Opinion
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Vanishing Snow: Should There Be A Law?
Opinion -Last month, more than 100 ski resorts joined the Business for Innovative Climate & Energy Policy (BICEP) Climate Declaration. -
Conservatives Reach Common Ground On A Carbon Tax, And That’s The Problem
Opinion -A much-anticipated carbon tax debate in Washington D.C. last Thursday brought some much needed clarity to assertions that conservatives should or indeed do support a carbon tax. -
Breakthrough!
Opinion -This essay is based on remarks delivered on June 19, 2013 at Heartland’s annual President’s Council Retreat. -
California’s Environmental Tax Grab
Opinion -Well, well, well. It seems California is not all that interested in theenvironment after all. As this editorial in the Wall Street Journalnotes (June 18, 2013, p. -
Climate Alarmists Caught Doctoring ‘97 Percent Consensus’ Claims
Opinion -Global warming alarmists have been caught doctoring the results of a widely cited paper asserting there is a 97 percent scientific consensus regarding human-caused global warming. -
Greenbacks Beat the Greens in Uber-Green California
Opinion -If there is anyplace the gang green can expect to get its way, it would surely be California. -
Big Apple “Voluntary” Composting Idea Stinks: Carries Health Risks, Says New York-Based Risk Expert
Opinion -Mayor Bloomberg is planning on creating a "voluntary" composting program that will eventually become mandatory, the New York Times reported on Sunday. -
Debate Highlights Obstacles for a ‘Conservative’ Carbon Tax
Opinion -A much-anticipated carbon tax debate in Washington D.C. last Thursday brought some much needed clarity to assertions that conservatives should or indeed do support a carbon tax. -
A Don’t-Miss Science Conference July 13-14
Opinion -An energetic group of medical doctors, nuclear physicists, astrophysicists, climate scientists, and just plain folks desiring to get up close and personal with some of our nation's greatest scientists will be meeting at the Houston Marriott South on -
California Assembly Rejects Fracking Ban
Opinion -The California State Assembly overwhelmingly rejected a bill that would have banned oil and natural gas fracking in the state. By a vote of 37-24, the Democrat-dominated Assembly voted down AB 1323. -
Models Predicted Too Much Warming, New Data Show
Opinion -Climate models used by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and other climate groups to predict future temperatures have failed miserably at predicting climate in recent years, new data show. -
Feds Give Wind Producers Free Pass to Kill Condors
Opinion -Federal wildlife officials announced they will allow wind producers in California’s Tehachapi Mountains to kill endangered California condors without fear of prosecution. The U.S. -
Frankenfood? Mutant Wheat Not a Health Threat
Opinion -There’s a new twist in the story of genetically modified wheat discovered growing rogue by an Oregon farmer. Monsanto, the company which developed the pesticide resistant strain, has now suggested the stalks were intentionally planted. -
Why We Need ‘Calm’ Approach to Climate Change
Opinion -Last month, U.S. Rep. David McKinley (R-WV) hosted an unbiased climate change panel discussion in Fairmont, W.V. Experts from both sides of the climate debate participated without restrictions of any kind. -
EPA Continues Imposing Costly and Unnecessary New Restrictions
Opinion -President Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency has already promulgated a tsunami of 1,920 regulations, many of which will bring few health or environmental benefits but will impose high economic and unemployment costs, often to advance the -
Heartland Institute Statement on Chinese Edition of ‘Climate Change Reconsidered’
Opinion -JUNE 14, 2013 -- Earlier this week, the Information Center for Global Change Studies, a division of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, published a Chinese edition of “Climate Change Reconsidered,” translating and combining the contents of two volumes in a -
Heartland Institute Statement on Chinese Edition of ‘Climate Change Reconsidered’
Opinion -(Updated release from June 27, 2013, can be found here. -
SolarCity Sues Federal Government for More Subsidies
Opinion -The Obama administration’s efforts to promote renewable energy took an unexpected turn in May when it was revealed a major recipient of Washington’s largesse had turned on the hand that had been feeding it and sued the federal government, claiming it had -
How Warming Impacts Male Capelin Choice of Spawning Habitat
Opinion -The fish responds as most any logical creature would. It seeks a cooler location. -
Brown Seeks Rewrite of California Toxins Law
Opinion -California Gov. Jerry Brown is seeking to revise Proposition 65, formally titled The Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, to reduce instances of lawyers filing frivolous lawsuits under the Act for the purpose of monetary gain. -
EPA Issues New Pebble Mine Assessment
Opinion -One year after releasing a widely criticized draft assessment of the environmental impacts of the proposed Pebble Mine in Alaska, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in May released a revised analysis of the project. -
Connecticut Adds Hydropower to Renewable Mix
Opinion -Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy signed legislation allowing large-scale hydroelectric power to qualify under the Constitution State’s renewable power mandate. -
Chinese Academy of Sciences Publishes Heartland Institute Research Skeptical of Global Warming
Opinion -(Updated release from June 27, 2013, can be found here. -
Forget Popular Pessimism: The Future for Humans Is Bright
Opinion -Review of Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think, by Peter H.