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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.

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

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.

Heartland Institute Experts Praise FDA Report on Smokeless Tobacco Products

March 28, 2012

Heartland Institute experts today praised a new report from the Food and Drug Administration that says dissolvable tobacco products are less harmful than smoking cigarettes.

Heartland Institute Responds to End of Obamacare Arguments at Supreme Court

March 28, 2012
Benjamin Domenech

Three days of arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), also known as Obamacare, ended Wednesday.

Fakegate: Heartland Replies to Greenpeace

March 27, 2012
Joseph Bast

CHICAGO, IL March 26, 2012: Recently, a Greenpeace activist named Cindy Baxter suddenly recalled that “someone calling himself ‘John’ and saying he was with a US environmental NGO” recorded a brief

Heartland Institute Experts React to First Day of Obamacare Hearings at Supreme Court

March 26, 2012
Maureen Martin
Benjamin Domenech
Peter Ferrara
Avik Roy
Dr. John Dale Dunn, M.D., J.D.

The United States Supreme Court today began three days of hearings on a challenge to the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), also known as Obamacare.

Heartland Institute Responds to House Budget Plan for Federal Crop Insurance

March 22, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC (MARCH 22, 2012) – The Heartland Institute’s Center on Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate today responded to the plan unveiled by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI), w