Panel Discussions Criticize Anthropogenic Global Warmingat USC
A Critique of Global Warming Science and Policy
A Panel Discussion Hosted by the USC Objectivist Club
Tuesday, September 23, 2008 : 7:00pm to 9:00pm
University Park Campus
Taper Hall of Humanities
102
Free
In a lively discussion, panelists debate whether beliefs and policies surrounding climate change are justified.
It is now widely believed that man-made greenhouse gases are causing an unnatural warming of the earth that will have devastating consequences for human life. Environmentalists and politicians are pressing for severe restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions aimed at preventing global warming. But are these beliefs and policies justified? What does the scientific evidence actually support regarding the causes of climate variability and the role of anthropogenic greenhouse gases? Are the predictions of catastrophic changes supported by scientific fact? Is government economic intervention aimed at severely restricting greenhouse gases an appropriate policy response? Panelists will address these critical issues in a spirited discussion.
Panelists
Keith Lockitch is a fellow at the Ayn Rand Center for Individual Rights, specializing in science and environmental policy. His writings have appeared in publications such as The Orange County Register, the San Francisco Chronicle, Australia’s Herald Sun and The Canberra Times, and USA Today magazine. Dr. Lockitch has been a frequent guest on radio shows such as The Thom Hartmann Program on Air America Radio. He is also a contributing writer for The Objective Standard, a quarterly journal of culture and politics.
Dr. Lockitch teaches for the Ayn Rand Institute’s Objectivist Academic Center; he teaches writing for the center’s undergraduate program and a history of physics course for its graduate program. He holds a Ph.D. in theoretical physics from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, and has conducted postdoctoral research in relativistic astrophysics at the University of Illinois and at Pennsylvania State University.
Willie Soon is both an astrophys