warming is complete and utter fact and there is no one in the scientific community who believes otherwise. But he can’t back up anything he thinks; he claims to be environmentally conscience but really doesn’t know why.

Then you have Kenner, who always comes in with the facts; long explanations, graphs, charts – proof that Global Warming isn’t quite a open and shut fact. It feels like Creighton is using Kenner to show his side of the story. Where he is in the debate. He wants people out there, even though this is a fictional book, to get a taste of the reality behind Global Warming.