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  • Alabama Biologist Fails Global Warming Teaching Test

    Published March 31, 2008
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    Biology Professor James McClintock at the University of Alabama/Birmingham says he received a free copy of the book I co-authored, Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1,500 Years.
  • Gregory Rehmke: Memories of Bernie Baltic

    Published March 30, 2008
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    Bernie Baltic was an entrepreneur as well as supporter of market organizations. Perhaps because he gave to so many groups, and spent time actually reading their publications and reports, he often made valuable suggestions.
  • Property and Casualty Insurance: Wisconsin Ranks among the Best in the U.S.

    Published March 28, 2008
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    Consumers in Wisconsin enjoy more attractive homeowners insurance at better prices than citizens in most other states, according to a new report card jointly released by The Heartland Institute and Competitive Enterprise Institute.
  • Letter to ABC News from Dr. S. Fred Singer

    Published March 28, 2008
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    TO: Felicia Biberica Fiona Conway Producer Executive Director ABC News ABC News 212-456-3634 77 W. 66th St. cell 201-647-7966 New York City 10023
  • Media Advisory: March 29 Earth Hour Should Be Renamed ‘Dark Hour – A Sign of the Times’

    Published March 28, 2008
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    The Queensland, Australia-based Carbon Sense Coalition today came out in support of "lights out" during Earth Hour (Saturday, March 30), but recommended the time should be renamed "Dark Hour" and suggested consumers also should forgo the consumption of
  • Al Gore Blows a Deadline

    Published March 28, 2008
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    Al Gore, one of the world's leading proponents of the crisis theory of global warming, missed a deadline Thursday to set up a debate with a leading expert on forecasting to test the crisis theory.
  • Property and Casualty Insurance: Illinois Ranks among the Best in the U.S.

    Published March 27, 2008
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    Consumers in Illinois enjoy more attractive homeowners insurance at better prices than citizens in most other states, according to a new report card jointly released by The Heartland Institute and Competitive Enterprise Institute.
  • Global Smearing

    Published March 27, 2008
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    By any standard, atmospheric physicist Dr. S. Fred Singer is a remarkably accomplished scientist. But his outspoken questioning of global warming alarmism has just earned him one of the most outrageous mainstream media smear pieces I’ve ever seen.
  • Scientists Criticize News Story on Antarctic Ice Loss

    Published March 26, 2008
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    Wire services March 25 are distributing a story alleging that a potential calving of the Wilkins Ice Shelf is the latest sign of global warming's impact on Antarctica.
  • Property and Casualty Insurance: Utah Ranks among Best in the U.S.

    Published March 26, 2008
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    Consumers in Utah enjoy more attractive homeowners insurance at better prices than citizens in most other states, according to a new report card jointly released by The Heartland Institute and Competitive Enterprise Institute.
  • ABC’s Shameful Global Warming Character Assassination

    Published March 26, 2008
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    The nasty tone and gutter tactics of global warming alarmists and their media allies reached a new low on Easter Sunday when ABC aired on its nightly news and published on its Web site a character assassination of prestigious scientist S. Fred Singer.
  • Chicago Premiere: ‘The Singing Revolution’

    Published March 26, 2008
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    Chicago Premier of "The Singing Revolution" Documentary April 6 at 5 PM (Q&A with Director Jim Tusty following film) and April 8 at 6 PM (No Q&A) Gene Siskel Film Center 164 North State Street, Chicago, IL, 60601 "A wonderful film. ...
  • Media Advisory: Do Cell Phone Users Need a ‘Bill of Rights’?

    Published March 26, 2008
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    (Chicago, Illinois - March 26, 2008) State legislatures across the country are considering tough new regulations on the cell phone industry. At the federal level, Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA) and Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR) have offered proposals.
  • Property and Casualty Insurance: Idaho Ranks among the Best in the U.S.

    Published March 25, 2008
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    Consumers in Idaho enjoy more attractive homeowners insurance at better prices than citizens in most other states, according to a new report card jointly released by The Heartland Institute and Competitive Enterprise Institute.
  • Property and Casualty Insurance: Vermont Ranks Best in U.S.

    Published March 24, 2008
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    Consumers in Vermont enjoy more attractive homeowners insurance at better prices than citizens in most other states, according to a new report card jointly released by The Heartland Institute and Competitive Enterprise Institute.
  • Stockholm Seminar to Review Patient Access to Unapproved Drugs

    Published March 21, 2008
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    One hundred leading European officials in health regulation, the pharmaceutical industry, and the health media will gather in Stockholm March 27 to discuss a new proposal that would enable patients to gain faster access to life-saving drugs not yet
  • Consumer Power Report #120

    Published March 21, 2008
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    Consumer Power Report, written by Greg Scandlen, director of Consumers for Health Care Choices at The Heartland Institute, is a weekly report summarizing recent developments on consumer-directed health care in the media, legislative, and regulatory
  • Today in Wisconsin: Important Global Warming Events

    Published March 19, 2008
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    SUMMARY OF TODAY'S IMPORTANT EVENTS Today in Wisconsin, Governor Jim Doyle's special task force on global warming holds the first four of a series of community forums across the state.
  • Media Advisory: Civil Rights Leader to Address Impact of Global Warming on Minorities

    Published March 18, 2008
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    Americans for Prosperity brings civil rights leader Roy Innis to Madison, March 19, to discuss negative impact of global warming policies on minorities.
  • Property and Casualty Insurance: Where Does Your State Rank?

    Published March 17, 2008
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    (Chicago, Illinois - March 17, 2008) Consumers in five states are paying higher premiums for homeowners insurance than necessary thanks to ill-advised regulation, according to a new report card jointly released by The Heartland Institute and Competitive
  • Property and Casualty Insurance: Where Does Your State Rank?

    Published March 17, 2008
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    A new state-by-state analysis reveals how some states' heavy-handed regulation of insurance markets makes homeowners' insurance less available, less useful, and more expensive.
  • Hey, Nobel Prize Winners, Answer Me This

    Published March 15, 2008
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    (pdf link to this document) As a climate scientist, I would like to see some answers to a few basic global warming science questions which I’m sure the U.N.
  • Expert Comment: EPA Issues Costly Ozone Regulation

    Published March 14, 2008
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    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued more stringent ozone regulations, reducing the allowable atmospheric ozone concentration to 75 parts per billion from 80 parts per billion.
  • Consumer Power Report #119

    Published March 14, 2008
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    Consumer Power Report, written by Greg Scandlen, director of Consumers for Health Care Choices at The Heartland Institute, is a weekly report summarizing recent developments on consumer-directed health care in the media, legislative, and regulatory

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