The syllabus looked a little different at Mississippi State University last week. Twenty students gathered inside the Old Main Academic Center for a screening of CFACT’s “Climate Hustle 2″ complete with popcorn, pizza, and a side of the climate debate they likely wouldn’t encounter from their professors.
CFACT Collegian Addy-Rose Knotts hosted the screening, giving her peers an opportunity to hear arguments challenging climate alarmism and questioning the policy responses that often accompany it.
Mississippi State students settle in for CFACT’s “Climate Hustle 2”
“Climate Hustle 2,” produced by CFACT and hosted by actor Kevin Sorbo, doesn’t simply question the conventional climate narrative — it pulls back the curtain on many proposed environmental “solutions.” Through scientists, academics, policy experts, and a little humor, the film examines the money, politics, and power surrounding climate alarmism and who really benefits from the “solutions” being sold.
The classroom setting made the film all the more fitting. While students spend years hearing about climate change in school, “Climate Hustle 2″ gave them the chance to question some of those lessons.
“The movie sparked some good discussion afterward and gave everyone a lot to think about regarding climate policy, environmental claims, and the debate surrounding climate change,” Addy-Rose said. “It is refreshing to have a conservative perspective on something that has been so dominated by the left. Many of our students are agriculture or environmental majors so this is an area that is close to their hearts and their future careers.”
“Bad Idea #7” gives Mississippi State students some food for thought on a “climate approved diet” that likely doesn’t include one of their favorites — cheeseburgers.
For those students especially, the climate debate is more than another political issue. The policies discussed in government today could ultimately shape the industries they plan to enter, from how farmers manage their land to how energy is produced and environmental regulations are written.
Rather than asking students to accept another set of talking points at face value, the screening of “Climate Hustle 2″ encouraged them to question the information coming from all sides of the climate debate and arrive at their own conclusions.
And that is exactly what a college classroom should be for.