Press Releases: Environment

Heartland Institute Report: Uranium Mining Safe, Sound for Virginia

January 04, 2013
Jay Lehr, Ph.D.

A new report written by one of the nation’s leading authorities on groundwater hy

Heartland Institute Experts React to Resignation of EPA Secretary Lisa Jackson

December 27, 2012
S.T. Karnick
James H. Rust

Lisa Jackson, secretary of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, told her staff Thursday morning she is stepping down and will not serve in President Obama’s second term.

Heartland Institute Debunks Alarmist PricewaterhouseCoopers Global Warming Report

December 11, 2012
James M. Taylor, J.D.
Taylor Smith

A new Policy Brief published by the Chicago-based Heartland Institute – which The Economist magazine calls “the world’s most prominent think tank promoting skepticism

New Study Refutes IPCC’s Claim Global Warming is Hurting Plant Growth

December 10, 2012
Craig Idso

A new study by the Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change –

Heartland Institute Reacts to Bill to Lift Uranium Mining Moratorium in Virginia

December 05, 2012
Jay Lehr, Ph.D.
Taylor Smith

Virginia State Sen. John C. Watkins (R-Powhatan) announced this week he will sponsor a bill in 2013 to lift Virginia's moratorium on uranium mining. Gov.

Heartland Institute Senior Fellow to Speak at Uranium Working Group Today

November 27, 2012
James M. Taylor, J.D.

What: Hearing of Gov. Bob McDonnell’s Uranium Working Group

When: Tuesday, November 27, 6 p.m.

Heartland Institute Reacts to New Federal Organic Certification Rule

November 15, 2012
Mischa Popoff

Heartland Institute Reacts to
New Federal Organic Certification Rule