Month: April 2014

Announcement of Heartland premier for the NIPCC latest research book
Climate Change Reconsidered II

from my friend, great writer and editor,
Sam Karnick
Director of Research
The Heartland Institute
312/377-4000
Benefits of Global Warming Greatly
Exceed Costs, New Study Says
Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC) to Issue Its Critique
of the United Nations’ IPCC Working Groups II and III Reports at National Press Club,
Series of Other Public Events in Washington, DC from April 7 – 10
Two important new climate reports will be released the week of April 7 in Washington, DC, and we want you to join us to learn about and be a part of this historic occasion!
Climate Change Reconsidered II: Biological Impacts and Climate Change Reconsidered II: Human Welfare, Energy, and Policies directly refute reports being released at approximately the same time by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). In striking contrast to the IPCC’s alarmist and pessimistic predictions, our reports arrive at the following conclusions:
■ Climate science tells us the human impact on Earth’s climate is very small and that any warming or “climate change” due to our greenhouse gases will be so small as to be indiscernible from natural variability.
■ Best available research tells us the net impacts of modestly rising temperatures and higher carbon dioxide levels for plants, animals, wildlife, and human welfare have been positive so far and are likely to continue to be positive for at least 100 years, and probably forever.
■ The costs of trying to mitigate climate change by reducing emissions would vastly exceed the benefits. The annual cost per household in the U.S. would run to some $3,900; the Democrats’ carbon tax would destroy millions of jobs.
■ In light of the new science and economics of climate change, thousands of laws passed at the height of the global warming scare need to be reevaluated, modified, or repealed. Congress and the states should draft and pass laws that are pro-science, pro-energy, pro-environment, and pro-jobs.
You may have heard this message before, but now it’s backed by thousand-page reports written by some of the world’s leading scientists and policy experts. This is a unique effort to bring together all the leading scientists, economists, and policy experts to present a unified reply to “the other side’s” science and economics. We believe the reports we are releasing will be real game-changers in the global warming debate.
Join Heartland Institute President Joseph Bast and scientists from the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC) in Washington, DC at any or all of these events!
Schedule of Events:
Tuesday, April 8, 8:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Breakfast meeting at Capitol Hill Club
300 First Street SE
NIPCC Briefing: The Costs and Benefits of Global Warming
Tuesday, April 8, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Luncheon event at the Cato Institute, co-sponsored by the George C. Marshall Institute
1000 Massachusetts Ave. NW
NIPCC presents Climate Change Reconsidered II (latest reports)
Wednesday, April 9, 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Breakfast press conference: The National Press Club, Bloomberg Room
529 14th Street NW
NIPCC presents Climate Change Reconsidered II (latest reports)
Please let Nikki Comerford (ncomerford@heartland.org) and Jim Lakely (jlakely@heartland.org) know if you can attend any of these events, or work with Jim and Aaron Stover (astover@heartland.org), our Washington, DC staff member, to help us attract an audience. We greatly appreciate whatever advice and assistance you can provide, and we look forward to seeing you in Washington, DC!
Click here to register for one or all of these events, or contact Nikki Comerford at ncomerford@heartland.org or 312/377-4000.
Haven’t Read Previous Reports?
For copies of previous reports and background on NIPCC, please visit the Climate Change Reconsidered website.
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