Opinion
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PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to Department of the Interior Opening up Offshore Drilling
Opinion -Press Release -“The Trump administration recognizes fossil fuels are the lifeblood of the U.S. economy, provide high paying jobs, and benefits the nation as a whole” - H. Sterling Burnett -
Day of Reckoning for GOP Tax Bill Naysayers
Opinion -Editorial -In December 2017, the U.S. House and Senate, along partisan lines, passed historic tax reform legislation after last minute updates, allowing GOP members to keep their promises to the American people. -
Record Cold Muddies Warming Claims
Opinion -Editorial, Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #273 -
In 2018, Lawmakers Should Do Something Completely Different to Improve Education
Opinion -Editorial -‘Tis the season for New Year’s resolutions. If you’re a lawmaker, reforming education should be at the top of your list—but not in the way you might think. -
Court Rejects Sierra Club Lawsuits Challenging Natural Gas Exports
Opinion -environment-climate-news -A U.S. Court of Appeals has thrown out three lawsuits filed by the Sierra Club that sought to block the export of liquefied natural gas from terminals on the East Coast and the and the Gulf of Mexico. -
Legislative Pulse: South Dakota Pushes for Regulatory Control
Opinion -environment-climate-news -According to South Dakota state Rep. Steve Haugaard (R-Sioux Falls), the state is fighting hard against overreaching federal and state regulatory agencies. -
Electrification—The Road to Higher Energy Prices
Opinion -Editorial -“Electrification” is the new buzz word touted by climate fighters and environmental groups -
Tom Steyer’s Strange Denial Of His Central Role In Climate Change Litigation Gets Fishier
Opinion -Editorial -Questions have been swirling around why hedge-fund tycoon and Democrat mega-donor Tom Steyer didn’t disclose his role in a controversial campaign to get state and local governments to file climate change lawsuits against energy companies. -
Betsy DeVos’s DoE Says It Plans to Reduce ‘Overreach’ in 2018
Opinion -school-choice-weekly, Editorial -School Choice Weekly #204 -
Trump EPA Puts Clean Power Plan on Trial in Coal Country
Opinion -Editorial -EPA held a public hearing at the end of November in Charleston, West Virginia, the second-largest coal producing state in the country, on the proposed repeal of the Clean Power Plan (CPP). -
Wisconsin Legislature Passes ‘Homeowners’ Bill of Rights’
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Wisconsin now has a “Homeowners’ Bill of Rights” intended to prevent local governments from limiting property owners’ use of their lands. -
Create a Personal Mission and Logo for Yourself This New Year
Opinion -Editorial -New Year resolutions often dissolve quickly. By concretizing values and goals into a written mission and a visual logo, however, we can enjoy a beautiful aide memoire of what’s important to us all year long ... or longer. -
Permit Rejected for Proposed Washington Export Terminal
Opinion -environment-climate-news -A proposed export terminal to be built along the Columbia River was rejected by Washington state’s Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council. -
A Year of Top Heartland Stories
Opinion -Editorial -2017 is coming to a close and what a wonderful year it was for The Heartland Institute. -
Government Is Legalized Force. Let’s Say It!
Opinion -Editorial -Shouldn’t we try to find ways to solve problems peacefully and voluntarily before we resort to force? Is it really okay to use force to achieve trivial objectives? -
Choosing a School Should Be as Easy as Choosing a Hair Salon
Opinion -Editorial -Think about all the things you spend money on in life. Why do you pick one product or service provider over another? Is it because government told you to? -
It’s Time to Rethink Crony Capitalism
Opinion -Editorial -The Niskanen Center’s Brink Lindsey and Steven Teles have been making the rounds of late, promoting their new book The Captured Economy. -
EPA Keeps Current Sewage Treatment Plant Standards
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has decided not to change the emission standards for large, publicly owned sewage treatment plants. -
Colorado Attorney General Fights Against Personhood Claim for River
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Colorado’s Attorney General has asked a Federal District Court to dismiss a “first-of-its-kind” claim filed by a radical environmental group, requesting the court recognize the Colorado River ecosystem as a legal person with constitutional rights. -
First Fracking Permit Granted in Illinois Returned by Company
Opinion -environment-climate-news -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. -
Heartland Replies to Inside Climate News
Opinion -Editorial -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. -
Can Twitter Be Trusted with Its New ‘Violent Images’ Rules?
Opinion -Editorial -Do you trust Twitter? -
Renewable Fuels Standard Creates More Problems Than It Solves
Opinion -Editorial -The Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) will remain intact — at least for now. -
Virtue in America
Opinion -Editorial -The founding of the United States remains a unique experience in world history.
