Environment and Climate News Podcast
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Climate and Energy in Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill – The Climate Realism Show #158
Podcast -Donald Trump achieved a major political and policy victory on Thursday when the U.S. House of Representatives passed what he calls his “Big Beautiful Bill.” The less-creative name is the budget reconciliation bill, which presidents for years have used to implement large parts of their agenda. (That’s how we got “Obamacare.”) The bill includes many […] -
SHOCK CLIMATE REPORT! Urban Heat Islands Responsible for 65% of Global Warming — The Climate Realism Show #157
Podcast -A new study from the University of Alabama in Huntsville addresses the question of how much the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect is responsible for the higher temperatures at weather stations across the world. Dr. Roy Spencer and Dr. John Christy have spent several years developing a novel method that quantifies, for the first time, […] -
A Critique of the Climate Apocalypse with Dr. Judith Curry — The Climate Realism Show #156
Podcast -A new paper by Dr. Judith Curry, one of the world’s most prominent scientists skeptical of a looming human-caused climate catastrophe, and economist Harry DeAngelo cautions investors and the public that “the apocalyptic climate narrative is a seriously flawed guide for public policy.” Why? “Because it radically overstates the risks to humanity from continued global […] -
The Pain in Spain Is Renewably Insane – The Climate Realism Show #155
Podcast -In mid-April, Spain’s socialist government bragged that, for the first time, the nation was powered by 100 percent “renewable” energy—mostly solar and wind. One week later, Spain, Portugal, parts of France, and several other countries suffered the largest peacetime blackout in their histories. Net Zero came to Europe all right—as in zero energy. We were […] -
US Exiting the Climate Alarm Cabal — The Climate Realism Show #153
Podcast -In news that has climate alarmists in an even greater panic, the Trump administration is ending funding for the U.S. Global Change Research Program, the panel that produced the federal government’s National Climate Assessment every four years. Several officials in the office have reportedly been fired, and Trump’s NASA has canceled the contract with the […] -
Checking in on Net Zero in the UK — The Climate Realism Show #152
Podcast -The Net Zero project in Great Britain, so the country does it’s part to stop climate change, has a true believer behind it in leftist Prime Minister Keir Starmer. But recent opinion polls show the public is starting to turn dramatically against it, especially when the economic costs become increasingly real. A London Times poll […] -
The Sun and Climate Change (Guest: Dr. Willie Soon) — The Climate Realism Show #151
Podcast -Why does the sun always get short shrift when it comes to the causes of climate change? Dr. Willie Soon is on the pod to explain. -
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The High Cost of Climate Scams in Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act
Podcast -The other day, Donald Kendall, director of the Glenn C. Haskins Emerging Issues Center at the Heartland Institute, was a guest on the Shawn Thompson Show on AM 560 The Answer in Chicago. Donald is a regular guest on Sean’s show and was invited on this time to talk about a new heartlands to paper […] -
Obama’s Climate Agenda: R.I.P. — The Climate Realism Show #149
Podcast -The new EPA administrator, Lee Zeldin, dropped the Mother of All Bombs this week on the radical environmental agenda that has dominated Washington, DC since the start of the Obama administration. If it holds, the impact will be devastating. The Heartland Institute’s Sterling Burnett and Jim Lakely are joined by SPECIAL GUESTS Matthew M. […] -
Backbone of Climate Agenda Endangered – The Climate Realism Show #147
Podcast -Big news this week as EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin has reportedly told the White House it should officially abandon the ruling that greenhouse gases pose a threat to human health and welfare. The so-called “endangerment finding” for carbon dioxide and methane emissions forms the backbone of government regulations to “fight climate change” by heavily regulating […] -
Is it Over for the MSM? – In The Tank #485
Podcast -The FBI is investigating an alleged “honeypot” operation against the 2016 Trump campaign, in which Comey’s FBI may have planted female agents to try to compromise Trump. It has been a tough week for our mainstream media elites—multiple MSM personalities were fired or retired, and Jake Tapper is pretending he wasn’t involved in covering up […] -
The Truth About Climate Change and “Green” Energy: C. Michael Hogan, Ph.D.
Podcast -Physicist C. Michael Hogan says the evidence shows that we do not face a climate crisis and that there is no existential threat. Instead, now, as throughout history, a warmer world is improving life. Attempts to fight climate change by forcing wind, solar, and battery power onto the grid are undermining the nation’s electric power […] -
Exposing the Climate Grift – The Climate Realism Show #146
Podcast -Elon Musk's DOGE crew continues to shine a light on how our federal government operates, and it is exposing more climate grift than even the most cynical among us could have imagined. -
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EPA Returning ‘Gold Bars’ to Taxpayers – The Climate Realism Show #145
Podcast -The good news for climate realists and better governance in the Trump administration is piling up so fast it is difficult to keep up. As we covered on this show on December 6, a bit of undercover journalism by Project Veritas exposed a left-wing staffer at the Environmental Protection Agency admitting that he and others […] -
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 […]