Joseph Bast

Joseph Bast Credentials Background Joseph Bast co-founded the Heartland Institute in 1984 with David M. Padden (1927 – 2011) and served as Heartland’s CEO until January 2018. Bast stayed on as a Director and Senior Fellow. Tim Huelskamp, a former member of Congress, succeeded Bast as Heartland’s president.1“ABOUT US,” The Heartland Institute. Archied June 20, […]

Owen McShane

Owen McShane (1941-2012) Credentials Background Owen McShane ran a website called “Straight Thinking” which originally launched in 1995 in a a magazine format. According to his bio on the site, McShane’s background was in architecture and town planning. He died on March 6, 2012, according to his profile on the Heartland Institute‘s website.1“OWEN MCSHANE (1941-2012),” […]

Art Horn

Art Horn Credentials Degree in meteorology from Lyndon State College. Background Art Horn is a meteorologist and runs a website called the “Art” of Weather. Horn has a Bachelor of Science degree in meteorology from Lyndon State College and used to work as a TV weatherman […]

Fred Goldberg

Fred Goldberg (Deceased) Credentials Background Fred Goldberg passed away on November 6, 2016, according to his profile at the Heartland Institute. In 2004, Goldberg formed an “informal international network to study and distribute information about climate change and global warming.” Heartland also describes him as a “climate analyst and authority on polar history and exploration.”1“Heartland […]

David Henderson (Deceased)

David Henderson (Deceased) Credentials David Henderson was an economist with no credentials directly relating to climate science. Background David Henderson (full name Patrick David Henderson) was a Senior Fellow of ECIPE and a Visiting Professor at the Westminster Business School and the London School of Economics.2“David Henderson,” European Center for […]

Kesten Green

Kesten Green Credentials Green began his master’s studies in Management Science at Victoria University (1998–2000), and received a doctoral degree from Victoria Management School at Victoria University of Wellington (2000–2003). Background Kesten Green is a former research associate in the department of Business and Economics […]

David Douglass

David Douglass Credentials Background David Douglass is a Professor of Physics at the University of Rochester. According to his bio, Douglass main focus has been in the area of experimental condensed matter, but in the last few several years he’s been studying the fundamental science issues underlying global warming. Douglass has published several papers on […]

Myron Ebell

Myron Ebell Credentials Background Myron Ebell is the former Director of Energy and Environment at the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) and has been director of Freedom Action, a “web-based grassroots activist organization loosely affiliated with CEI.” He is also the chair […]

Tom Tanton

Thomas (Tom) Tanton Credentials Background Tom Tanton is the Director of Science and Technology Assessment for the Energy and Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal), where he is described as “a strong proponent of free market environmentalism and consumer choice,” as well as, “frequently publish[ing] and speak[ing] against alarmist and reactionary policies and government failures.”1 “Senior […]

Roy Cordato

Roy Cordato Credentials Ph.D., economics, George Mason University (1986). M.A., Economics, University of Hartford (1980). Bachelors of Music Education, Hartt School of Music (1975).3“Biography,” The John Locke Foundation. Archived October 30, 2019. […]