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Environment & Energy
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Climate Change Weekly # 571—The Endangerment Finding Is Gone, but for How Long?
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Since its passage, the IRA resulted in billions of dollars being wasted on various green boondoggles. -
Net Zero Is Unaffordable for the Six Billion Living in Poverty
Opinion -After the U.S. capture of Nicolás Maduro in early January 2026, Venezuela has been receiving a lot of press the past few weeks. Of particular interest is that as of today, more than 90 percent of the 30 million Venezuelans, i.e. 27 million, live in poverty. Nearly 70 percent are stuck in extreme poverty. Shockingly, 80 percent of […] -
Heartland Institute Experts Cheer End of the Endangerment Finding for CO2
Opinion -‘Today is a win for car and truck buyers and Trump should be applauded for taking this action.’ -
EPA Plans One of Largest Deregulation Moves in U.S. History
Opinion -The EPA is set to repeal an Obama-era greenhouse gas rule, in what the EPA is describing as “the largest act of deregulation in the history of the United States.” The new rule will reportedly eliminate requirements to measure, report, certify, and comply with the federal greenhouse gas emission standards for motor vehicles that were […] -
‘Zohran’s Green Schools for a Healthier New York City’ Is a Monumental Waste of Money
Opinion -New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is an ardent climate alarmist who oversees the nation’s largest school district, the New York City Public Schools (NYCPS) system. Frankly, NYCPS is failing on all fronts. It is doing an abysmal job educating and protecting the 900,000 students in the district. It also is in massive debt and […] -
Heartland Institute Experts Applaud Trump’s Imminent Repeal of the Endangering Finding for CO2
Opinion -‘Carbon dioxide, which is required for life on earth and also happens to result from every single bit of human and animal activity on the planet, is not a pollutant and never was.’ -
The Future of California’s Energy Infrastructure Is Fragile
Opinion -The net zero emission goals of California government leaders cannot ignore the fundamental reality that wind turbines and solar panels only generate electricity. -
Rejecting Climatism: Trump Withdraws from UNFCCC and 66 International Organizations
Opinion -The Trump administration has issued an executive order that withdraws the United States from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and other international bodies. The order pulls the United States back from organizations pursuing climate policies and other efforts that the administration does not consider to be in the national interest. The […] -
The Year of Water
Opinion -Leaders from around the world met in Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting to discuss rapid technological advancements, pollution, and other issues facing the globe. Among the big topics for this years’ meeting was the UN declaring 2026 to be the “Year of Water.” “This year’s Annual Meeting in Davos will have […] -
Climate Change Weekly # 570—Congress, States Probe Attempts to Mislead Judges on Climate Change
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Since its passage, the IRA resulted in billions of dollars being wasted on various green boondoggles. -
Poor Nations Won’t follow Europe, UN in Economic Suicide
Opinion -Calling them wasteful and a threat to America’s sovereignty, freedoms, and prosperity, President Trump pulled the United States out of 66 international organizations – most importantly the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the foundation for “climate crisis” treaties and policies. He also withdrew the United States from the Paris climate agreement, vetoed U.S. attendance […] -
Nuclear Is the Most Reliable Path to Affordable Electricity
Opinion -Political leaders are increasingly prioritizing affordability (without the need for subsidies) as a cornerstone of electricity policy. They are now recognizing that high costs burden households, stifle economic growth, and fuel public discontent in wealthier nations that are providing taxpayer subsidies to support unreliable electricity from wind and solar. These same political leaders in the […] -
Climate Change Weekly # 569—Climate Change Front and Center at Heartland’s World Prosperity Forum
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Since its passage, the IRA resulted in billions of dollars being wasted on various green boondoggles. -
World Prosperity Forum in Zürich, Switzerland Streams Today
Opinion -The Heartland Institute will be streaming LIVE every day from Switzerland five straight days beginning January 19, 2026 Speakers will include former UK Prime Minister Liz Truss and former Czech Republic President Václav Klaus ZÜRICH, Switzerland (January 19, 2026) — The Heartland Institute today kicks off Day 1 of the World Prosperity Forum, running from January […] -
Climate Change Weekly # 568—Greenland, Arctic Undermine ‘Unusual Climate Conditions’ Narrative
Opinion -Since its passage, the IRA resulted in billions of dollars being wasted on various green boondoggles. -
World Prosperity Forum Takes on the Globalist-Left’s World Economic Forum
Opinion -The Heartland Institute will be streaming LIVE every day from Switzerland five straight days beginning January 19, 2026. -
Climate Change Weekly # 567—A Meaningless Number Drives Climate Policy
Opinion -Since its passage, the IRA resulted in billions of dollars being wasted on various green boondoggles. -
Heartland Institute Experts Applaud U.S. Withdrawal from United Nations Climate Treaty
Opinion -"The UNFCCC was a misguided effort from its very beginning." -
Affordability Crisis: Gavin Newsom’s California Energy Disaster
Opinion -California is an energy affordability disaster. -
The World’s Population Explosion Demands New Energy and Electricity Channels
Opinion -Utilizing but not replenishing the natural resources of Planet Earth has limitations. -
Destroying Countrysides to Save Earth from a Climate Non-crisis
Opinion -Make-believe renewable energy hammers croplands, habitats, scenery – and families. -
PRESS RELEASE: Public Interest Groups Applaud the Trump Administration’s Order Halting the Virginia Wind Project
Opinion -National security concerns with Virginia Wind have been documented by the Navy for years -
Environmental Groups Urge Congress to Ban Data Centers
Opinion -Environmental groups seek to halt data center construction in the United States. -
Are Zero-emissions Ideologues Energy Blind?
Opinion -Shockingly, zero-emissions zealots have no comprehension that renewables like wind and solar only exist to generate occasional electricity.