Press Releases: Environment

Heartland Institute Comments on “Fakegate”

February 20, 2012
Joseph Bast

FEBRUARY 20, 2012 - What began as the theft of documents from The Heartland Institute has become a major scandal involving DeSmogBlog, ThinkProgress, and the Huffington Post in which many other fig

Statement by The Heartland Institute on Peter Gleick Confession

February 20, 2012
Joseph Bast

FEBRUARY 20, 2012 -- The Heartland Institute has issued the following statement concerning Peter Gleick's confession with respect to stolen and forged documents.

The Heartland Institute Sends Legal Notices to Publishers of Faked and Stolen Documents

February 19, 2012
Joseph Bast

FEBRUARY 19 — The Heartland Institute has sent legal notices to numerous Web sites, blogs, and publications asking them to take down the stolen and forged documents and what it views as malicious a

Heartland Institute Responds to Stolen and Fake Documents

February 15, 2012
Jim Lakely

FEBRUARY 15, 2012 – The following statement from The Heartland Institute – a free-market think tank – may be used for attribution.

Heartland Science Director Jay Lehr to Testify Before Kansas Legislature Today About Water, Wind Power

February 13, 2012

FEBRUARY 14 – Dr. Jay Lehr, science director at The Heartland Institute, who earned the nation’s first Ph.D.

Heartland Institute Expert Available to Speak About New Nuclear Plant Approvals

February 09, 2012

FEBRUARY 9 -- The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission today approved licenses to build two new nuclear reactors.

Heartland Institute Reacts to Fracking Moratorium in Vermont

January 27, 2012
Jay Lehr, Ph.D.

The Fish and Wildlife Committee in the Vermont House voted yesterday to enact a three year moratorium on hydraulic fracturing in the state.

Heartland Institute Reacts to Obama’s Rejection of Keystone XL Pipeline

January 18, 2012
James M. Taylor, J.D.
Richard J. Trzupek

The Obama administration has decided to block construction of the Keystone XL pipeline that would deliver close to 1 million barrels of oil per day from neighboring Canada to U.S. refineries.

Heartland Institute Reacts to House Effort to Repeal Light Bulb Ban

December 16, 2011
James M. Taylor, J.D.
Maureen Martin
S.T. Karnick

House Republicans have folded into the omnibus spending bill that will soon cross Obama's desk a rider that will block the ban on incandescent light bulbs through September 2012.

Heartland Institute Reacts to Fracking Bill’s Passage in West Virginia

December 15, 2011

The West Virginia Legislature sent a bill Wednesday to the desk of Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin that would open up the state’s portion of the massive Marcellus shale deposit to drilling.