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Chris Burk
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Chris is the Director of Debate at the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), one of the fastest rising programs in college debate. Chris has coached over a dozen teams to the National Debate Tournament, including multiple First Round teams.
Topic - 2008: Alternative Energy
Corinne Le Quere
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For over 15 years, Dr. Le Quere has developed numerical models and analysed databases of the global ocean to try to understand and quantify the very large oceanic sink for CO2 (which takes up 25% of the CO2 emissions to the atmosphere from human activities).
Sterling Burnett
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H. Sterling Burnett , Ph.D. is a Senior Fellow for the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA). While Burnett works on a number of issues, he specializes in issues involving environmental policy.
Kenneth Green
Kenneth Green is a Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research. He studies the public policy aspects of climate change, air pollution, energy and the environment; transportation and the environment; and environmental chemicals.
Tom Tanton
Tom Tanton is an adjunct scholar at the Institute for Energy Research. Mr. Tanton is a strong proponent of free market environmentalism and consumer choice, and frequently publishes and speaks against alarmist and reactionary policies and government failures.
Samuel Stanley
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Samuel Staley is director of urban and land use policy at Reason Foundation, a nonprofit think tank advancing free minds and free markets.
Bryan Leyland
Bryan Leyland is an electrical and mechanical engineer with wide experience in power generation, power systems and transmission and a recognized expert on all aspects of the design, construction and operation of small hydro schemes with wide experience on large schemes.