Heartland Newspapers - Energy and Environment

Idaho Considers Bill Demanding Return of Federal Lands

Bonner R. Cohen
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April 10, 2013
A group of Idaho lawmakers is considering legislation demanding the federal government turn over millions of acres of land to the state government in Boise.

SolarWorld Lays Off Oregon Workers, Bankruptcy May Follow

Karen Dove
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April 09, 2013
Taxpayer-subsidized SolarWorld laid off 40 workers at its Hillsboro, Oregon plant earlier this year, marking nearly 300 workers laid off company-wide after state officials invited the company to ap

Texas Commission Approves Coal Mine for Mexican Power Plants

Cheryl K. Chumley, Karen Dove
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April 09, 2013
The Railroad Commission of Texas, which regulates oil, gas, and coal in the state, approved a permit giving a Mexican company the right to start coal mining operations near Eagle Pass, a Texas bord

Anti-GMO Leader Asks Forgiveness for Unscientific Crusade

Jeff Edgens
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April 08, 2013
Marc Lynas, a longtime vocal leader of the anti-biotechnology movement, acknowledged at a farming conference he has unjustly demonized biotechnology and was wrong to oppose genetic crop improvement

U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions Fell Sharply in 2012

James M. Taylor, J.D.
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April 05, 2013
U.S. carbon dioxide emissions declined 4 percent in 2012 from 2011 levels, the U.S.

Lomborg: Electric Cars Get Dumber by the Day

Jay Lehr, Ph.D.
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April 05, 2013
Writing in the Wall Street Journal on March 11, Bjorn Lomborg, author of The Skeptical Environmentalist, documented that electric automobiles are not the least bit environmentally

Cold Spring Pummels People, Animals from Russia to Florida

James M. Taylor, J.D.
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April 05, 2013
A remarkably frigid spring is putting the freeze on global warming from Russia to the UK and from Alaska to Florida. People Freezing in Russian Streets

Issue #87: New Hockey Stick Sent to the Permanent Penalty Box

James M. Taylor, J.D.
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April 05, 2013
The “4,000-year hockey stick” scare is over, after a shelf life that did not last a full month.

Warming Activist Hansen Admits Temperatures Cooler than Expected

James M. Taylor, J.D.
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April 04, 2013
Prominent global warming activist James Hansen admits in a new paper that world temperatures are not warming as fast as predicted by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IP
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