Press Releases: Environment

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.

Heartland Institute Reacts to Failed U.S. Senate Vote to Kill Ethanol Subsidy

June 14, 2011
Jim Lakely

 

On Tuesday, June 14, the Senate will vote on an amendment to the Economic Development Reauthorization Act (S. 782) sponsored by Senators Tom Coburn (R-OK) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) that will end the ethanol blenders’ tax credit and corresponding import tariff. Senator Jim DeMint’s (R-SC) related proposal to eliminate the ethanol mandate alongside the death tax will also be up for a vote.

Lord Monckton Thrashes DeSmog Blog Editor in High-Profile Global Warming Debate

August 18, 2008
transcription and analysis by James M. Taylor

Lord Christopher Monckton, a global warming expert and former senior policy advisor to British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, has challenged Al Gore, and other ardent proponents of the theory th

The Freedom 21 Agenda for Prosperity

November 01, 2007
Michael S. Coffman et al.

At the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, the United Nations put forward a comprehensive plan for its version of sustainable development called “Agenda 21.”

EPA Data Show Fewer Children Affected by Air Pollution

October 25, 2006
Michael Van Winkle