The Heartland Institute

A much-anticipated carbon tax debate in Washington D.C. last Thursday brought some much needed clarity to assertions that conservatives should or indeed do support a carbon tax. The timing of the debate couldn’t have been better, as Senate leaders announced on that same day the Senate will hold hearings on a carbon tax next ...

... exposing myth after myth told by global warming alarmists. Dr. Lee Hieb will present... to push for unnecessary and ineffective global warming restrictions. Financial expert Kevin Freeman will give an insightful talk on economic terrorism. Aerospace engineer Robert Zubrin will deliver tales from his great... ...

... All 73 models predicted substantially more warming than actually occurred, with the mean... of the 73 models predicting three times as much warming as actually occurred. John Christy, the... up causing a strong upper tropospheric warming response (the “hot spot”), while the observation’s lack of a hot spot... ...

... dioxide emissions are causing dangerous manmade global warming. Nevertheless, average planetary temperatures have not budged in 16 years, and hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, droughts, and sea level rise have shown no statistically significant variation from century-long averages even as CO2 levels have “soared” to 395... ...

... More Reassessing the Past Century of Warming in Australia (11 Jun 2013) Did it warm faster or slower than what was... that biases “have exaggerated apparent Australian warming.” And when those exaggerations are properly... suggests that Australia appears to have warmed to a lesser degree over the... increase... ...

... that man is responsible for catastrophically warming the planet. “This is a historic moment in the global debate about climate change,” said Heartland... of Sciences dissenting from claims that global warming is either man-made or a... 12 on its list of the “Global Top 100” scientific institutions... ...

... costs associated with the state’s global warming restrictions. The California Public Utilities Commission... restrictions, maintain infrastructure, and comply with global warming restrictions. Programs Have Economic Consequences “In one of the first in a long-to-be series of price increases for California... ...

... going to have any effect on global warming.… At best, [the project’s] meaningless. At worst, it puts Maryland residents on the hook for higher energy costs.” Subsidies Make Situation Worse Firey is not alone in expressing skepticism about the project. Jonathan Lesser, president of Continental Economics Inc., says... ...

... All 73 models predicted substantially more warming than actually occurred, with the mean... of the 73 models predicting three times as much warming as actually occurred. John Christy, distinguished... up causing a strong upper tropospheric warming response (the ‘hot spot’), while the... Sea surface temperatures... ...

... is one based on adaptation to global warming through market-based efficiency measures. Asia’s poorer economies should concentrate on “getting the basics right” for growth. Diverse political systems can grow. But autocracies are badly fitted to deliver reforms for productivity-led growth. Freedom and prosperity bloomed... ...

... considering national science standards that promote global warming alarmism. Idaho lawmakers may sponsor wireless internet at every public high school . The Michigan legislature may force financially troubled school districts to close . No virtual schools will open in New Jersey this fall, decides the state education... ...

... typically refer to as the unprecedented warming of the globe over the past century or so, there has been no concomitant change in precipitation over the Western Mediterranean basin... Read More Elevated CO2: Overpowering the Growth-Retarding Effects of Ozone in Palak (4 Jun 2013) For a popular leafy vegetable preferred... ...

Global warming alarmists and their media allies have... percent scientific consensus regarding human-caused global warming. After taking a closer look at... of the world’s most prominent global warming skeptics. At the same time, the... responses to fit their own preconceived global warming... ...

... shows temperatures were at least as warm as today 400-to-600 years... must have been at least as warm as today: “[T]hese plants had to have a warm environment to grow in first, then they were covered by ice, emerging again after the LIA [Little Ice Age] ended. Many reports are only looking at the current... ...

... for science in the debate over global warming (alias climate change). About the recently... a federal advisory committee stacked with global warming promoters; it is 1,100 pages long and mostly lacks serious justifications for its broad claims. ... ...

... not the primary factor in recent global warming, a newly published peer-reviewed study... carbon dioxide has mainly contributed to global warming. But we have observed data going... greenhouse effect show that there was global warming by about 0.6 °C from... draw almost perfect correlation... ...

... the media misinforms the public on global warming... ...

Global warming alarmists and their allies in the... percent scientific consensus regarding human-caused global warming. After taking a closer look at... of the world’s most prominent global warming skeptics. At the same time, the... responses to fit their own preconceived global warming... ...

... alarmist claim bandwagon with respect to global warming and ocean acidification, as changes in temperature and oceanic pH may not be the demons they are often made out to be... Read More Food Security in a Changing Climate: A Back-to-Basics Approach (28 May 2013) Results of this study “provide more insight... ...

... to multiple inquiries from media and global warming advocates, Friends of Science issue this... CO2) as there has been no global warming in 16 years despite a rise... as a possible cause of some warming is part of a ‘consensus’. That... of danger to humans; in fact global warming... ...