Dr. Willie Soon: “CO2 is plant food, not a pollutant”
On October 17, 2025, CERES co-team leader, Dr. Willie Soon, gave a presentation at Hillsdale College’s 19th Annual Free Market Forum in North Carolina. In this video, we show Dr. Soon’s presentation that was entitled, “The importance of fossil fuels and CO2: A scientific perspective”.
For further details and link to the full video visit the Hillsdale College website.
If you are interested in Dr. Soon’s slides for the presentation, they can be downloaded here.
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