Environment and Climate News Podcast
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Unleashing American Energy: Restoring Sanity to U.S. Energy Policy
Podcast -Join us as we dive into President Trump’s bold “Unleashing American Energy” executive order—a decisive move to free America’s most valuable resources, from coal and oil to natural gas and nuclear power. In this episode, we contrast this strategic shift with policies favoring costly, unreliable renewable alternatives, and explore how a return to sensible energy […] -
The Trump Effect on the Global Climate Agenda – The Climate Realism Show #144
Podcast -President Trump has struck the Biden administration’s climate and energy policy like a hurricane – from increasing energy exploration and extraction, to letting 1,000 employees at the Environmental Protection Agency know they could be fired at any time, to taking all mentions of climate change from the website of the Department of Agriculture, and more. […] -
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Trump’s Blizzard of Climate and Energy Orders
Podcast -Heartland's Sterling Burnett talks about President Trump withdrawing the US from the Paris Climate Agreement and other executive orders. -
Suing Big Oil for LA Fires is All Wet – The Climate Realism Show #143
Podcast -The historic and devastating fires in Los Angeles exposed the incompetence of leaders such as Gov. Gavin Newsom and Mayor Karen Bass. So how do state legislators want to address that? By allowing victims who had their lives destroyed sue Big Oil. Of course. The Heartland Institute’s Anthony Watts and Jim Lakely blow holes in […] -
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Making Climate Policy Sane Again – The Climate Realism Show #142
Podcast -President Trump wasted no time reversing all of Biden’s executive orders that made climate alarmism and “green” energy the focus of the government. -
Trump’s Climate Cabinet – The Climate Realism Show #141
Podcast -Senate committee rooms on Capitol Hill were buzzing with activity this week as many of President Trump’s picks for cabinet posts were underway. Three of the key hearings on climate and energy policy were Lee Zeldin for EPA, Doug Burgum for Interior, and Chris Wright for Energy. We hope you caught Heartland’s two three-hour long […] -
LA Fires NOT Caused by Climate Change – The Climate Realism Show #140
Podcast -Historic wildfires have destroyed thousands of homes and businesses in Los Angeles County. Many homes of the rich and famous in Pacific Palisades, Malibu, and Pasadena have been reduced to rubble and ash. Entire neighborhoods were completely destroyed, and the fires have been blamed for at least five deaths. The speed at which the fires […] -
Biden’s Green Programs Fraudulent, Wasteful, and Abusive
Podcast -Join us for a hard-hitting discussion with Dr. Sterling Burnett, director of the Robinson Center on Climate and Environmental Policy at The Heartland Institute, as he breaks down the recent Energy Department Inspector General’s explosive findings. In this episode, Dr. Burnett examines claims of fraud, waste, and abuse in current federal green energy programs, offering […] -
Human CO2 Emissions Are a GOOD THING – The Climate Realism Show #139
Podcast -It’s a fact that humans are increasing the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. But does it follow, as we’re constantly told, that this increasing of CO2 is poisoning the planet? What if the opposite is actually the case? This week’s guest, CO2 Coalition Executive Director Gregory Wrightstone, is going to explain why it’s […] -
H. Sterling Burnett on Climate Policy and America’s Energy Future
Podcast -In this episode of The Heartland Daily Podcast, Karen Schoen is joined by H. Sterling Burnett, Director of the Arthur B. Robinson Center on Climate and Environmental Policy and Managing Editor of Environment & Climate News. Together, they dive into the critical issues shaping America’s energy future and environmental policies. Burnett shares his expert […] -
Is Elon Musk Now a Climate Realist? – The Climate Realism Show #138
Podcast -Elon Musk’s latest fortune was built on his Tesla electric vehicles, helped in no small measure by federal tax credits so more people could afford to buy the luxury items. For years, he’s marketed them as a way to help wean the world of oil and stop the imminent “climate change meltdown.” But The Washington […] -
Top 10 Energy Priorities for America’s Future
Podcast -Join Sterling Burnett of The Heartland Institute as he delves into the critical intersection of climate policy and energy independence. This podcast explores the “Top 10 Climate and Energy Action Items for President Trump in His Second Term,” addressing the challenges posed by onerous green energy policies under the Biden administration. From the impacts of […] -
EPA’s Big Green Money Scam
Podcast -Biden’s EPA is reacting to soon losing power by shoveling tens of billions of your tax dollars out the door to left-wing “green” nonprofits. -
COP 29: Inside the Disaster in Baku – The Climate Realism Show #136
Podcast -The latest annual United Nations climate conference, COP29, is about to wrap up in Baku, Azerbaijan – the second year in a row it has been held in a “petro state.” Add in the election of Donald Trump just before they convened, and it was a pretty grim affair if you are a global climate […] -
Maple Syrup and Hot Air: Debunking Canada’s Climate Hype – The Climate Realism Show #135
Podcast -While the political tide has shifted right in the United States – and away from the climate alarmist agenda – our neighbors to the north are still currently all-in for the economically ruinous and scientifically unnecessary Net Zero agenda. But climate realists in the Great White North are pushing back, and a new book released […] -
Trump Causes Climate Activists to Melt Down – The Climate Realism Show #134
Podcast -Donald Trump’s massive landslide victory in Tuesday’s presidential election has climate activists around the world melting down. Trump called measures to control climate change “one of the great scams” of the world, and said at one of his final rallies “who the hell cares?” if the sea levels rise. Trump will immediately get America out […] -
“Not So Fast,” on Coal Closures, Its Still Vital To America (Guest: Matt Mackowiak)
Podcast -“Not So Fast,” is a campaign to make it obvious to the general public, regulators, and legislators alike that coal still plays a vital role to play in the U.S. electric power supply and in industrial production, and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. It is way too soo to put it […] -
Climate Change Policies, Killing the American Dream
Podcast -Climate change policy is often framed as a challenge to personal freedoms and choices, especially when policies seem to impose strict limits on individuals’ lifestyles and economic options. For example, regulations that mandate renewable energy or limit fossil fuel use can feel like a direct restriction on the American dream—the idea that with hard work, […] -
Rhetoric and Reality – The Politics of Climate Change
Podcast -The whole world seems to be nervously awaiting the outcome of the presidential election, which is just 10 days away — perhaps no group more than the global climate cabal. Climate and energy policy is a topic barely mentioned on the campaign trail, and in the debates. But voters are going to decide in November […] -
Climate Alarmist Education – The Climate Realism Show #131
Podcast -What is driving the push for shoving climate alarmism into every academic subject under the sun? -
Breaking Down Hurricane Milton – The Climate Realism Show #130
Podcast -After a slow start to the 2024 Hurricane Season, it seems like Mother Nature wants to make up for lost time. -
Talking Hurricane Milton and Common Climate Myths on the Shaun Thompson Show
Podcast -This week, Heartland Institute Senior Fellow Anthony Watts was a guest on the Shaun Thompson Show on AM 560 the Answer in Chicago. He was asked on the program to talk about Hurricane Milton approaching the Florida Gulf Coast and what Shaun calls the “climate grift.” Anthony debunks a lot of climate myths in just […] -
The Aftermath and Myths of Hurricane Helene
Podcast -Hurricane Helene will go down as one of the most-significant natural disasters (so far) in US History, and certainly of the 21st century. While the Florida panhandle was walloped when it made landfall, the storm did most of its shocking damage far from shore in the Appalachian Mountains of eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina. […] -
It’s Climate Week in NYC – The Climate Realism Show #128
Podcast -It’s climate week in New York City, yet another expensive and carbon-intensive gathering of global chicken littles clucking about the end of the world. More than 6,000 attendees from more than 100 countries converged on the Big Apple to coincide with the United Nations General Assembly Meeting, all the better to coordinate efforts to stop climate change by taking your freedom and money.