The Heartland Institute

San Jose State University faculty recently decided the best way to address scientific criticisms of alarmist global warming theory was to burn the books containing such criticisms . Pierre Gosselin, administrator of the No Tricks Zone website, pointed out disturbing parallels between the book burning at San Jose State and book ...

Climategate 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. Before his presentation, Mann reportedly objected strenuously to skeptical scientists appearing on the same panel with him. His ...

Annual snowfall in California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains is showing no sign of decline, according to a study by University of Alabama-Huntsville climate scientist John Christy. The study’s results, accepted for publication in the American Meteorological Society’s Journal of Hydrometeorology, refute frequent assertions by global warming ...

The recent discovery of vast deposits of oil and natural gas trapped in shale rock formations has revolutionized our nation’s short-term, mid-term, and long-term energy outlook. For example, proven natural gas reserves in the United States rose by 40 percent between 2004 and 2009. At the same time, new technological advancements ...

California businesses are being forced to purchase expensive new equipment to comply with the state’s global warming law, which impedes job-creation, legislators and business representatives reported in state legislative caucus hearings on Oct. 18. Expensive Mandates Land O’ Lakes, Inc. spent $4 million to buy a low-emission boiler ...

A leaked copy of a United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report on extreme weather reveals a lack of evidence that global warming is causing extreme weather events, BBC News reports. According to BBC News, the IPCC discussion of global warming and extreme weather events “contains a lot more unknowns ...

The U.S. Department of Energy has just published its estimates of global carbon dioxide emissions for the year 2010, concluding emissions rose by 6 percent from 2009 to 2010. This constitutes the largest rise in emissions yet recorded and means global emissions are rising faster than any of the scenarios advanced by the United ...

California businesses are being forced to purchase expensive new equipment to comply with the state’s global warming law even though the equipment is having only a minimal impact on emissions. As a result, employers have less money on hand to hire workers and invest in business growth. Land O’ Lakes, for example, spent $4 ...

The Los Angeles Times has published a snarky editorial today, “Rick Perry and Galileo – pardners in science,” ridiculing the Texas governor for saying he doesn’t have all the answers on the evolution/creationism debate and the global warming debate. Amusingly, in the midst of directing childish condescension at Perry, the Times ...

Princeton University physics professor Will Happer has published an outstanding paper explaining how the “climate crusade” of recent years has twisted science and moral values in the name of a scientifically unsupported global warming crisis. Happer explains the goal of his paper, “The Truth About Greenhouse Gases,” is to address ...

Research & Commentary: Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking) of Natural Gas New natural gas discoveries in shale rock formations and rapid technological advances to recover the gas have improved the U.S. domestic energy outlook. The nation’s domestic natural gas reserves are so abundant that the U.S. Energy Information Administration predicts ...

The Los Angeles Times published an outstanding article today documenting how California developers are using environmental laws to thwart competition. The California Environmental Quality Act requires an environmental review process for projects funded by the state or projects that require action by a government body, such as a ...

Forcing nationwide cuts in carbon dioxide emissions offers only speculative environmental benefits, if any, as a switch to wind and solar power will certainly cause environmental degradation. It requires 600 square miles of wind turbines to produce the same 1,000 megawatts of electricity as a single medium-to-large coal power ...