Press Releases: Environment

Heartland Institute Responds to ‘Forecast the Facts’ Attacks on Organization, Donors

April 24, 2012
Joseph Bast

APRIL 24, 2012 – For the past several weeks, a front-group calling itself “Forecast the Facts” has been contacting donors to The Heartland Institute demanding th

Former NASA Scientists, Astronauts to Attend Heartland Institute Climate Conference

April 18, 2012
Jim Lakely

Signed Recent Letter Critical of NASA’s ‘Advocacy of an Extreme Position’ on Climate Science

Two Apollo-era astronauts and two prominent former NASA scientists will speak at The H

Heartland Institute Reacts to Passage of Florida Energy Bill (HB 7117)

April 13, 2012
James M. Taylor, J.D.

APRIL 13, 2012 — On Friday night, Florida Gov. Rick Scott allowed a key state energy bill, HB 7117, to become law without his signature.

Czech President Vaclav Klaus to Speak at Heartland Institute Climate Conference

April 12, 2012

Major event taking place in Chicago immediately following the NATO Summit

The Heartland Institute today announced Vaclav Klaus, president of the Czech Republic, will be the first d

Heartland Institute Calls on Oxford to Cancel Speech by Admitted Thief Peter Gleick

April 11, 2012
Joseph Bast

‘All Honest Scientists Should Be Outraged’

The Heartland Institute today called on Oxford University to cancel

Heartland Institute Urges Veto of “Green” Energy Bill

April 02, 2012

A proposed Florida law, HB 7117, has passed both houses of the legislature and was presented to the governor for his signature on March 30.

Heartland Institute Responds to General Motors’ Decision to Pull Funding

March 30, 2012
Joseph Bast

General Motors spokesman David Barthmuss today confirmed the company’s foundation will no longer donate to The Heartland Institute.

U.N. Finds No Link Between Extreme Weather Event Damages and Global Warming

March 30, 2012
James M. Taylor, J.D.

The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released its Special Report on Extremes, which fails to find increasing property damage caused by global warming.

Heartland Institute Praises FDA’s BPA Ruling

March 30, 2012

In a long-awaited response to a petition from the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Food and Drug Administration today announced it will not ban the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) from food contac