Press Releases: Environment

Heartland Institute Experts Available for Solyndra Hearings Commentary

September 21, 2011
James M. Taylor, J.D.
Steve Stanek

The U.S. House of Representatives will hold hearings Thursday and Friday on the bankruptcy of Solyndra that cost taxpayers more than $500 million in loan guarantees.

Heartland Institute Experts React to EPA CO2 Delay

September 15, 2011
Craig Idso
James M. Taylor, J.D.

The federal Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday it has negotiated an extension of a court-ordered September 30 deadline for issuing rules governing greenhouse gas emissions from powe

Correcting Al Gore's '24 Hours of Reality'

September 13, 2011
Jim Lakely

Al Gore is using his considerable media muscle to express his frustration that people and governments the world over – but especially here in the United States – have increasingly rejected the noti

Heartland Institute Reacts to Obama Administration Shelving Smog Regulations

September 02, 2011
James M. Taylor, J.D.
Maureen Martin
S.T. Karnick

The White House on Friday instructed the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel a planned rule to tighten the Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards that regulate smog.

Heartland Institute Reacts to Keystone XL Pipeline Approval

August 26, 2011

The U.S. State Department late Friday afternoon found that the TransCanada Corp.

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

August 26, 2011
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 Reacts to U.S. Supreme Court Ruling on Greenhouse Gases

June 20, 2011
Jim Lakely

The United States Supreme Court ruled today against six states that sought standing to sue sources of greenhouse gas emissions for their contributions to global warming under federal common law. The court ruled 8–0 in American Electric Power Co. v. Connecticut that the Clean Air Act and the Obama administration’s regulatory actions on climate had displaced the states’ common law “public nuisance” argument. The Court left one issue open, splitting 4–4 on the issue of whether federal courts even had jurisdiction to hear the claims.