Press Releases: Environment

Michael Crichton Is Right!

January 11, 2005
Joseph Bast
Joseph Bast

Michael Crichton, author of State of Fear and many other exciting novels, died on November 4, 2008,

Medical Criteria Set for Asbestos Claims

July 07, 2003
Conrad F. Meier

World Summit on Sustainable Development Underway

August 24, 2002
Heartland Institute staff

Statement of Heartland Institute President Joseph Bast Regarding Wall Street Journal Online Interview

Joseph Bast

FEBRUARY 22 -- The following statement by Heartland Institute President Joseph L. Bast may be used for attribution.

Heartland Institute Reacts to N.J. Governor’s Fracking Moratorium

James M. Taylor, J.D.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) vetoed a permanent ban on a natural gas drilling method known as fracking, but imposed a one-year moratorium on the practice to study the issue.

Heartland Institute Experts Available for Comment on Pennsylvania Fracking Fee Vote

Richard J. Trzupek
Jay Lehr, Ph.D.
John Nothdurft

The Pennsylvania legislature will soon consider legislation concerning impact fees for hydraulic fracturing for natural gas.