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Climatism Is Driven by Money, but Truth Will Prevail

Published September 8, 2012

By Jay Lehr (1938 – 2023)

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Review of The Mad, Mad, Mad World of Climatism, by Steve Goreham (New Lenox Books, 2012), 312 pages, ISBN- 978-0982499627There is big money in saving the planet, says author Steve Goreham in his new book, The Mad, Mad, Mad World of Climatism.
- Climate Change
- Environment & Energy
Hurricane Inactivity Defies Alarmists

Published September 7, 2012

By James Taylor

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Legacy Climate Change Weekly -
Climate Change Weekly #61When Hurricane Isaac made landfall in southern Louisiana, the storm provided a rare break in one of the longest periods of hurricane inactivity in U.S. history.
- Environment & Energy
Minority of Americans Believe in Manmade Global Warming Crisis

Published August 3, 2012

By Cheryl K. Chumley

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Less than half of Americans believe global warming is occurring and is primarily caused by humans, a newly published Angus Reid public opinion poll reports.
- Environment & Energy
Skeptic Magazine Needs to be More Skeptical of Man-Made Global Warming

Published July 21, 2012

By Jim Lakely

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A quarterly magazine called Skeptic published a cover story a few weeks back by Donald Prothero titled "How We Know Global Warming is Real and Human-Caused." That struck us here at The Heartland Institute as rather strange.
- Environment & Energy
The Tyrannical Agenda of Environmental Activists

Published July 5, 2012

By Jay Lehr (1938 – 2023)

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Review of Eco-Tyranny: How the Left’s Green Agenda Will Dismantle America, by Brian Sussman (WND Books, 2012), 315 pages, ISBN- 978-1936488506The United States has more energy resources than Saudi Arabia, but for some strange reason we are not allowed to
- Climate Change
- Environment & Energy
Michael Mann Presentation Illustrates Flawed Warming Claims

Published June 29, 2012

By James Taylor

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Climate Change Weekly #55Climategate central figure Michael Mann gave a talk in Orange County, California last month that perfectly illustrates how global warming alarmists spread myths and misinformation to further their agenda.
- Environment & Energy
Michael Mann’s Hissy Fit Shows Why Global Warming Alarmists Fear Debate

Published June 27, 2012

By James Taylor

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Last month I received a worried telephone call from a government official in California.
- Environment & Energy
Heartland Institute Sets Schedule for Seventh International Conference on Climate Change

Published May 15, 2012

By Jim Lakely

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Addresses by Vaclav Klaus, Rep.
- Environment & Energy
‘Do You Still Believe in Global Warming?’ Billboards Hit Chicago

Published May 3, 2012

By Jim Lakely

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May 3, 2012 – Billboards in Chicago paid for by The Heartland Institute point out that some of the world’s most notorious criminals say they “still believe in global warming” – and ask viewers if they do, too.
- Climate Change
- Environment & Energy
Polar Sea Ice Reaches Another Milestone

Published April 27, 2012

By James Taylor

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Legacy Climate Change Weekly -
Climate Change Weekly #48Polar sea ice reached another milestone this week, with both the Arctic and Antarctic sea ice extent meeting or exceeding the 1979–2012 average.
- Environment & Energy
Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner Joins Speaker List for Heartland Institute Climate Conference

Published April 25, 2012

By Jim Lakely

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Vice-Chairman of House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology to Deliver Plenary AddressThe Heartland Institute is pleased to announce Rep.
- Environment & Energy
Former NASA Scientists, Astronauts to Attend Heartland Institute Climate Conference

Published April 18, 2012

By Jim Lakely

Opinion -
Signed Recent Letter Critical of NASA’s ‘Advocacy of an Extreme Position’ on Climate Science Two Apollo-era astronauts and two prominent former NASA scientists will speak at The Heartland Institute’s Seventh International Conference on Climate Change
- Environment & Energy
Czech President Vaclav Klaus to Speak at Heartland Institute Climate Conference

Published April 12, 2012

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Major event taking place in Chicago immediately following the NATO SummitThe Heartland Institute today announced Vaclav Klaus, president of the Czech Republic, will be the first dinner speaker at the Seventh International Conference on Climate Change
- Environment & Energy
Heartland Institute to Host Seventh International Conference on Climate Change

Published April 6, 2012

By Jim Lakely

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Peter Gleick ‘Fakegate’ Scandal, Debateson Latest Climate Science Featured What: Seventh International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC-7) Theme: Real Science, Real Choices Where: Hilton Chicago, 720 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL When: Monday, May
- Climate Change
- Environment & Energy
EPA Shuts down Coal, Blames Global Warming

Published March 30, 2012

By James Taylor

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Legacy Climate Change Weekly -
Climate Change Weekly #44The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed restrictions on carbon dioxide emissions that would effectively ban the construction of coal-fired power plants.
- Environment & Energy
Fakegate Illustrates Collapsing Global Warming Alarmism

Published February 24, 2012

By James Taylor

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Legacy Climate Change Weekly -
Climate Change Weekly #39Why would a prominent scientist/global warming activist commit acts of fraud and theft against global warming skeptics and then send to the media a forged document containing fictitious, over-the-top schemes that would embarrass
Heartland Institute Comments on “Fakegate”

Published February 20, 2012

By Joseph Bast

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FEBRUARY 20, 2012 - What began as the theft of documents from The Heartland Institute has become a major scandal involving DeSmogBlog, ThinkProgress, and the Huffington Post in which many other figures in the global warming movement are complicit.
- Climate Change
- Environment & Energy
Peter Gleick Slammed for Attacks on Skeptics

Published January 13, 2012

By James Taylor

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Legacy Climate Change Weekly -
Climate Change Weekly #34Global warming activist Peter Gleick is taking a beating for authoring a column in Forbes.
- Environment & Energy
Four Pinocchios for WashPost Fact Checker

Published January 9, 2012

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The Washington Post Fact Checker gave Rick Perry four Pinocchios for his August 17 denunciation of alarmist global warming science. Here’s what we think.Below is the WashPost Fact Checker’s article—our comments are in bold brackets.
- Climate Change
- Environment & Energy
Penn State Professor Launches Ethics Attack on Skeptics

Published January 5, 2012

By James Taylor

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Legacy Climate Change Weekly -
Climate Change Weekly #33Pennsylvania State University Associate Professor of Environmental Ethics Donald Brown is accusing skeptics of “ethically abhorrent” behavior in the latest in a series of attack papers he is posting on the Penn State University
- Climate Change
- Environment & Energy
Climate Change Predictions for 2012

Published December 30, 2011

By James Taylor

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Legacy Climate Change Weekly -
Climate Change Weekly #32Out with the old and in with the new. Yet it is funny how the new has a tendency to look a lot like the old. Regardless, some things do change, and the year 2011 provided quite a few climate change wrinkles.
- Climate Change
- Environment & Energy
Global Warming Benefiting Africa’s Sahel Region

Published December 15, 2011

By James Taylor

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Legacy Climate Change Weekly -
Climate Change Weekly #31Global warming activists are sounding four-alarm fire bells over a new study claiming global warming is causing drought and killing trees in the Sahel region of sub-Saharan Africa.
- Climate Change
- Environment & Energy
Durban Climate Talks Follow Predictable Path

Published December 9, 2011

By James Taylor

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Legacy Climate Change Weekly -
Climate Change Weekly #30United Nations global climate talks in Durban, South Africa took a predictable path this week with the European Union and many Third World nations pushing for legally enforceable restrictions on carbon dioxide emissions while
The Leaflet – The Amazon tax goes to Congress

Published December 1, 2011

By John Nothdurft

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The Leaflet -
I hope everyone had a fun- and food-filled Thanksgiving! This week, I and a few other Heartland staffers are attending the American Legislative Exchange Council’s State’s and Nation’s Policy Summit in Scottsdale, Arizona.