Publications
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Research & Commentary: Massachusetts Should Reject Carbon Tax
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Tax Proposal Would Start at $10 Per Ton, Cap At $40 Per Ton -
A Critique of the U.S. Global Change Research Program’s 2017 Climate Science Special Report
Publication -Policy Studies -This Heartland Policy Study critiques and rebuts the “Climate Science Special Report” released by the U.S. Global Change Research Program in November 2017. It refutes the earlier report’s assumption that “the science is settled” and exposes its biases. -
Testimony Before the Environmental Protection Agency Clean Power Plan Listening Session
Publication -Testimony -Testimony Before the Environmental Protection Agency Clean Power Plan Listening Session -
Research & Commentary: EPA Finds Greenhouse-Gas Emissions Continue to Decline While Oil, Natural Gas Production Increase
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Greenhouse Gas Emissions Now 11 Percent Below 2005 Levels, Primarily Due To Fracking -
How Obama-Era Regulations Are Shutting Down Perfectly Good Power Plants
Publication -Policy Studies -Coal has been a mainstay of economic growth and human well-being in the United States for more than a century. -
Research & Commentary: Study Shows Premature Retirement of Coal Plants May Pose Threat to Affordability, Reliability of U.S. Energy Supply
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Burdensome Federal Regulations, Renewable Mandates, Subsidies Artificially Disrupting Energy Market To Disadvantage Coal -
How the Premature Retirement of Coal-Fired Power Plants Affects Energy Reliability, Affordability
Publication -Policy Studies -More than 250 coal-fired power plants in the United States have been retired since 2010, and more are scheduled to be retired. The premature retirement of these coal-fired units poses a threat to the country’s electricity supply. -
Research & Commentary: Premature Closure of Navajo Generating Station Would Risk Regional Power Supply, Devastate Native Communities
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Plant Closure Will Increase Electricity Costs, Do Incalculable Damage To Navajo And Hopi Tribes -
Research & Commentary: Washington State’s Carbon Tax Proposal Would Harm Residents, Businesses
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Plan Would Generate $3.35 Billion In Tax Increases Over Four Years, Immediately Increase Gas Prices 20 Cents Per Gallon -
Research & Commentary: States Should Encourage EPA to Review the Endangerment Finding
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Observed Evidence And Research Since 2009 Has Cast Serious Doubt On All Three Lines Of Evidence Used To Justify Endangerment Finding -
Heartland Institute Submits Public Comments on Repeal of Clean Power Plan
Publication -Testimony -On January 17, 2018, The Heartland Institute submitted public comments on EPA's proposal to repeal the Clean Power Plan. -
Research & Commentary: Why States Should Avoid Cap-and-Trade Schemes
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Cap-And-Trade Does Little To Reduce Emissions, Acts As Regressive Tax -
Research & Commentary: Study Shows Methane Emissions in Marcellus Shale Are Incredibly Low
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Emissions From Natural Gas Wells & Infrastructure Just 0.4 Percent Of Production -
Policy Tip Sheet: EPA’s Endangerment Finding
Publication -Policy Tip Sheets -A New Heartland Policy Tip Sheet Examining EPA's Endangerment Finding -
Research & Commentary: Land Subsidence, Not Climate Change, Is the Cause of Water Intrusion in and Around Chesapeake Bay
Publication -Research and Commentaries -"Land Subsidence" Is The Sinking Or Lowering Of The Land Surface, Mostly Due To Human Activity -
Will Global Warming Overflow the Chesapeake Bay?
Publication -Policy Briefs -Flooding problems in the Chesapeake Bay region— Maryland and Virginia in particular—are due not to climate-change-induced sea-level rise, but to land subsidence. -
A Viewer’s Guide to NatGeo’s "From the Ashes": Why It Belongs in the Ashes
Publication -Policy Briefs -"From the Ashes" could have undone some of the damage caused by Gore’s movies and other recent movies that mislead rather than inform viewers. It is a shame that its producers had a different agenda. -
The Leaflet: Climate Change and the States
Publication -The Leaflet -This week's Leaflet examines policies and regulations enacted by climate change fears. -
Data versus Hype: How Ten Cities Show Sea Level Rise Is a False Crisis
Publication -Policy Briefs -Fear of rising sea levels is not a justification for reducing carbon dioxide emissions or adopting policies that would have that effect. -
The Leaflet: Global Warming Data Manipulation
Publication -The Leaflet -This week's Leaflet examines a new Policy Brief "Global Warming Surprises: Temperature data in dispute can reverse conclusions about human influence on climate" by Dr. S. Fred Singer. -
Global Warming Surprises
Publication -Policy Briefs -Temperature data in dispute can reverse conclusions about human influence on climate. -
Research & Commentary: Meeting Clean Energy Standard Mandates Could Cost New York Ratepayers, Businesses $1 Trillion
Publication -Research and Commentaries -CES Could Produce $1 Trillion In Total Costs By 2050 -
Policy Tip Sheet: State Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act
Publication -Policy Tip Sheets -No Bill Better Suited For Cutting Back On The Scope And Power Of Government -
Research & Commentary: Study Proposing 100 Percent Renewable Energy By 2050 Is a Pipedream
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Much-Touted, Error-Ridden 2015 Study Declared "Unreliable"
