Biography
Steve Goreham is a speaker, author, researcher on energy and environmental issues, and independent columnist. He speaks and writes about energy, industry, agriculture, the environment, sustainable development, economic trends, climate change, and corporate environmental policy. Steve is the Executive Director of the Climate Science Coalition of America and an advisor to The Heartland Institute.
Goreham has spoken to business, industry, and educational organizations for over a decade, including agriculture, engineering, equipment, manufacturing, materials, metals, oil and gas, transportation, and utility groups. He has spoken at events of the Alaska Support Industry Alliance, the American Association of Professional Landmen, the Colorado Oil and Gas Association, the Hand Tools Institute, the Idaho Consumer-Owned Utilities Association, the Indiana Municipal Electric Association, the Kansas Independent Oil & Gas Association, the National Propane Gas Association, the Petroleum Club of Ft. Worth, the Society of Independent Gasoline Marketers of America, the Summer NAPE Expo, and many other energy and industry groups.
Goreham is the author of four books on energy, climate change, sustainable development, and public policy, including his latest, Green Breakdown: The Coming Renewable Energy Failure. More than 100,000 copies of his books are now in print.
Steve is a frequent guest on television and radio. His TV appearances include Fox Business Channel, Joe Pags, Pat Robertson, Wilkow, and the Joe Donlon Report. His radio segments include Glenn Beck, Frank Beckmann, John Catsimatidis, Roe Conn, Bill Cunningham, Lou Dobbs, Sean Hannity, Lars Larson, Dennis Miller, George Noory, Janet Parshall, Milt Rosenberg, and Todd Starnes, as part of more than 400 radio show appearances.
More than 100 of Steve’s articles have been published in Breitbart, Energy Central, Master Resource, The American Oil & Gas Reporter, The Daily Caller, The Washington Times, Washington Examiner, Western Journal, World Net Daily, World Oil, and other publications. His articles cover a broad array of topics, such as acid rain, battery storage, biofuels, climate change, the fracking revolution, hydrocarbon and renewable energy, hydrogen, meat consumption, the ozone hole, pollution, resource depletion, sustainable fuels, and wildfires.
Steve is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana, where he received Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Electrical Engineering degrees in 1976 and 1977. He also received a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Chicago in 1983.
Goreham’s business experience includes 30 years in engineering and executive roles in product development, sale, and manufacture of wireless and wired communications products and systems for global markets at Fortune 500 and private firms. He served as division general manager and policy committee member at his last company.
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his program discusses hydrocarbon and renewable energy, climate change, electric vehicles, artificial intelligence, the coming electric power shortage, and future trends, with implications for energy industries. This program can be customized for energy, electric utilities, engineering, coal, natural gas, petroleum, and general business and industry. Recent energy clients include:
- Pennsylvania Independent Oil and Gas Association (Pittsburgh, PA)
- New York Propane Gas Association (Albany, NY)
- Petroleum and Convenience Store Exposition of Mid America (Kansas City, MO)
- Idaho Consumer-Owned Utilities Association (Boise, ID)
This program discusses energy and climate, electric and hydrogen vehicles, land, sea, and air transportation, future trends, with implications for transportation industries. This program can be customized for airline, automotive, equipment, railroad, shipping, trucking, and general business. Recent transportation clients include:
- National Association of Small Trucking Companies (Nashville, TN)
- Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association (San Antonio, TX)
- Association of Equipment Manufacturers (Rosemont, IL)
- Illinois Trucking Association (Bloomington-Normal, IL)
This program discusses energy and climate, Net Zero, electric vehicles, carbon dioxide capture and storage, the prospects for a hydrogen economy, heavy industry, and future trends, with implications for industry and business. This program can be customized to work for chemicals, concrete, construction, equipment, iron & steel, manufacturing, metals, mining, plastics, equipment, and general business and industry. Recent industry clients include:
- Plastics Pipe Institute (Manalapan, FL)
- The Hand Tools Institute (Tucson, AZ)
- Association for Iron & Steel Technology (Palm Springs, CA)
- Investment Casting Institute (Scottsdale, AZ)
This program celebrates modern agriculture and tells 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. Recent agriculture clients include:
- Farm Equipment Manufacturers Association (Little Rock, AR)
- O’Toole, Inc. (Muscatine, IA)
- Montana Seed Trade Association (Bozeman, MT)
- United Dairymen of Idaho (Boise, ID)
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