Press Releases: Environment

Heartland Institute Reacts to Canada Pulling Out of Kyoto Climate Treaty

December 13, 2011
James M. Taylor, J.D.
Jay Lehr, Ph.D.

Canada’s environment minister, Peter Kent, said his country is withdrawing from the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, adding “it is now clear that Kyoto is not the path forward to a global solution

Heartland Institute Reacts to Draft Regulations for Fracking in Colorado

December 05, 2011

The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission held a public meeting in Denver this morning to discuss draft regulations on hydraulic fracturing chemical disclosure.

Heartland Institute Reacts to ‘Climategate 2’ Emails

November 22, 2011
S. Fred Singer
James M. Taylor, J.D.
Richard J. Trzupek
Maureen Martin

Another shoe dropped in the Climategate scandal today with the release of thousands more emails revealing how the scientists who contributed to the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Heartland Institute Energy Experts Available to Discuss PA Fracking Vote

November 17, 2011
Richard J. Trzupek
James M. Taylor, J.D.

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives today will vote on implementing fees and regulations for hydraulic fracturing for natural gas in the Marcellus Shale field.

Heartland Institute Climate, Energy Experts React to Keystone XL Pipeline Decision

November 10, 2011
S. Fred Singer
James M. Taylor, J.D.
Norman Rogers

The Obama administration today announced it was putting off until after the 2012 election a decision on whether to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Alberta, Canada to refineries in the Uni

Heartland Institute Energy Experts Praise Bill to End All Energy Subsidies

November 04, 2011
James M. Taylor, J.D.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Staffers for the Heartland Institute today praised Rep. Mike Pompeo’s (R-KS) proposal to eliminate all energy subsidies.

Heartland Institute Reacts to New ‘Toxic’ Chemical Rules in California

November 02, 2011
James M. Taylor, J.D.
Dr. John Dale Dunn, M.D., J.D.
John Nothdurft

The California Department of Toxic Substances Control this week tightened up the state’s “green chemistry” regulation.

Heartland Institute Experts Available for Comment on Pennsylvania Fracking Fee Vote

November 02, 2011
Richard J. Trzupek
Jay Lehr, Ph.D.
John Nothdurft

Negotiations continue in the Pennsylvania Senate as legislators attempt to determine the size and distribution of a proposed impact fee on Marcellus Shale gas wells.

Heartland Institute Reacts to Friday Court Ruling on Cape Wind Project

October 28, 2011
Maureen Martin
James M. Taylor, J.D.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on Friday handed down a ruling that sets back the Cape Wind project in Massachusetts.

Media Advisory: Muller Paper Misses the Point on Global Warming Skepticism

October 21, 2011
James M. Taylor, J.D.

The national media has been giving a great deal of attention to a new paper by University of California, Berkeley professor Richard Muller, claiming a review of global temperature records refutes t