Name: An Evening with Naomi Oreskes: How Free Market Thinking Has Blocked Climate Action
Start: 2026-04-07T18:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-04-07T21:00:00-05:00
Location: Maucker Union - Central Ballroom ABC

An Evening with Naomi Oreskes
How Free Market Thinking Has Blocked Climate Action
April 7th, 2026
6:00pm-9:00pm
Maucker Union Ballrooms
University of Northern Iowa
Join us for An Evening with Naomi Oreskes, who will be giving a public lecture on "How Free Market Thinking Has Blocked Climate Action". The lecture will feature Q&A, a book signing, and refreshments including beer and wine.
Naomi Oreskes is the Henry Charles Lea Professor of the History of Science and Affiliated Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Harvard University. She is an internationally renowned earth scientist, historian, and author of both scholarly and popular books and articles on the history of earth and environmental sciences.
This event is part of the Aldo Leopold Distinguished Lecture Series at the University of Northern Iowa.
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The Naomi Oreskes lecture is funded in part by the Roy J Carver Charitable Trust , the UNI Center for Energy and Environmental Education, and the UNI Faculty Senate. Other UNI Sponsors include the Philosophy Club and the departments of Biology, Earth & Environmental Sciences, History, Political Science & Criminology, and Philosophy & World Religions.
Funding for the reception on April 7th to broaden discussion surrounding this event is provided by the Wilson College of Business and the David W. Wilson Chair in Business Ethics
Film screening and discussion on March 31st are sponsored by the Center for Civic Education, Rod Library, and the Film Appreciation Club.