Publications
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“A Critical Assessment of ‘Air concentrations of volatile compounds near oil and gas production: A community-based exploratory study’
Publication -Policy Briefs -In October 2014, Environmental Health published a study purporting to show fracking operations for oil and gas production cause dangerous air quality issues. -
Research & Commentary: Rolling Back Colorado’s Costly Energy Mandate
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In November 2004, Colorado became the first state to enact into law (by ballot initiative) a renewable portfolio standard (RPS), also referred to as a renewable power mandate. -
The Leaflet: Significant Declines in Wind Energy
Publication -The Leaflet -Significant Declines in Wind EnergyInvestment in renewable energy greatly relies on government regulations, tax benefits, and various subsidies. Throughout the nation, wind energy is losing steam. -
Research & Commentary: Requiring Legislative Approval for Carbon Dioxide Regulations
Publication -Research and Commentaries -On June 2, 2014, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), under the authority of Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act, proposed a plan to mandate a 30 percent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions from U.S. power plants’ 2005 levels by 2030. -
Research & Commentary: New Jersey Motor Fuel Tax Increase
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Legislators in New Jersey are considering a major gas tax hike, which would move the state from having one of the lowest gas taxes in the country to one of the highest. -
The Leaflet: What Does the Election Mean for States?
Publication -The Leaflet -What Does the Election Mean for States?Republicans captured the U.S. Senate and increased their majority in the House of Representatives. -
Research & Commentary: Michigan Renewable Portfolio Standard Repeal
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In 2008, then-governor Jennifer Granholm signed into law Michigan’s renewable portfolio standard (RPS), requiring all state utilities to generate 10 percent of all retail electricity sales from renewable sources by 2015. Recently, state Rep. -
Research & Commentary: Vermont Wind and Solar Development
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Vermont has several interventionist policies designed to encourage the development of wind and solar power. These include a 7. -
Research & Commentary: New Study on EPA CO2 Regulations
Publication -Research and Commentaries -This summer, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed new regulations on carbon-dioxide emissions from existing power plants that require these facilities to reduce their CO2 emissions by 30 percent of the 2005 base year by the year 2030. -
The Leaflet: Are Wind Turbines Hazardous to Human Health?
Publication -The Leaflet -Are Wind Turbines Hazardous to Human Health? Earlier this month, Brown County Health Board in Wisconsin was the first government agency in the U.S. to announce that wind turbines are a “human health hazard. -
The Leaflet – EPA Proposes New Carbon Dioxide Standards
Publication -The Leaflet -EPA Proposes New Carbon Dioxide StandardsAccording to a story recently released by Bloomberg, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is attempting to regulate modernized power plants under two separate sections of the Clean Air Act. -
Replacing the Environmental Protection Agency
Publication -Beginning around 1981, liberal activist groups recognized EPA could be used to advance their political agenda by regulating virtually all human activities regardless of their impact on the environment. -
Research & Commentary: Nuclear Power
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Almost 20 percent of the United States’ electricity is generated by nuclear power, with more than 100 nuclear power units in 31 states. -
Research & Commentary: Oregon Carbon Tax
Publication -Research and Commentaries -On August 14, 2013, Oregon passed a bill authorizing a study of the feasibility of a statewide carbon tax. The study is expected to be presented to legislators on November 15, 2014. -
Research & Commentary: Maryland Renewable Portfolio Mandate
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Maryland’s renewable portfolio mandate, also known as a renewable power mandate, requires utilities in the state to procure from renewable sources 20 percent of the electricity they supply to retail customers by 2022. -
Research & Commentary: New Jersey Renewable Portfolio Standard
Publication -Research and Commentaries -The New Jersey Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) requires all state utilities serving retail customers to procure 22.5 percent of the electricity they sell from renewable sources by 2021. -
Research & Commentary: New Jersey Renewable Portfolio Standard
Publication -Research and Commentaries -The New Jersey Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) requires all state utilities serving retail customers to procure 22.5 percent of the electricity they sell from renewable sources by 2021. -
The Leaflet: The Heartland Institute Stands with ALEC
Publication -The Leaflet -The Heartland Institute Stands with ALEC On Monday, September 22, Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt announced, on an NPR appearance, his company was cutting ties with the American Legislative Exchange Council over the group’s position on “climate -
Research & Commentary: The Clean Water Act
Publication -Research and Commentaries -After creating the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Congress passed numerous landmark environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act (CWA), which achieved a bipartisan majority in 1972. -
Merchants of Smear
Publication -Policy Briefs -For about two decades we’ve been told the science behind human-caused global warming is settled, and to ignore skeptic scientists because they’ve been paid by industry to manufacture doubt about the issue. -
Research & Commentary: Endangered Species Act Repeal and Replace
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In 1973, Congress passed and President Richard M. Nixon signed into law the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The law is administered by the Interior Department’s U.S. -
Research & Commentary: New Mexico Renewable Portfolio Standard
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In 2002, New Mexico implemented a renewable portfolio standard (RPS) requiring investor-owned utilities to procure from renewable sources 10 percent of the electricity they sell. Utilities were supposed to have met that mandate by 2011. In 2007, then-Gov. -
The Leaflet: Watch Every Presentation from Heartland’s Climate Conference
Publication -The Leaflet -Watch Every ICCC-9 ‘Skeptic’ Presentation at Heartland’s Climate Conference Archive Site A recent Washington Examiner article highlighted the broad impact of the Ninth International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC-9) and described how the event has -
Research & Commentary: DDT Bans
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, or DDT, was first synthesized in 1874 and discovered to be an effective insecticide in 1939.
