Watch the Day 2 (Saturday) Presentations at Heartland’s 2023 Climate Conference

Published February 25, 2023
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Presentations by U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, Utah Treasurer Marlo Oaks, and many others.

Watch Day 2 of The Heartland Institute’s 15th International Conference on Climate Change, which took place from February 24-25 in Orlando, Florida. All of the presentations streamed live on three feeds — one for the plenary sessions in the Patrick J. Michaels Ballroom; one for Panel A in the Jay H. Lehr Room; and one for Panel B in the Walt Cunningham room.

If you missed any of Friday’s presentations, you can watch them here.

Plenary sessions on Saturday, February 25 in the Patrick J. Michaels Ballroom:

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Breakfast Keynote – Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023 (00:00 – 45:25)
Marlo Oaks is the treasurer of the state of Utah. He spoke about his efforts in his state to fight ESG (Environment, Social, Governance).

Lunch Keynote – Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023 (Johnson 46:26 – 1:41:19; Boebert 1:41:20 – 2:29:06)
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) on climate and COVID, then and U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) on climate, energy, and politics.

Dinner Keynote – Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023 (Debate 2:29:07 – 3:30:03; Super Panel 3:30:04 – 4:19:11; James Taylor closing remarks 4:19:12)
Dr. Peter Hartley and Dr. William Happer argue the pros and cons of taxing the emissions of carbon dioxide. PLUS, a “super panel” of several experts to take questions from the audience, and then Heartland Institute President James Taylor delivers remarks to close out The Heartland Institute’s 15th International Conference on Climate Change in Orlando, Florida.


Panel A (science, mostly) on Saturday, February 25 in the Jay H. Lehr breakout room:

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Panel 5A – Killing Agriculture to Save the Planet Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023

00:00 Intro for Panel 5A: Killing Agriculture to Save the Planet
00:52 Gregory Wrightstone, “Climate Change and the Midwest: Life in America’s breadbasket is good and getting better”
18:53 Patrick Moore, “Golden Rice Now”
34:52 David Legates, “Nitrous Oxide (N2O): the New Satanic Gas”
57:20 Q&A for panel on Killing Agriculture to Save the Planet

Panel 6A -Today’s Extreme Weather Is Not That Extreme – Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023

1:21:19 Intro for Panel 6A: Today’s Extreme Weather Is Not That Extreme
1:23:28 Stanley Goldenberg, “Why Does it Seem Like Hurricanes Are Getting Stronger and More Destructive”
1:43:48 Joe Bastardi, “Is Weather Getting Worse?”
2:04:05 Christopher Monckton, “Why Extremer Weather Was Wrongly Expected”
2:27:50 Q&A for panel on Today’s Extreme Weather Is Not That Extreme

Panel 7A – Climate, Energy, and Animals (including Humans) – Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023

2:52:20 Intro for Panel 7A: Climate, Energy, and Animals (including Humans)
2:57:10 H. Sterling Burnett, “The Misuse and Abuse of Animals in the Climate Debate”
3:19:12 David Stevenson, How Offshore Wind Is Hurting Whales and Other Marine Life
3:38:12 Francis Menton, “Challenging EPA’s Greenhouse Gas ‘Endangerment Finding’ in Court.”
4:00:46 Q&A for panel on Climate, Energy, and Animals (including Humans)

Panel 8A – The Right Climate Stuff Team on Energy – Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023

4:18:51 Intro for Panel 8A: The Right Climate Stuff Team on Energy
4:24:07 Tom Moser, “Climate Change Truth and the Path Forward”
4:41:34 Marty Cornell, “NetZero: Materially Improbable”
5:01:09 Gregg Goodnight, “ERCOT and Renewable Power Integration”‘
5:18:17 Bob Bauman, “The Future of Nuclear Energy”
5:47:55 Q&A for panel: The Right Climate Stuff Team on Energy


Panel B (energy/policy, mostly) on Saturday, February 25 in the Walt Cunningham breakout room:

NOTE: The video above has chapters, so float your cursor along the bottom of the video to find the part of the video you want to see.

Panel 5B – Green Energy and Exploitation

00:00 Intro for Panel 5B: Green Energy and Exploitation
1:42 Vijay Jayaraj, “Climate Imperialism”
14:07 H. Sterling Burnett, “Green Energy Technology Is Built on Force Labor, Sickness, and Environmental Destruction”
34:54 E. Calvin Beisner, “Energy Policy and the Conquest of Poverty”
53:17 Q&A for panel on Green Energy and Exploitation

Panel 6B – Advancing Reliable Energy

1:25:03 Intro for Panel 6B: Advancing Reliable Energy
1:26:59 Kevin Dayatrana, “Advancing Reliable Energy: Cost/Benefit Analysis”
1:39:33 Karr Ingam, “Markets: The Key to Abundant, Affordable, Reliable Energy”
2:09:37 Jason Hayes, “Seven Principles of Sound Energy Policy”
2:36:05 Q&A for panel on Advancing Reliable Energy

Panel 7B – Why NetZero is Impossible: The Continuing Need and Value of Fossil Fuels

2:53:23 Intro for Panel 7B: Why NetZero is Impossible: The Continuing Need and Value of Fossil Fuels
2:54:10 Wolfgang Müller, “The Global Cost of NetZero”
3:16:56 Rob Bradley, “U.S. Electricity: Government vs. Coordination”
3:39:49 Linnea Lueken, “Biofuels Are NOT so Green”
4:00:09 Q&A for panel on Why NetZero is Impossible: The Continuing Need and Value of Fossil Fuels

Panel 8B – Government Overreach, or Tyranny?

4:19:18 Intro for Panel 8B: Government Overreach or Tyranny?
4:19:46 Jeff Clark, on fighting EPA in the Trump administration
4:59:59 Myron Ebell, “Decentralized Totalitarianism”
5:25:15 Q&A for panel on Government Overreach or Tyranny?