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Steve Goreham    

Engineer, Author & Authority on Environmental and Energy Issues

Steve Goreham is an informative and engaging speaker, delivering compelling and provocative programs to businesses, universities, and diverse organizations. Steve is an independent scholar, researcher, and futurist in the fields of energy and environmental policy, as well as a former engineer and business executive with 30 years of experience at Fortune 100 and private companies. He’s Executive Director of the Climate Science Coalition of America, an independent, non-political association of scientists and concerned citizens focused on informing Americans about the realities of climate science and energy economics.

Steve is author of two books on energy and climate change with over 100,000 copies in print. He’s a freelance columnist and frequent guest on radio and TV, including Dennis Miller, Sean Hannity, and Fox Business Channel. He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago and a BS/MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois.

Steve presents a fresh viewpoint on environmental, economic, energy, climate, and public policy topics in a down-to-earth style that all can understand, and with stories and humor that all will enjoy. Ask him to customize a program for the needs of your organization.

Speech Topics


“Why Resources Aren’t Natural and Will Never Run Out.”

This program celebrates resource and energy abundance in modern society, while dispelling fears of resource depletion. This program works for cement, coal, construction, materials, metals, mining, and other industrial clients.

“High Yield Agriculture—Humanity’s Greatest Triumph.”

This program is the story about how farmers are using less land, water, fertilizer, and pesticide to feed the world’s billions. It discusses nitrogen fertilizer, pesticides, meat production, greenhouse gas emissions, land use, water use, energy use, GMO crops, organic food, and other challenging topics. This program works for agriculture and food industry clients.

“But, I’d Like to Keep My Pickup Truck and My Gas Stove.”

This program covers hydrocarbon and renewable energy, transportation, and sustainability in the post-virus era, with implications for business or industry. This program works for automotive, chemicals, coal, electric utilities, energy, engineering, equipment, manufacturing, natural gas, petroleum, transportation, and general business.

Post-Virus Transportation Landscape

This program covers the transportation situation before and after the corona virus, including land, sea, and air travel, and hydrocarbons and renewables, with implications for transportation industries. See the one-pager below, which is customized for automotive industries.

Post-Virus Energy Landscape

This program covers the energy situation before and after the corona virus, including hydrocarbons, renewables, transportation, and electric power, with implications for business and industry. See the one-pager below, which is customized for financial industries.

Why Resources Aren’t Natural and Will Never Run Out

This program presents about resource and energy abundance in modern society, while dispelling fears of resource depletion. This program works for cement, coal, construction, materials, metals, and mining clients.

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Agriculture: Miracles and Misconceptions

This program is the story about how farmers are using less land, water, fertilizer, and pesticide to feed the world’s billions. It discusses nitrogen fertilizer, pesticides, meat production, greenhouse gas emissions, land use, water use, GMO crops, organic food, and many other challenging topics. This program works for agriculture and food industry clients. See the one-pager below.

The Future of US Energy

This program presents on the miracle of surging US energy. It covers pollution, climate change, peak oil, fracking, and sustainability, the emergence of the US energy powerhouse, and energy rules and regulations around the world, with predictions about the future of hydrocarbons, renewables, electric power, and electric cars, depending upon the audience. This program works for automotive, chemicals, coal, electric utilities, energy, engineering, natural gas, petroleum, transportation, and general business.

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