Category: Climate & Energy

“Anthony Watts has sent details of the project that Heartland was involved in and his interactions with the Guardian on the subject”… comments left on the cutting room floor by the Guardian. Continue reading Bishop Hill: ‘Heartland docs leaked’

“And this epitomises yet again the environmentalist’s failure to develop a sense of proportion. Not only are the Heartland’s funds dwarfed, there is no substantial relationship between it, the state, and other policy-making processes, as there are between NGOs, national governments, scientific research organisations and the UN, and of course, huge firms.” Continue reading Climate Resistance: ‘The Leaked Heartland Documents’

“Calling this an equivalent of Climategate is like comparing alarmist funding to sceptics funding… (little joke there). However, it does demonstrate how desperate The Cause is to smear and discredit those who are asking difficult questions – for which they often have no answer – except misrepresentation and spin.” Continue reading Heartland documents: what’s the big deal?

“One of the frequently repeated mantras of the warming alarmists is that Green energy creates a thriving Green economy and Green jobs, the global evidence tells a different story, but then the facts and warming alarmism have never been the best of friends.” Continue reading Aardvark: The Global Myth of Green Jobs

Yes, skeptics and alarmists are financially supported by backers. Anyone who thought otherwise wasn’t thinking. Continue reading Still yawning: ‘Leaked Heartland Institute documents pull back curtain on climate scepticism’

As Michael Mann has never been subject to bona fide investigation, how can he be “exonerated”? Continue reading ‘Smear campaign’ against Michael Mann?

Will Ohio need Doctors Without Borders? Continue reading Extreme: No medical care for fracking communities?

Paying their “fair share.” Continue reading Washington State to punish EV buyers for lost gas tax revenues

Yes, the Heartland Institute (and all other organizations) raise money from supporters to pay for work to advance its agenda. This is not Climategate-in-reverse. Continue reading Yawn: Heartland Institute documents leaked

Ohio Gov. John Kasich received anti-fracking Valentines yesterday. Continue reading Fracking Melodrama in Ohio: ‘Unable to sleep at night because injections wells too close’?

Obama promised that special interests would not steer stimulus funds, but he relied on the investors to help guide stimulus decisions. Continue reading WashPost: Venture capitalists play key role in Obama’s Energy Department

“Doubling down on industrial policy failure, the administration decides to bump up the taxpayer subsidy for Government Motors’ touted electric car. Who said its range wasn’t enough to drive us to the poor house?” Continue reading IBD: With All The Volts Counted, Taxpayers Lose Again