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Israel Can Teach California About Water
Opinion -Editorial -California leftists won’t like it, but they should look to Israel for a case study on how to manage water in the desert. -
California Is Falling into an Unrecoverable Deficit of Refineries
Opinion -Despite what out of state friends and families have said for years, California is not going to fall into the Pacific Ocean. But if its policymakers and legislators continue on a path of carbon isolation uber allies, it’s possible that California continues to alienate itself from the rest of the world, sinking economically as an energy island, isolated from the rest of the continental USA by the majestic Sierra Mountains. -
Scores on PISA Are Leaning the Wrong Way
Opinion -Overall, the results show that the United States ranked 13th in reading and science and 27th in math. Reading scores fell by 14 points since the last test in 2022. It’s not just the U.S. that’s moving in the wrong direction. The decline is part of a broader global trend, with the OECD average across 23 countries down 16 points. -
Guest Booking Opportunity: Debunking ‘Data Center Derangement Syndrome’
Opinion -Press Release -The Heartland Institute’s Chris Talgo says most Americans are wrong about how much water and power AI data centers use — and what their communities stand to gain -
Data Center Derangement Syndrome
Opinion -Editorial -For myriad reasons, nearly all of which are unjustifiable and illogical, a vast majority of Americans “oppose AI data centers in their areas.” -
Can a $1.2 trillion giveaway become a fiscal bargain?
Opinion -Editorial -Trump’s $5,000 ‘dividend’ would add heavily to the deficit — unless Congress couples it with spending reductions that survive long after the checks are cashed. -
NEW VIDEO: Who Pays For What Solar Owners Don’t?
Opinion -Editorial -Rooftop solar sounds like the reasonable version of solar power. Panels on your own roof, no farmland paved over, lower bills for everyone. Heartland Institute's Linnea Lueken explains why the grid-connected version doesn't work that way. -
Brandon Johnson does not deserve another term
Opinion -Editorial -Since Johnson’s tenure as mayor of the third-largest city in the United States, many Chicago residents would opine that Chicago has markedly declined. -
Climate Change Weekly # 591—National Academy Climate Bias Saga Continues
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Since its passage, the IRA resulted in billions of dollars being wasted on various green boondoggles. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts Applaud House Bill to Protect Americans from Energy Price Hikes Caused by AI Data Centers
Opinion -Press Release -‘We need AI, but it needs to be developed with the grid and ratepayers in mind.’ -
Trump’s ‘Dividend’ Plan Could Work, With One Major Addition
Opinion -Editorial -Those who are paying taxes are the ones doing the productive work and investment that is creating the economic growth Trump says he wants to reward. -
Low Tech Is NOT America’s Future! – James Taylor Talks The Future Of AI
Opinion -Editorial -A low tech America is a losing America, and falling behind China is the worst outcome on the table. -
Unlocking America’s Nuclear Gold Mine: The Promise of Spent Fuel
Opinion -The recent shift in the national conversation around nuclear generated electricity is encouraging. After decades of political hesitation, federal and state leaders are once again speaking positively about the role of nuclear power in delivering reliable, abundant electricity. That change in tone matters. However, favorable rhetoric alone will not solve one of the industry’s most […] -
Trillion Tree Initiative Is so 2020
Opinion -In l989 the U.S. Forest Service published a 13-page booklet (Program Aid No. 1442) titled, “Trees are the answer… to America’s growing environmental concerns.” -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts Applaud EPA’s Repeal of Strict Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rule for Power Plants
Opinion -Press Release -‘This represents a massive victory for energy and climate realists who have fought this unscientific overreach for decades.’ -
Guest Booking Opportunity: Why Nuclear — Not Wind and Solar — Is What You Want During Weather Extremes
Opinion -Press Release -As a report blames climate change for brief European nuclear slowdowns, Heartland senior fellow Anthony Watts says weather-dependent wind and solar are the actual reliability problem -
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Life, Liberty, Property #159: Trump’s ‘Dividend’ Plan Could Work, With One Major Addition
Opinion -budget-tax-news, Editorial -The complaints have substance: the plan is unworkable in the form in which Trump presented it. It would increase the already terrifying national debt and probably spark much-higher inflation ... -
Guest Booking Opportunity: Why Nuclear — Not Wind and Solar — Is What You Want During Weather Extremes
Opinion -Press Release -As a report blames climate change for brief European nuclear slowdowns, Heartland senior fellow Anthony Watts says weather-dependent wind and solar are the actual reliability problem SCHAUMBURG, IL (September 14, 2026) — The Heartland Institute’s senior fellow for environment and climate Anthony Watts is available for interviews about his new commentary published in The Washington […] -
Big Dairy Cabal’s ‘Dairy Net Zero’ Efforts Must Be Stopped
Opinion -Editorial -Over the past five years, an international cabal of dairy industry giants have tried to impose climate rules that would harm small producers. -
Climate Change Weekly # 590—Ag Cabal’s Dairy Net Zero Restrictions Harm Producers, Report Shows
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Since its passage, the IRA resulted in billions of dollars being wasted on various green boondoggles. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland’s New 50-State Medicaid Report Card Ranks Kansas First, California Last
Opinion -Press Release -New Heartland Institute study evaluates every state across 16 measures of Medicaid policy, spending, program integrity, and provider-market conditions -
Will the ‘Live Free or Die’ State Submit to Socialism?
Opinion -In 1945, “as World War II approached a successful end,” the New Hampshire Legislature adopted “Live Free or Die” as the state’s “official motto and emblem.” -
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Life, Liberty, Property #158: Rising Pushback Against the Surveillance State
Opinion -budget-tax-news, Editorial -Public opposition to data centers has increased by 12 percentage points in just the past four months, with 61 percent now saying they oppose building new data centers ... -
Guest Booking Opportunity: Heartland Institute’s S.T. Karnick on How a Century of Zoning Laws Caused the Housing Crisis — and Now Threatens Data Centers
Opinion -Press Release -Heartland expert says it’s time to end the regulations that priced out first-time homebuyers and are now used to block data center construction
