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- Environment & Energy
First Fracking Permit Granted in Illinois Returned by Company

Published December 27, 2017

By Tim Benson

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Kansas-based Woolsey Energy withdrew its first in the state of Illinois permit application for drilling, citing low commodity prices and Illinois’ burdensome permitting process.
- Climate Change
- Environment & Energy
Heartland Replies to Inside Climate News

Published December 24, 2017

By Joseph Bast

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Neela Banerjee’s December 22 article for Inside Climate News, titled “How Big Oil Lost Control of Its Climate Misinformation Machine,” is a “Through the Looking Glass” history of the climate change debate. Here are some corrections.
- Government & Politics
- Government & Liberty
Can Twitter Be Trusted with Its New ‘Violent Images’ Rules?

Published December 22, 2017

By Billy Aouste

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Do you trust Twitter?
- Environment & Energy
Renewable Fuels Standard Creates More Problems Than It Solves

Published December 22, 2017

By Isaac Orr

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The Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) will remain intact — at least for now.
Virtue in America

Published December 22, 2017

By Christopher Talgo

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The founding of the United States remains a unique experience in world history.
- Climate Change
- Environment & Energy
Trump Changes Threat Level for Climate

Published December 22, 2017

By H. Sterling Burnett

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Editorial, Legacy Climate Change Weekly -
Climate Change Weekly #272
- Environment & Energy
- Health Care
Setting National Health Priorities: Trump and Climate Change

Published December 21, 2017

By Jane M. Orient, M.D.

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The Trump Administration has announced the removal of climate change from the list of national security threats.
- Education
U.S. DOE Rescinds 72 ‘Outdated’ Special Ed Regulations

Published December 21, 2017

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The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) has rescinded 72 regulations pertaining to special-needs education.
- Climate Change
- Environment & Energy
Global warming: Fake News From the Start

Published December 20, 2017

By Tom Harris, Timothy Ball

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Senator Tim Wirth, scientist James Hansen and others manufactured the climate “crisis”
- Environment & Energy
Trump Shrinks Two National Monument Areas in Utah

Published December 20, 2017

By H. Sterling Burnett

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President Donald Trump signed proclamations significantly reducing the size of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and the Bears Ears National Monument in Utah.
Millennials Ought to Abandon Marx for Rand

Published December 19, 2017

By Christopher Talgo

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In 2016, droves of Millennials supported a socialist candidate for the Democratic Party’s nominee in the presidential election.
Heartland Institute Experts React to Climate Change Being Removed from Trump’s National Security Strategy

Published December 18, 2017

By Tim Huelskamp, Ph.D., Jay Lehr (1938 – 2023), H. Sterling Burnett, Frederick D. Palmer, Bette Grande, John Coleman (1934-2018), Tom Harris, Tom Sheahen, Kenneth Haapala, Timothy Ball, James H. Rust, Walter Starck

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“The elimination of climate change from the nation’s list of security threats is one of the most important of the many actions the president has taken to strength the United States.” - Jay Lehr
- Environment & Energy
Reducing Antiquities Act Land Grabs

Published December 18, 2017

By Paul Driessen

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Acting on recommendations by Department of the Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, on December 4 President Trump significantly reduced the size of two enormous areas in Utah that Presidents Clinton and Obama had set aside under the 1906 Antiquities Act.
Heartland Weekly: Heartland Institute Experts React to FCC Repeal of Net Neutrality

Published December 18, 2017

By Jim Lakely

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On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) repealed its 2015 “net neutrality” rule.
- Education
Why We Need More Liberal Arts

Published December 18, 2017

By Christopher Talgo

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The liberal arts, once the cornerstone of a well-rounded education, are being undermined by progressive socialists.
- Government & Liberty
- Technology
Ending Net Neutrality Will Save the Internet, Not Destroy It

Published December 18, 2017

By Justin Haskins, Jesse Hathaway

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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) made the right move Thursday when it undid an Obama-era power grab commonly referred to as “net neutrality."
- Environment & Energy
New York Law Could Restrict Oil Barges on Hudson River

Published December 18, 2017

By Bonner R. Cohen

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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) signed legislation that could limit or even bar oil tankers traversing the Hudson River from storing petroleum at anchorages along the river.
- Climate Change
- Environment & Energy
EPA Bars Grant Recipients from Serving on Agency Advisory Panels

Published December 18, 2017

By Bonner R. Cohen

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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt is barring scientists receiving taxpayer-funded EPA grants from serving on any of the agency’s advisory boards.
- Government & Liberty
- Technology
It’s About Time! Restoring Internet Freedom

Published December 18, 2017

By Bartlett Cleland

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There must have been a time, a moment, in each instance when freedom and liberty triumphed that the people exclaimed “Finally!” Today is such a day for internet freedom.
- Education
Federal Homeschooling Estimates Questioned

Published December 17, 2017

By Jenni White

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National data indicating the U.S. homeschooling population has remained static since 2012 has homeschooling advocates questioning the numbers.
- Education
Common Core Influence Remains Strong Despite Political, Parental Pushback

Published December 16, 2017

By Jenni White

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The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are still in widespread use across the nation despite continuing public resistance, an extensively reprinted Associate Press article reports.
- Climate Change
- Environment & Energy
Governor Pinocchio’s Nose Grows Over California Wildfire Claims

Published December 15, 2017

By H. Sterling Burnett

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Editorial, Legacy Climate Change Weekly -
Climate Change Weekly #271
- Climate Change
- Environment & Energy
Insincerity, Hypocrisy, and Hype Rife in Bonn Climate Negotiations

Published December 15, 2017

By H. Sterling Burnett

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An annual two-week luxury climate negotiation excursion for nearly 25,000 government diplomats, bureaucrats, and environmentalists in Bonn, Germany ended on November 17.
Countering Liberal Bias in Higher Education

Published December 15, 2017

By Christopher Talgo

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According to a recent Econ Journal Watch study, liberal professors outnumber conservatives nearly 12 to one.