Dr. Steve Koonin debated three climate alarmists over a span of three days.

Three opponents, three wins.

From The Steamboat Institute’s Fall Series Campus Liberty Tour 2022

Debating the resolution:
“Climate science compels us to make large and rapid reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.”

With energy prices skyrocketing, the energy grid becoming more unstable, and devastating hurricanes ravaging our coasts, the debate over climate change and energy policy has never been more relevant, or more contentious.

Steamboat Institute hosted three robust debates on these issues in 2022 at the University of Maryland (October 25th), University of Dallas (October 26th), and Oklahoma State University’s Hamm Institute for American Energy (October 27th).

October 25- University of Maryland – College Park

ARGUING THE NEGATIVE: Steven Koonin, Ph.D, author of Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn’t, and Why It Matters; Undersecretary for Science, U.S. Department of Energy in the Obama Administration

ARGUING THE AFFIRMATIVE: Daniel Schrag, Ph.D, Director of the Harvard University Center for the Environment

Moderated by Sarah Westwood, investigative reporter with the Washington Examiner and Tony Blankley Fellow with Steamboat Institute.

October 26- University of Dallas – Irving, TX

ARGUING THE NEGATIVE: Steven Koonin, Ph.D.,author of Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn’t, and Why It Matters; Undersecretary for Science, U.S. Department of Energy in the Obama Administration

ARGUING THE AFFIRMATIVE: Gernot Wagner, Ph.D, Climate Economist at Columbia Business School

Moderated by Tom Rogan, commentary desk of the Washington Examiner and Tony Blankley Senior Fellow with Steamboat Institute

October 27- Oklahoma State University’s Hamm Institute for American Energy – Oklahoma City

ARGUING THE NEGATIVE: Steven Koonin, Ph.D., author of Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn’t, and Why It Matters; Undersecretary for Science, U.S. Department of Energy in the Obama Administration

ARGUING THE AFFIRMATIVE: Andrew Dessler, Ph.D, Professor of Atmospheric Science, Texas A&M University; Director, Texas Center for Climate Studies

Moderated by Philip Wegmann, White House Reporter for Real Clear Politics and Tony Blankley Senior Fellow with Steamboat Institute (invited).

This excerpt was found at The Steamboat Institue website and can be accessed here.