FreedomFest 2016

Dr. Kerry Emanuel is the Cecil and Ida Green professor of atmospheric science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he has been on the faculty since 1981, after spending three years on the faculty of UCLA. Professor Emanuel's research interests focus on tropical meteorology... Read More →

William Happer is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Physics at Princeton University. He invented the sodium guidestar that is used in astronomical adaptive optics to correct for the degrading effects of atmospheric turbulence. He served as Director of Energy Research in the... Read More →

Patrick J. Michaels is the director of the Center for the Study of Science at the Cato Institute. Michaels is a past president of the American Association of State Climatologists and was program chair for the Committee on Applied Climatology of the American Meteorological Society... Read More →

Michael Pravica is an associate professor of physics at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) and a member of the High Pressure Science and Engineering Center (HiPSEC) there. He obtained his B.S. degrees in physics and applied mathematics (with honors) from Caltech and earned... Read More →

James Taylor is Founder and President of the Spark of Freedom Foundation. Before forming the Spark of Freedom Foundation he served as Vice President of The Heartland Institute, overseeing Heartland's energy and environment policy. Taylor writes a regular column on energy and environmental... Read More →