Opinion
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Pennsylvania Climate Action Plan – Crippling Coasts for No Benefit
Opinion -Editorial -Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf released the latest version of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) Climate Action Plan, announcing that Pennsylvania would join the U.S. Climate Alliance. -
Report: Illinois Local Governments Face ‘Service Insolvency’ Over Pension Funding
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Pension costs could require cutbacks in core services -
Federal Agencies Approve Arizona’s Rosemont Mine Permits
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Two federal agencies issued permits to allow Hudbay Minerals Inc. to build and operate its proposed Rosemont copper mine in Pima County, Arizona. -
Vaccines, Reason, and Freedom
Opinion -Editorial -The current measles outbreak has brought new criticism of parents who refuse to vaccinate their children over vaccine safety concerns. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts Comment on WA Bill That Would Stop Bakken Oil Shipments
Opinion -Press Release -“Just as the United States has become the largest crude oil producer in the world, this legislation would increase dependence on foreign oil.” - Tim Huelskamp -
Climate Politics Abroad Are Turning Decidedly Skeptical
Opinion -Editorial, Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #322 -
Is Higher Education A Moral Mess? This Book Explains Why
Opinion -Editorial -Higher education is So Hot Right Now. -
Courts Reject Challenges to EPA Policy on Science Advisory Boards
Opinion -environment-climate-news, News -In two separate cases, federal courts tossed out lawsuits challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s policy aimed at preventing conflicts of interest for people serving on the agency’s scientific advisory boards. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to House Passage of ‘Climate Action Now Act’
Opinion -Press Release -“Despite Democrats playing political games on the House floor, President Trump was right to withdraw America from the Paris Climate Accord.” - Tim Huelskamp -
West Virginia Choice Bill Scuttled After Teachers Strike
Opinion -school-reform-news, budget-tax-news -Public school students have few choices. -
What 19th-Century Foreign Writers Said about American Freedom and Prosperity
Opinion -Editorial -If you look at the results of relatively open and competitive market economies over the years, the only conclusion that can reasonably be reached is that free market liberal-oriented societies provide the conditions for constant betterment. -
L.A. Tax Addicts Looking to Score
Opinion -Editorial -Union leader and the school district want more of your money to feed a bad habit. -
Is Climate Policy Debatable?
Opinion -Editorial -President Trump is creating a Presidential Committee on Climate Security to scrutinize climate science. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Outlines ‘Modern System for Approving Cures of the Future’
Opinion -Press Release -New Policy Brief by The Heartland Institute Examines the Numerous Benefits of ‘Free to Choose Medicine’ -
President Trump Signs EMP Order to Protect Critical Infrastructure
Opinion -environment-climate-news -President Trump issued an Executive Order directing federal agencies to identify and develop responses to the threat electromagnetic pulses could pose to critical infrastructure. -
Wisconsin Governor Proposes School Choice Ban
Opinion -budget-tax-news, school-reform-news -The governor is proposing to roll back school choice programs. -
North Dakota to Charge Electric Vehicle Owners for Highway Maintenance
Opinion -environment-climate-news -North Dakota joined 20 other states imposing fees on electric vehicles, on April 11. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to FDA Approval of ‘Heat-Not-Burn’ Tobacco Device
Opinion -Press Release -“In a significant development for tobacco harm reduction, I must applaud the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for allowing one of the most-revolutionary tobacco harm reduction products to hit the U.S. market.” - Lindsey Stroud -
Where the Buffalo Roam
Opinion -Editorial -At the time that the Europeans arrived here, there were maybe 100 million Buffalo lumbering about. -
Federal Judge Blocks Oil and Gas Leases, Development on Federal Lands in Wyoming
Opinion -environment-climate-news -U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras blocked oil and natural gas lease sales proposed by the Obama administration in 2016 for nearly 500 square miles of federal land in Wyoming. -
Senate Confirms Bernhardt as Interior Secretary
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The U.S. Senate confirmed David Bernhardt as the 53rd Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior by a vote of 56 to 41. -
Let’s Get Real About Postal Reform
Opinion -Editorial -Does getting real mean taking up the recommendations from the Trump administration’s 2018 task force on 'United States Postal Service: A Sustainable Path Forward'? -
Fake Climate Science and Scientists
Opinion -Editorial -Alarmists game the system to enrich and empower themselves, and hurt everyone else.
