Press Releases: Environment

Heartland Institute's Comments on October 23 PBS Frontline Special ‘Climate of Doubt’

October 23, 2012
Joseph Bast

OCTOBER 24 — On October 23, PBS’s “Frontline” program broadcast a special titled “Climate of Doubt.” The Hea

Heartland Institute Fellows, Policy Advisors React to Final Presidential Debate

October 23, 2012
Richard Vedder
Peter Ferrara
Clifford Thies
Joy Pullmann
John Coleman
S. Fred Singer
Paul Crovo
Marita Noon
Jonathan Steitz
Ben Boychuk

The following statements about Monday night’s final presidential debate from policy experts at The Heartland Institute – a free-market think tank – may be used for attribution.

Heartland Institute Senior Fellow to Testify Before Uranium Working Group Wednesday

October 17, 2012
James M. Taylor, J.D.

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

When: Wednesday, October 17, 6 p.m.

Where: Old Dominion Agricultural Complex
19783 US Highway 29, Suite G

Heartland Institute Responds to $5,000 Bounty for Climate Skeptics

October 01, 2012
James M. Taylor, J.D.

TruthMarket on Monday announced a campaign challenging those skeptical about catastrophic, man-caused climate change to offer proof that more than 5 percent of “credible American scientists dispute

Heartland Institute Backs Stanford Study Questioning Benefits of Organic Food

September 04, 2012
Mischa Popoff

Dr. Dena Bravata, a senior research affiliate at Stanford University, today released a study indicating organic food is no better than regular food.

Heartland Institute Advisor Reacts to USDA Decision on Genetically Engineered Crop Complaints

August 30, 2012
Mischa Popoff

The United States Department of Agriculture Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture (AC21) this week agreed to a compensation process for farmers who can prove they suffere

Thousands Sign Heartland Institute Petition to Rein in the EPA

August 15, 2012
Joseph Bast

More than 5,000 people have signed a petition crafted by The Heartland Institute demanding that Congress “rein in the Environmental Protection Agency” through deep cuts in the size, power, and cost

Heartland Institute Announces its Opposition to Carbon Taxes

July 13, 2012
Joseph Bast
Steve Stanek
S.T. Karnick

In response to news reports that the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) is working with the Union of Concerned Scientists and other far-left groups to campaign for a carbon tax in a lame duck sess