Distinguished Speakers

Speakers

Distinguished Speakers

Speakers

Distinguished Speakers

Authors, scientists, professors, and experts share their insights every month!

Every month FaCT sponsors an hour long presentation featuring a distinguished speaker with special expertise in the environment and/or climate change. Each presentation is hosted over Zoom and is generally held on a weekend.

Past speakers have discussed issues relating to changes in the Arctic region and how they affect us living in lower latitudes, the on-going battle to preserve species from extinction, and the fossil fuel industry and energy violence.

Find the Zoom registration link in each event description to the right. Or, watch a previous presentation by clicking on the Zoom link in the description.

Every month FaCT sponsors an hour long presentation featuring a distinguished speaker with special expertise in the environment and/or climate change. Each presentation is hosted over Zoom and is generally held on a weekend.

Past speakers have discussed issues relating to changes in the Arctic region and how they affect us living in lower latitudes, the on-going battle to preserve species from extinction, and the fossil fuel industry and energy violence.

Find the Zoom registration link in each event description to the right. Or, watch a previous presentation by clicking on the Zoom link in the description.

Subject matter experts share their insights on topics impacting the Ohio Valley region and beyond!

Distinguished Speaker Katie Surma - May 17: Human Rights & the Environment

Scheduled on May 17, 2025

Katie is a reporter at Inside Climate News focusing on international environmental law and justice. Katie is a reporter at Inside Climate News focusing on international environmental law and justice.

Adam Hanieh and his book, "Crude Capitalism: Oil, Corporate Power, and the Making of the World Market"


Scheduled on April 12, 2025

A groundbreaking history of oil and its importance to US politics, finance, militarism and consumerism from an award-winning author and scholar.

The book provides an original and fine-grained empirical analysis of corporate ownership and control, including refining and petrochemicals. By exposing these structures of power and placing oil in capitalism, the book makes an essential contribution to debates around oil-dependency and the struggle for climate justice.

Kevin Anderson from "Climate Uncensored"


Scheduled on March 1, 2025

Emissions of carbon dioxide are now over 60% higher than at the time of the first Earth Summit in 1992 – and still they are rising!

We can no longer hide our callous disregard for our children’s future, our sacrifice of climate-vulnerable communities or our destabilising of nature behind a veil of “innocence”.

It is simply “irresponsible” for governments of rich, industrialised nations to expand oil and gas extraction. Similarly, it’s irresponsible for ‘experts’ to dodge difficult political questions by relying on heroic technological solutions.

Professor Oday Salim - Environmental Justice and Law

Scheduled on February 18, 2025

Professor Oday Salim As an adjunct professor, he has taught Energy Law at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and Wayne State University Law School, and Oil and Gas Law at Lewis & Clark Law School. For the last six years, Salim has authored the competition problem for the Robert R. Merhige Jr. National Environmental Negotiation Competition, which is hosted by the University of Richmond School of Law.

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