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On this episode of The Climate Realism Show, we're stitching together four powerful presentations from past International Conferences on Climate Change (ICCC), Heartland Institute's flagship climate events where scientists, engineers, and policy experts challenge the mainstream climate narrative with hard data.

Segment 1: NASA Engineer Tom Moser Reveals the Truth About Climate Science
Former NASA engineer and space station program director Tom Moser — who held roles including Acting Associate Administrator for Spaceflight, Director of the Space Station Program, and Chief Engineer at the Johnson Space Center — breaks down the correlation between global temperatures and solar irradiance, and exposes the gap between real-world data and the climate models driving public policy.

Segment 2: Implausible Climate Goals For a Non-Existent Emissions Crisis
A hard look at the emissions targets driving global climate policy — and why the "crisis" framing behind them doesn't hold up to scrutiny.

Segment 3: The Climate Data Changed My Mind
A firsthand account of how digging into the actual climate data — rather than the headlines — led to a fundamental rethink on the climate debate.

Segment 4: Exposed: Corrupted Climate Stations and Solutions You Need to Know
Heartland Senior Fellow Anthony Watts, creator of SurfaceStations.org, lays out his research on U.S. temperature monitoring stations — finding that a large share fail to meet siting standards, casting doubt on the reliability of the official warming record — and what can be done about it.

Watch every episode of The Climate Realism Show live every week, and check out more from The Heartland Institute:

Climate Realism: https://climaterealism.com/

Climate at a Glance: https://climateataglance.com/

On this episode of The Climate Realism Show, we're stitching together four powerful presentations from past International Conferences on Climate Change (ICCC), Heartland Institute's flagship climate events where scientists, engineers, and policy experts challenge the mainstream climate narrative with hard data.

Segment 1: NASA Engineer Tom Moser Reveals the Truth About Climate Science
Former NASA engineer and space station program director Tom Moser — who held roles including Acting Associate Administrator for Spaceflight, Director of the Space Station Program, and Chief Engineer at the Johnson Space Center — breaks down the correlation between global temperatures and solar irradiance, and exposes the gap between real-world data and the climate models driving public policy.

Segment 2: Implausible Climate Goals For a Non-Existent Emissions Crisis
A hard look at the emissions targets driving global climate policy — and why the "crisis" framing behind them doesn't hold up to scrutiny.

Segment 3: The Climate Data Changed My Mind
A firsthand account of how digging into the actual climate data — rather than the headlines — led to a fundamental rethink on the climate debate.

Segment 4: Exposed: Corrupted Climate Stations and Solutions You Need to Know
Heartland Senior Fellow Anthony Watts, creator of SurfaceStations.org, lays out his research on U.S. temperature monitoring stations — finding that a large share fail to meet siting standards, casting doubt on the reliability of the official warming record — and what can be done about it.

Watch every episode of The Climate Realism Show live every week, and check out more from The Heartland Institute:

Climate Realism: https://climaterealism.com/

Climate at a Glance: https://climateataglance.com/

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Jim Lakely

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Vice President at The Heartland Institute, bringing policy expertise to climate discussions.
Anthony Watts

Anthony Watts

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Senior Fellow at The Heartland Institute and meteorologist with decades of climate research experience.
Sterling Burnett

H. Sterling Burnett

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Director of Climate & Environmental Policy at The Heartland Institute with extensive energy policy background.
Linnea Lueken

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