The Heartland Institute
- Background
- Stance on Climate Change
- Funding
- Key People
- Actions
- Related Organizations
- Contact & Address
- Resources
Background
The Heartland Institute is a Chicago-based free market think tank and 501(c)(3) charity that has been at the forefront of denying the scientific evidence for man-made climate change. The Heartland Institute has received at least $676,500 from ExxonMobil since 1998 but no longer discloses its funding sources. According to ExxonMobilโs worldwide giving reports, it appears to have stopped funding Heartland among other climate change denial groups around 2007. The Union of Concerned Scientists found ( PDF) that โNearly 40% of the total funds that the Heartland Institute has received from ExxonMobil since 1998 were specifically designated for climate change projects.โ1โSmoke, Mirrors & Hot Air: How ExxonMobil Uses Big Tobaccoโs Tactics to Manufacture Uncertainty on Climate Science ( PDF),โ Union of Concerned Scientists, January 2007. Archived July 26, 2015. 2โExxonMobil cuts off funding to (some) climate deniers,โ The Christian Science Monitor, May 29, 2008. Archived July 8, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/yVKMW
David Padden founded The Heartland Institute in 1984 and served as its Chairman between 1984 and 1995, co-chairing with Joseph Bast. Padden was also one of the original members of the Board of Directors of the Cato Institute. Padden, a Chicago, IL-based investment banker and then owner of Padden & Company, passed away in October 2011.3โDavid H. Padden,โ The Heartland Institute. Archived March 2, 2005. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/fokqx James M. Taylor was elected president of the Heartland Institute on March 18, 2020.4โJames M. Taylor,โ The Heartland Institute. Archived September 7, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/4XefX
Padden also served on the original Board of Directors of another organization founded that year, Citizens for a Sound Economy, which later split into two groups, FreedomWorks and Americans for Prosperity ( AFP). The Cato Institute and both of these organizations received their initial seed money from Koch Industries.5Mark Ames. โRadicals for Corporate Pollution: The Koch Cartel & The Heartland Institute,โ The Exiled, February 15, 2012. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/zvCH4
According to a July 2011 Nature editorial,
โDespite criticizing climate scientists for being overconfident about their data, models and theories, the Heartland Institute proclaims a conspicuous confidence in single studies and grand interpretationsโฆ . makes many bold assertions that are often questionable or misleading. โฆ Many climate skeptics seem to review scientific data and studies not as scientists but as attorneys, magnifying doubts and treating incomplete explanations as falsehoods rather than signs of progress towards the truth. โฆ The Heartland Institute and its ilk are not trying to build a theory of anything. They have set the bar much lower, and are happy muddying the waters.โ6โHeart of the matter,โ Nature, 475 (July 28, 2011), Page 423โ424. Archived July 26, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/u2fAW
The group launched The Heartland Institute UK/Europe in December 2024, appointing British anti-climate campaigner and pundit Lois Perry as its director. 7Sam Bright. โNigel Farage Helps to Launch U.S. Climate Denial Group in UK,โ DeSmog, December 19, 2024.
Murray Energy Funding
Murray Energy bankruptcy filings in 2019 revealed the Heartland Institute received $130,000 from the energy company owned by climate change denier Robert Murray. The filings revealed a wide range of creditors with deep ties to climate change denial including the International Climate Science Coalition, the Competitive Enterprise Institute, and Government Accountability & Oversight. Robert Murray was known for being a major Trump donor, and giving officials a wish list of proposed actions to help the coal industry. See related reporting from The Intercept,8Lee Fang. โ COAL GIANT PROVIDED SECRET FINANCING TO GROUP CHALLENGING CLIMATE LAWSUITS,โThe Intercept, December 17, 2019. Archive.ph URL: https://archive.ph/hUjRt Energy and Environment News,9Scott Waldman. โMurray Energy a major funder of climate denial groups,โ E&E News, December 17, 2019. Archived December 20, 2019. Archive.ph URL: https://archive.ph/wip/WrDuT and The New York Times10.Lisa Friedman. โA Coal Baron Funded Climate Denial as His Company Spiraled Into Bankruptcy,โ The New York Times, December 17, 2019. Archived December 20, 2019. Archive.ph URL: https://archive.ph/ujTS6
Other groups funded by Murray Energy include FreedomWorks, the Cato Institute, the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow, and Judicial Watch. As The New York Times noted, Murray continued to fund climate change denial even as his company was going bankrupt.
2012 Heartland Document Leak
In 2012, leaked documents revealed some of the Heartland Instituteโs initiatives and climate change strategy including a tailored high school curriculum. As reported at the New York Times, (โLeak Offers Glimpse of Campaign Against Climate Scienceโ) the Heartland Institute would have help from the Charles G. Koch Foundation to โcast doubt on the scientific finding that fossil fuel emissions endanger the long-term welfare of the planet.โ
The documents also discussed โOperation Angry Badger,โ which the New York Times described as โa plan to spend $612,000 to influence the outcome of recall elections and related fights โฆ in Wisconsin over the role of public-sector unions.โ11Justin Gillis and Leslie Kaufman. โLeak Offers Glimpse of Campaign Against Climate Science,โ The New York Times, February 15, 2012. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/pQM80 12Richard Littlemore. โHeartland Insider Exposes Instituteโs Budget and Strategy,โ DeSmog, February 14, 2012.
Heartland has promoted itself using a partial quote from The Economist that describes Heartland as โthe worldโs most prominent think-tank promoting scepticism about man-made climate change.โ However, the full paragraph in The Economistโs 2012 article provides a more complete picture: โThe Heartland Institute, the worldโs most prominent think-tank promoting scepticism about man-made climate change, is getting a lot of heat.โ
Heartland lost an estimated $825,000 in expected donations, a number of directors and almost its entire branch in Washington, DC13โToxic shock: A climate-change sceptic is melting,โ The Economist, May 26, 2012. Archived July 26, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/ovibH shortly after putting up a billboard comparing those who believed in man-made global warming to the Unabomber Ted Kaczynski. At its annual meeting in Chicago, the instituteโs president, Joseph Bast, said Heartland had โdiscovered who our real friends are.โ The 100-odd guests who failed to show up for the โ7th Climate Conferenceโ were not among them.โ14Brendan DeMelle. โWill Heartland Instituteโs Corporate Funders Tacitly Endorse Comparing Climate Realists to bin Laden and the Unabomber?โ DeSmog, May 4, 2012.
Heartland Institute and Tobacco
In the 1990s, the Heartland Institute worked with the tobacco company Philip Morris to question the science linking second-hand smoke to health risks, and lobbied against government public health reforms. Heartland continues to maintain a โSmokerโs Loungeโ section of their website which brings together their policy studies, Op-Eds, essays, and other documents that purport to โ[cut] through the propaganda and exaggeration of anti-smoking groups.โ15Maureen Martin and Joseph Bast. โWelcome to Heartlandโs Smokerโs Lounge!โ The Heartland Institute, April 20, 2007. Archived July 26, 2015. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/TiLZ0
In a 1998 op-ed, former Heartland president Joe Bast claimed that โmoderateโ smoking doesnโt raise lung cancer risks, and that there were โfew, if any, adverse health effectsโ associated with smoking.16โFive Lies about Tobacco: The Tobacco Bill Wasnโt about Kids,โ The Heartlander, July 1998. Archived at Scribd.com by user lhfang. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog. In a fundraising letter to Phillip Morris, Bast wrote to a Phillip Morris executive that โHeartland does many things that benefit Philip Morrisโs bottom line, things that no other organization does.โ Later, in 2014 Bast denied that he had claimed cigarettes were not harmful, until confronted with his own op-ed.17Nick Surgey and Lee Fang. โ VIDEO: Heartland Institute Reluctantly Stands by Denial of Cigarette Smoking Risks,โ Republic Report, April 30, 2014. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/HtjZt 18โPRESS RELEASE: HEARTLAND INSTITUTE NAMES FORMER CONGRESSMAN TIM HUELSKAMP INCOMING PRESIDENT,โ The Heartland Institute, June 29, 2017. Archived June 30, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/mzEuW
Roy Marden, past Corporate Affairs Policy Analyst and Manager of Industry Affairs at Philip Morris, served as a board member at the Heartland Institute from 1996 until 2008.19Dan Miller. โHeartland Institute Announces Board Changes,โ The Heartland Institute, August 8, 2008. Archived July 26, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/92xzr According to Heartland, โThe public health communityโs campaign to demonize smokers and all forms of tobacco is based on junk science.โ Joseph Bast, current President and CEO, was a strong defender of RJ Reynolds brand20โJoe Camel Is Innocent!โ The Heartland Institute, August 21, 1996. Archived July 26, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/MbN67 Camelโs โJoe Camelโ campaign, which some have argued (here,21Summary of Prepared Remarks of Commissioner Roscoe B. Starek, III, Federal Trade Commission: Advertising and Promotion Law 1997, Minnesota Institute of Legal Education. Archived May 9, 2013. and here,22โFTC Takes On Joe Camelโ (P DF), ABCNEWS.com. Reproduced by Gabriel Media Studies Center. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog. for example) targeted younger children.
Alternative for Germany (AfD) & Heartland Institute Connections
In May 2019, Spiegel reported EIKE was working closely with the right populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. Spiegel notes that โ EIKE is not a scientific institute, but merely an association. There are no legal restrictions on the term โinstitute.'โ23โAfD Hopes to Win Votes by Opposing Climate Protection,โ Spiegel Online, May 6, 2019. Archived May 7, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/yH28p
โOn its website, the group argues that climate policy is a โpretenseโ for leaders to โcontrol the economy and the populationโ and to โburden people with taxes,โ Spiegel adds. โIt tries to stir up hatred against the โFriday for Futureโ demonstrations and against Greta Thunberg, who some EIKE members refer to as โGreta Tunaโ or that โclimate protection hussy.โ As far as institutes go, this one only seems to churn out unsophisticated propaganda.โ
Michael Limburg of EIKE claimed by phone that โ EIKE is unaffiliated with any political party.โ However, โLimburg himself ran as an AfD candidate in the national election in Gerany and co-wrote a paper for the partyโs federal committee on energy policy, which now serves as the basis for the partyโs climate policy. EIKE spokesperson Horst-Joachim Lรผdecke, a physicist, was invited by the AfD as an expert on multiple occasions.โ
Spiegel also highlights EIKEโs connection to the Heartland Institute, which โwhich provides EIKE with support at conferences.โ When asked about the ties to Heartland, Limburg confirmed that EIKE was โloosely connectedโ to both Heartland and the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow ( CFACT). Both groups have recieved significant funding from both the oil industry (over $500,000 apiece from ExxonMobil) and right-wing foundations like the Mercers and Koch Family Foundations.
Stance on Climate Change
โProbably two-thirds of the warming in the 1990s was due to natural causes; the warming trend already has stopped and forecasts of future warming are unreliable; and the benefits of a moderate warming are likely to outweigh the costs.
โGlobal warming, in other words, is not a crisis.โ24Joe Bast. โGlobal Warming: Not a Crisis,โ Somewhat Reasonable, August 10, 2011. Archived July 26, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/eMShP
โYou may also know us from our work exposing the shoddy science and missing economics behind the global warming delusion. Our videos, books, studies, and international conferences changed the debate and led to the defeat of โcap and trade.'โ25โMessage from the President,โ Giving @ The Heartland Institute. Archived July 26, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/zWPz3
โSome environmentalists call for a โsave-the-dayโ strategy to โstop global warming,โ saying it is better to be safe than sorry. Such a position seems logical until we stop to think: Immediate action wouldnโt make us any safer, but it would surely make us poorer. And being poorer would make us less safe.โ26โInstant Expert Guide: Global Warming ( PDF),โ The Heartland Institute. Archived June 2, 2006. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
โUnfortunately, global warming is an issue that is well suited to political demagoguery, which can be defined as pandering to misinformed voters and promising unrealistic solutions. Since opinion polls indicate a majority of the public believes warming is happening, politicians might think the safe strategy is to say โI believe global warming is a serious problem and I support measures to reduce global warming pollution by supporting renewable fuels and energy efficiency.โ Such politicians should be โoutedโ for claiming to be smarter than scientists who have studied climate for many years and for using scare tactics to win elections.โ27Joseph Bast. โGlobal Warming Madness and How to Stop It,โ The Heartland Institute, February 1, 2007. Archived June 10, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/3r4XP
โThere is no consensus about the causes, effects, or future rate of global warming.โ28James M. Taylor, Joseph Bast. โHeartlandโs Environment Issue Suite,โ The Heartland Institute, April 16, 2007. Archived June 10, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/zlnrl
Comments Surrounding 2021 Capitol Insurrection
On Jan. 10, 2021, following the Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, the Heartland Instituteโs social media account retweeted a thread by @jlakely, calling it โA good thread.โ The thread compares tech giantsโ refusal to do business with Parler, a social media site that had declined to remove specific calls for violence,29Russel Brandom. โThese are the violent threats that made Amazon drop Parler,โ The Verge, January 13, 2021. Archived February 12, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.vn/ W7faU to the actions of the East German secret police, the Stasi (who were notorious for their embrace of surveillance30Charlotte Bailey. โThe Lingering Trauma of Stasi Surveillance,โ The Atlantic, November 9, 2019. Archived February 13, 2021. Archive URL:https://archive.vn/EkVkJ and extrajudicial executions).31David Binder. โErich Mielke, Powerful Head of Stasi, East Germanyโs Vast Spy Network, Dies at 92,โ The New York Times, May 26, 2000. Archived February 13, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.vn/5f5Fo
The Heartland Institute has also posted on social media about a conspiracy theory known as โthe Great Reset,โ which the linked website describes as โa multi-faceted plan that seeks to undermine free-market capitalism, redistribute wealth on a global scale, and rewrite the โsocial contract, among many other disturbing things.โ32โHillsdale College Experts Break Down the Great Reset,โ Stopping Socialism, January 21, 2021. Archived Febuary 5, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.vn/0gMkO
BBC News fact checked the โGreat Resetโ conspiracy theory here,33Jack Goodman and Flora Carmichael. โThe coronavirus pandemic โGreat Resetโ theory and a false vaccine claim debunked,โ BBC News, November 22, 2020. Archived February 11, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.vn/oVijc writing, โthe suggestion that politicians planned the virus, or are using it to destroy capitalism is wholly without evidence. So too is the notion that the World Economic Forum has the authority to tell other countries what to do, or that it is coordinating a secret cabal of world leaders.โ The conspiracy theory has also been accused of encouraging anti-semitic sentiments.34โโThe Great Resetโ Conspiracy Flourishes Amid Continued Pandemic,โ ADL, December 29, 2020. Archived January 31, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.vn/groid
On Jan. 29, 2021, the Heartland Instituteโs social media account retweeted a claim that โThe Simulation is spiraling out of controlโ in response to the news that the Black Lives Matter movement was nominated for a Nobel peace prize:
Funding
501(c)(3) Charitable Status
According to Heartland in 2011, โApproximately 1,800 supporters support an annual budget of $6 million. Heartland does not accept government funding. Contributions are tax-deductible under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.โ35โAbout,โ The Heartland Institute. Archived December 9, 2011. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/WAEKX As of June 2015, that number had increased to 8,300 supporters, (budget remained listed at $6 million).36โAbout,โ The Heartland Institute. Archived June 30, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/IqBte
Computer scientist John Mashey filed a complaint in 2012 with the IRS questioning Heartlandโs charitable status:
โI believe there was a massive abuse of 501c(3),โ Mashey said. โMy extensive study of these think tanks showed numerous specific actions that violated the rules โ such as that their work is supposed to be factually based. Such as there was a whole lot of behavior that sure looked like lobbying and sending money to foreign organizations that are not charities.โ37Suzanne Goldenberg. โHeartland Institute faces fresh scrutiny over tax status,โ The Guardian, February 17, 2012. Archived July 26, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/99fTY
Masheyโs 2012 report on the Heartland Institute (see PDF) also examines the finances and actions of other organizations including the Science and Environmental Policy Project ( SEPP), and the Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change ( CDCDGC).
According to his report (p. 39), the Heartland Institute has received roughly $395,000 from the tobacco company Philip Morris.
Heartland no longer reveals their individual donors, they explain, because โlisting our donors in this way allowed people who disagree with our views to accuse us of being โpaidโ by specific donors to take positions in public policy debates, something we never do. After much deliberation and with some regret, we now keep confidential the identities of all our donors.โ38โAbout: Funding,โ The Heartland Institute. Archived March 20, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/v288x
Greenpeaceโs ExxonSecrets reports that the Heartland Institute has received $676,500 from ExxonMobil since 1998.39ExxonSecrets Factsheet: The Heartland Institute. Greenpeace also reports that Heartland received at least $55,000 from Koch Industries.40โHeartland Institute: Koch Industries Climate Denial Front Group,โ Greenpeace USA. Archived March 14, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/ywF1y
990 Forms
Heartland Institute as Recipient
The following is based on data from the Conservative Transparency project and from publicly available 990 forms. Not all funding values have been verified by DeSmog.41โHeartland Institute,โ Conservative Transparency. Data retrieved June 6, 2017.
See the attached spreadsheet for additional information on Heartland Institute funding by year (.xlsx).42โHeartland Institute,โ Conservative Transparency. Data retrieved June 6, 2017.
Donor | Total Contributions |
Donors Capital Fund | $21,486,044 |
Mercer Family Foundation | $6,688,000 |
DonorsTrust | $5,398,100 |
Dunnโs Foundation for the Advancement of Right Thinking | $1,430,000 |
The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation | $1,215,500 |
Barbara and Barre Seid Foundation | $1,037,977 |
Schwab Charitable Fund | $759,600 |
Exxon Mobil | $561,500 |
Walton Family Foundation | $410,000 |
Chase Foundation of Virginia | $392,500 |
Barney Family Foundation1 | $360,000 |
Sarah Scaife Foundation | $325,000 |
Searle Freedom Trust | $300,000 |
American Action Network | $300,000 |
Bradley Impact Fund | $206,000 |
Friedman Foundation For Educational Choice | $205,100 |
The Rodney Fund | $202,000 |
Jaquelin Hume Foundation | $201,000 |
Charlotte and Walter Kohler Charitable Trust | $190,500 |
Ed Uihlein Family Foundation | $175,000 |
Stuart Family Foundation | $175,000 |
The McWethy Foundation | $125,000 |
Castle Rock Foundation | $110,000 |
The Rauner Family Foundation | $100,000 |
PhRMA | $90,000 |
JM Foundation | $82,000 |
Armstrong Foundation | $72,500 |
Adolph Coors Foundation | $70,000 |
Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation | $62,578 |
John William Pope Foundation | $55,000 |
National Association of Manufacturers | $52,500 |
Windway Foundation | $47,000 |
Arthur N. Rupe Foundation | $44,000 |
Robert P. Rotella Foundation | $42,500 |
The Roe Foundation | $41,500 |
Claude R. Lambe Charitable Foundation | $40,000 |
John M. Olin Foundation | $40,000 |
Deramus Foundation2 | $35,000 |
American Petroleum Institute | $25,000 |
Hickory Foundation | $23,000 |
Dodge Jones Foundation | $20,500 |
Huizenga Foundation | $19,500 |
The Robertson-Finley Foundation | $18,000 |
E L Craig Foundation | $15,000 |
Woodhouse Family Foundation | $14,500 |
Hoover Institution | $10,000 |
The Carthage Foundation | $10,000 |
The Challenge Foundation | $6,000 |
Edgar and Elsa Prince Foundation | $5,000 |
Foundation for Economic Education | $255 |
Richard Seth Staley Educational Foundation | $200 |
Grand Total | $43,295,354 |
1Has funded to DonorsTrust, a group that has distributed over $80 million to conservative causes, many of which deny man-made climate change.
2Has funded Philanthropy Roundtable, a spinoff of DonorsTrust and Donors Capital Fund. They all operate in a similar way to cloak the identity of donors by having donations under the name of DonorsTrust, Donors Capital Fund, or Philanthropy Roundtable.
Heartland Institute as Donor
Heartland Institute donations are listed on their 990 forms up to the year 2010. Current values are not available.43โHeartland Institute,โ Conservative Transparency. Data retrieved June 6, 2017. 44โRECIPIENT GRANTS: Heartland Institute,โ Media Transparency. Archived March 29, 2012. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/72apu
Recipient | Total |
Shimer College | $500,000 |
Moving Picture Institute | $250,000 |
Texas Public Policy Foundation | $100,000 |
Americans for Prosperity Foundation | $50,000 |
Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy | $50,000 |
Evergreen Freedom Foundation | $50,000 |
Maine Heritage Policy Center | $50,000 |
James Madison Institute | $50,000 |
International Climate Science Coalition | $45,000 |
Galen Institute | $43,000 |
Alabama Policy Institute | $40,000 |
Free Enterprise Education Institute | $25,000 |
Africa Fighting Malaria | $25,000 |
Frontier Centre for Public Policy | $25,000 |
Kansas Taxpayers Network | $25,000 |
New Zealand Climate Science Coalition | $25,000 |
Natural Resources Stewardship Project | $25,000 |
Council for Affordable Health Insurance | $20,000 |
Science & Environmental Policy Project | $15,000 |
South Carolina Policy Council | $10,000 |
Grand Total | $1,423,000 |
Koch Funding
According to Greenpeace USA, Koch Foundations contributed $55,000 to the Heartland Institute between 1997 and 2011.45โHeartland Institute: Koch Industries Climate Denial Front Group,โ Greenpeace USA. Archived March 14, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/ywF1y
*Original tax forms prior to 1997 are no longer available for verification. If you include these values, the grand total jumps to $100,000 in Koch funding from 1987 to 2011.46โHeartland Institute: Koch Industries Climate Denial Front Group,โ Greenpeace USA. Archived March 14, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/ywF1y
Year | Charles Koch Foundation | Claude R. Lambe Charitable Foundation | Grand Total |
*1986 | $2,578 | $2,578 | |
*1987 | $5,000 | $5,000 | |
*1988 | $5,000 | $5,000 | |
*1989 | $5,000 | $5,000 | |
*1992 | $10,000 | $10,000 | |
*1995 | $10,000 | $10,000 | |
*1996 | $10,000 | $10,000 | |
1997 | $10,000 | $10,000 | |
1998 | $10,000 | $10,000 | |
1999 | $10,000 | $10,000 | |
2011 | $25,000 | $25,000 | |
Grand Total | $62,578 | $40,000 | $102,578 |
The Heartland Instituteโs leaked 2012 Fundraising Plan states that โThe Charles G. Koch Foundation returned as a Heartland Donor in 2011. We expect to ramp up their level of support in 2012 and gain access to the network of philanthropists they work with.โ
However, the Foundation since released the following statement: โโฆ the Charles Koch Foundation provided $25,000 to the Heartland Institute in 2011 for research in healthcare, not climate change, and this was the first and only donation the Foundation made to the institute in more than a decade. The Foundation has made no further commitments of funding to Heartland.โ47โFoundation statement on Heartland Institute,โ Charles Koch Foundation (charleskochfoundationfacts.org), February 15, 2012. Archived March 4, 2014. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/VXq89
Donors Capital Fund/DonorsTrust
Donors Capital Fund ( DCF) and its partner organization DonorsTrust allow donors to fund organizations anonymously. They appear to be a spinoff of the Philanthropy Roundtable, a group run by Whitney Ball, who also launched DonorsTrust.
The Heartland Institute has received large anonymous donations through DCF and DonorsTrust, with a combined total of at least $15,391,794.
See p. 58 of the 2012 Mashey Report for more details.John Mashey also covers DCF on page 65 of his 2012 report. According to DCFโs website, โDonors Capital Fund is an IRS-approved, 50[1(c)(3), 509(a)(3) supporting organization that is associated with DonorsTrust, a public charity and donor-advised fund formed to safeguard the charitable intent of donors who are dedicated to the ideals of limited government, personal responsibility, and free enterprise.โ
DonorsTrust refers clients to Donors Capital Fund if they expect to open donor-advised funds of over $1,000,000.48โGuidelines,โ DonorsTrust. Archived July 26, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/SwI2I
DonorsTrust
DonorsTrust contributed at least $631,250 between 2008 and 2012 to the Heartland Institute:49โDonors Trust Inc,โ Economic Research Institute. Accessed March 5, 2012.
Source 990 forms:
Year | Project | |
2007 | $500 | |
2008 | general operations | $11,750 |
2009 | general operations | $1,000 |
general operations | $1,000 | |
general operations | $3,000 | |
general operations | $5,000 | |
โadvertising in response to organizationโs emphasis on marketing of research.โ | $6,500 | |
general operations | $500,000 | |
2010 | general operations | $250 |
general operations | $1,000 | |
general operations | $1,000 | |
2012 | Seventh International Conference on Climate Change | $100,000 |
general operations | $250 | |
general operations | $500 | |
Grand Total | $631,750 |
Donors Capital Fund
From 2005 to 2013, DCF contributed at least $16,560,544 to the Heartland Institute. See source 990 forms below:50โDonors Capital Fund Inc,โ Economic Research Institute. Accessed July 27, 2015.
- 2005 ( PDF)
- 2007 ( PDF)
- 2008 ( PDF)
- 2009 ( PDF)
- 2010 ( PDF)
- 2011 ( PDF)
- 2012 ( PDF)
- 2013 ( PDF)
- 2015 ( PDF)
Year | Project | |
2005 | Individual projects not listed. | $550,427 |
2007 | Individual projects not listed. | $2,955,437 |
2008 | general operations | $2,000,000 |
โthe global warming research projectโ | $900,000 | |
โmedia materialsโ | $100,000 | |
โstaff directed researchโ | $126,000 | |
โfinal installment of three-year general ops supportโ | $1,300,000 | |
โglobal warming research projectsโ | $184,000 | |
2009 | โ COREโ | $10,590 |
โ G.W. reporting for one yearโ | $150,000 | |
โhealth care projectโ | $190,000 | |
โRanthum, Australia and Old projectsโ | $300,000 | |
general operations | $400,000 | |
$620,940 for โ GW-endโ and $500,000 for annual support | $1,120,940 | |
2010 | for the organizationโs India Meeting Project | $14,150 |
general operations | $1,650,000 | |
2011 | $49,000 for the NIPCC/Climate Change Project and $80,000 for School Choice in TX | $129,000 |
2012 | general operations | $1,000,000 |
2013 | for Climatism books & DVD projects | $100,000 |
for the Sri Fi Project ($60,000) and the New Zealand Project ($20,000) | $80,000 | |
general operations | $1,500,000 | |
2015 | for general operations | $1,800,000 |
Grand Total | $16,560,544 |
Anonymous Donor
One Anonymous Donor has contributed a large percentage of Heartlandโs budget in past years, with a focus on their global warming projects.
According to the Heartland 2012 Fundraising Plan, the Anonymous Donor made the following contributions from 2007-2011:
Project | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
General Operating | $500,000 | $500,000 | $500,000 | $700,000 | $350,000 |
Ramp Up Program | $800,000 | $800,000 | $400,000 | $0 | $0 |
Global Warming Projects | $1,976,937 | $3,300,000 | $1,732,180 | $964,150 | $629,000 |
Health Care | $0 | $0 | $190,000 | $0 | $0 |
School Reform | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $80,000 |
Total | $3,276,937 | $4,600,000 | $2,822,180 | $1,664,150 | $979,000 |
Illinois auditor reports for 2003-2009 reveal that a single donor (possibly the same individual as the โAnonymous Donorโ) contributed the following percentages of outstanding accounts receivable in those years (also see p. 56 of John Masheyโs report):
2004 ( PDF โ See p. 27) โ 74% contributed by two donors.
2005 ( PDF โ See p. 32) โ 74% from one donor.
2006 ( PDF โ See p. 33) โ 25% from one individual.
2007 ( PDF โ See p. 32) โ 38% from one donor.
2008 ( PDF โ from 2009 โ see p. 43) โ 58% from one donor.
2009 (see previous, p. 43) โ 35% from one donor.
The Anonymous Donor pledged $1,250,000 for 2012, including contributions to the NIPCC Project, Anthony Wattsโ โWeather Stations Project,โ and David Wojickโs โGlobal Warming Curriculum Projectโ (See โActionsโ for details):
Amount | Project |
$457,000 | General Operating |
$194,000 | NIPCC Project |
$44,000 | Weather Stations Project |
$100,000 | Global Warming Curriculum Project |
$105, 000 | Cook County Debt Project |
$100,000 | Operation Angry Badger |
$250,000 | Additional gift (not determined) |
$1,250,000 | Total |
Renewing 2012 Donors
Reproduced below, from Heartlandโs โ2012 Fundraising Planโ (p. 22 โ 25) is their list of organizations and foundations that they expected to donate in 2012, as well as their donations from 2010-2011.
Note that after this information became public, some donors pulled their support of the Institute. Even more pulled support after Heartlandโs Unabomber billboard campaign which asserted that โthe most prominent advocates of global warming arenโt scientists; they are murderers, tyrants, and madmen.โ51Brendan DeMelle. โCorporate Exodus From Heartland Institute Continues As USAA and Insurers Bail,โ DeSmog, May 9, 2012.
Some donors who no longer fund Heartland include:
- General Motors Corporation
- State Farm Insurance
- Diageo
- BB&T
- PepsiCo
- Eli Lilly & Co.
- RenaissanceRe
- XL Group
- Allied World Assurance Company
- USAA
- Bayer
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Verizon
- Wisconsin Insurance Alliance
- Credit Union National Association
Original funders included:
Name | 2010 Actual | 2011 Actual | 2012 Projected | 2012 as % of 2011 | Project |
Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, Ltd. | $50,000 | $60,000 | $40,000 | 67% | FIRE |
Altria Client Services Inc.1 | $40,000 | $50,000 | $50,000 | 100% | BTN |
Amgen, USA | $25,000 | $0 | $25,000 | ?? | HCN |
Arthur Margulis2 | $25,000 | $25,000 | $25,000 | 100% | GO |
Arthur N. Rupe Foundation | $0 | $0 | $10,000 | ?? | GO |
Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers | $50,000 | $75,000 | $50,000 | 67% | FIRE |
AT&T for IT&T News | $70,000 | $30,000 | $30,000 | 100% | ITTN |
AT&T for CFIRE | $0 | $0 | $10,000 | ?? | FIRE |
Barney Family Foundation3 | $50,000 | $25,000 | $50,000 | 200% | SRN |
Bartley Madden | $182,277 | $216,656 | $400,000 | 185% | HCN |
Bayer Corporation | $0 | $0 | $25,000 | ?? | HCN |
BB&T (John Allison) | $16,105 | $0 | $25,000 | ?? | ECN |
Bernard Baltic Estate | $0 | $77,807 | $0 | 0% | GO |
Castle Rock Foundation | $0 | $0 | $40,000 | ?? | GO |
Charles McQuaid | $11,000 | $1,000 | $10,000 | 1000% | ECN |
Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation | $0 | $25,000 | $200,000 | 800% | HCN |
Chase Foundation of Virginia4 | $25,000 | $25,000 | $25,000 | 100% | GO |
Chris Rufer5 | $27,000 | $25,000 | $50,000 | 200% | GO |
Comcast Corporation | $10,000 | $25,000 | $25,000 | 100% | ITTN |
Contran Corporation | $25,000 | $50,000 | $50,000 | 100% | ECN |
Credit Union National Association | $26,500 | $30,000 | $25,000 | 83% | FIRE |
CTIA โ The Wireless Association | $80,000 | $40,000 | $40,000 | 100% | ITTN |
David Albin | $10,540 | $10,000 | $10,000 | 100% | GO |
Dan Hales | $20,560 | $25,000 | $25,000 | 100% | GO |
David Herro | $35,000 | $60,000 | $60,000 | 100% | ECN |
David Lawson | $20,864 | $17,000 | $15,000 | 88% | GO |
Dezenhall Resources, Ltd.6 | $15,000 | $27,000 | $50,000 | 185% | HCN |
Diageo | $10,000 | $0 | $10,000 | ?? | GO |
Eli Lilly & Company | $25,000 | $0 | $25,000 | ?? | HCN |
Elizabeth Rose7 | $40,000 | $15,000 | $15,000 | 100% | GO |
Eric Brooks | $10,000 | $10,000 | $10,000 | 100% | GO |
Farmersโ Insurance (Zurich) | $0 | $0 | $25,000 | ?? | FIRE |
Frank Resnik8 | $5,065 | $25,000 | $30,000 | 120% | GO |
Fred Young | $10,000 | $15,000 | $15,000 | 100% | GO |
General Motors Foundation9 | $15,000 | $15,000 | $15,000 | 100% | SRN |
Genting | $0 | $0 | $0 | ?? | FIRE |
GlaxoSmithKline | $30,000 | $20,000 | $20,000 | 100% | HCN |
Gleason Family Foundation10 | $0 | $50,000 | $50,000 | 100% | SRN |
Golden Rule Insurance Company | $40,030 | $250,000 | $250,000 | 100% | HCN |
Herbert Walberg11 | $85,000 | $25,000 | $50,000 | 200% | GO |
HSA Bank | $0 | $0 | $10,000 | ?? | HCN |
International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers | $0 | $0 | $10,000 | ?? | BTN |
IronBridge Capital Management, L.P. | $40,000 | $25,000 | $25,000 | 100% | GO |
James Fitzgerald12 | $10,000 | $0 | $25,000 | ?? | SRN |
James McWethy | $0 | $20,000 | $20,000 | 100% | ECN |
Jaquelin Hume Foundation13 | $25,000 | $0 | $25,000 | ?? | SRN |
Jerry and Marilyn Hayden | $120,000 | $170,000 | $170,000 | 118% | GO |
John William Pope Foundation | $25,000 | $15,000 | $15,000 | 100% | GO |
Kayser Family Foundation | $13,000 | $15,000 | $15,000 | 100% | ECN |
KCI | $0 | $115,000 | $0 | 0% | FIRE |
Larch Communications, LLC | $0 | $0 | $25,000 | ?? | BTN |
Larry Smead Fund | $10,000 | $10,000 | $10,000 | 100% | GO |
Las Vegas Sands ( DCI Group) | $0 | $0 | $5,000 | ?? | FIRE |
Leslie Rose14 | $65,500 | $50,000 | $60,000 | 120% | GO |
LKQ Corporation | $24,500 | $0 | $150,000 | ?? | FIRE |
Lynde & Harry Bradley Foundation | $125,000 | $50,000 | $50,000 | 100% | ECN |
Microsoft Corporation15 | $0 | $59,908 | $10,000 | 17% | ITTN |
Mike Keiser | $31,000 | $25,000 | $35,000 | 140% | GO |
Milbank Foundation for Rehabilitation | $0 | $0 | $25,000 | ?? | HCN |
Murray Energy Corporation | $100,000 | $0 | $40,000 | ?? | ECN |
National Cable & Telecommunications Association | $0 | $10,000 | $10,000 | 100% | ITTN |
Nationwide Insurance | $0 | $0 | $10,000 | ?? | FIRE |
Norman Rogers | $3,570 | $10,000 | $20,000 | 200% | GO |
Nucor Corporation | $402,000 | $100,000 | $50,000 | 50% | ECN |
Patrick OโMeara | $80,000 | $0 | $60,000 | ?? | |
Pfizer | $130,000 | $0 | $150,000 | ?? | HCN |
PhRMA16 | $20,000 | $0 | $20,000 | ?? | HCN |
Renaissance ReService Ltd. | $90,000 | $317,000 | $280,000 | 88% | FIRE |
Reynolds American Inc. | 0$ | $110,000 | $110,000 | 100% | FIRE |
Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment17 | $0 | $0 | $10,000 | ?? | ECN |
Robert Buford18 | $21,120 | $30,000 | $30,000 | 100% | GO |
Rodney Fund | $10,000 | $12,000 | $10,000 | 83% | GO |
Searle Freedom Trust19 | $0 | $0 | $50,000 | ?? | ECN |
State Farm (Jeff Judson)20 | $114,200 | $230,000 | $95,000 | 41% | FIRE |
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company | $60,000 | $60,000 | $60,000 | 100% | FIRE |
Susquehanna International Group LLP | $10,000 | $10,000 | $10,000 | 100% | HCN |
Stanley Hubbard | $65 | $10,000 | $10,000 | 100% | ECN |
Stuart Family Foundation | $25,000 | $0 | $25,000 | ?? | ECN |
Texas Cable Association | $0 | $0 | $5,000 | ?? | FIRE |
The Deramus Foundation | $10,000 | $10,000 | $10,000 | 100% | GO |
The Justice Foundation | $0 | $10,000 | $10,000 | 100% | SRN |
The Negaunee Foundation | $0 | $10,000 | $10,000 | 100% | BTN |
Philip Friedmann Family Charitable Trust | $15,000 | $10,000 | $10,000 | 100% | GO |
The Robert P. Rotella Foundation | $5,000 | $10,000 | $10,000 | 100% | HCN |
Time Warner Cable | $10,000 | $10,000 | $20,000 | 200% | ITTN |
Triad Foundation, Inc. | $25,000 | $25,000 | $25,000 | 100% | ECN |
USAA21 | $0 | $45,000 | $50,000 | FIRE | |
US Chamber of Commerce | $25,000 | $0 | $25,000 | ?? | LEGAL |
Will Wohler | $8,000 | $0 | $10,000 | ?? | GO |
William Dunn22 | $150,000 | $330,000 | $300,000 | 91% | HCN |
Wisconsin Insurance Alliance | $0 | $0 | $50,000 | ?? | FIRE |
XL Group | $0 | $35,000 | $0 | 0% | FIRE |
Verizon23 | $0 | $0 | $10,000 | ?? | ITTN |
Totals | $2,887,896 | $3,293,371 | $4,145,000 | 126% |
Notes:
- Altria Group is the parent company of Philip MorrisUSA.
- Appears to have been a Heartland Institute Board Member.
- Also funded the Cato Institute in 2006, 2007, and possibly other years.
- Funded the Cato Institute in 2006.
- Attended a June 2010 Meeting of the Koch Network, aka the โKoch Strategy Meeting.โ
- A PR company described by SourceWatch as specializing in โโaggressiveโ campaigns to defend corporations from complaints by progressive groups.โ
- Appears to have been a past Heartland Institute Board Member (2009).
- Frank Resnik, retired Vice-Chairman of Medline Industries, Inc., was also a past Heartland Institute Board Member.
- When originally asked about its funding of Heartland, GM responded: โWe support a variety of organizations that give careful and considerate thought to complex policy issues and Heartland is one of them,โ Greg Martin, GMโs director of policy and Washington communications said to The Guardian. This was before Heartlandโs billboard campaign.52Josh Israel. โ GM Defends Contributions To โCareful And Considerateโ Climate Denier Institute,โ ThinkProgress, February 16, 2012. Archived November 24, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/ctL3w
- Also funded the Cato Institute in 2006.
- Current Heartland Institute Board Member, and member of the Hoover Institutionโs Koret Task Force on K-12 Education. The Hoover Institution has received funding from ExxonMobil and Scaife Foundations among others.
- Past Heartland Institute Board Member (2009).
- Possible connection to ALEC: Gisele Huff, executive director of Jaquelin Hume Foundation, spoke at the 2001 ALEC Task Force Meeting in New York. According to the Conservative Transparency project, the foundation has also funded the Cato Instiute.53โJaquelin Hume Foundation,โ Conservative Transparency Project (Filtered by โcato instituteโ as donor). Archived July 27, 2015.
- Member of the Board of Directors of the โNew Coalition for Economic and Social Change,โ an organization with affiliations with the Heartland Institute and a member of the State Policy Network.
- According to a statement from Microsoft, this donation โcame in the form of software licenses available to โany eligible non-profit organizationโ.โ Microsoft continues to support Heartland.54Brad Johnson. โMicrosoft Disavows Heartland Instituteโs Climate Denial, Says Contributions Just โFree Software Licensesโ,โ ThinkProgress, February 16, 2012. Archived November 24, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/hol2D Following Heartlandโs billboard campaign, Microsoft stated that โThe Heartland Institute does not speak for Microsoft on climate change. In fact, the Heartland Instituteโs position on climate change is diametrically opposed to Microsoftโs position. And we completely disagree with the groupโs inflammatory and distasteful advertising campaign.โ Microsoft continues to donate software to Heartland.55Richard Littlemore. โMicrosoft Fail: Computer company criticizes Heartland but wonโt withhold future support,โ DeSmog, May 5, 2012.
- Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) is an influential lobbying organization in Washington representing 48 pharmaceutical companies.
- According to SourceWatch, RISE is a lobbying and public relations trade organization, defends the โurban usageโ of pesticides in homes, schools, and landscapes.
- Robert Buford is a Heartland Institute Board Member.
- Kimberly O. Dennis, President and CEO of Searle Freedom Trust is also on the Board of Directors of the Donors Capital Fund ( DCF). DCF and its related Donorโs Trust allow groups and individuals to donate anonymously. DCF is also a key source of Heartlandโs anonymous donations.56Richard Littlemore. โHow Heartland-style Climate Sceptic Campaigns Play โHide the DeniersโUsing Secretive Fund,โ DeSmog, February 29, 2012.
- There is also a โJeff Judson,โ listed as president of Judson & Associates, who is on Heartlandโs current Board of Directors and who was the former president of the Texas Public Policy Foundation. A search does not list a connection between a Jeff Judson and State Farm, so this may not be the same individual.
- According to SourceWatch, one United Services Automobile Association (USAA) was listed as an American Legislative Exchange Council ( ALEC) supporter, being a โTrusteeโ level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference.
- William A. Dunn runs Dunn Capital Management, Inc. in Stuart, Florida. He has been a Director of the Property and Environment Research Center, the Cato Institute, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, and the Competitive Enterprise Institute ( CEI). Dunnโs Foundation for the Advancement of Right Thinking has supported the Mackinac Center for Public Policy.
- According to SourceWatch, Verizon is a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council ( ALEC). It is on the corporate โPrivate Enterpriseโ board and is State corporate co-chair of Virginia and Wyoming. It has been a member of the ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force.
Key People
The Heartland Institute has over 800 experts and staff members on their website. View the attached spreadsheet for a complete list of Heartland experts and staff (.xlsx).
President
The Heartland Instituteโs board of directors elected James Taylor, as the new president of the Heartland Institute on March 18, 2020.57โJAMES TAYLOR,โ The Heartland Institute. Archived June 18, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/Gv0ku
Board of Directors
Staff
Experts
*Note, the following is a partial list. It includes notable names from Heartlandโs โJournalists Guideโ to global warming, their general experts list, policy advisors, as well as their โspeakers bureauโ which highlights certain policy experts. As noted on the Heartland website, not all of the experts they list maintain a direct relationship with Heartland.
View the attached spreadsheet to see a full list of Heartland Experts year over year (.xlsx).
Additional experts lists:
- Alcohol & Tobacco (2016)58โWho We Are,โ (Filtered to โAlcohol & Tobaccoโ), The Heartland Institute. Archived August 10, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/6etIY
- Climate (2016)59โWho We Are,โ (Filtered to โClimate Changeโ), The Heartland Institute. Archived August 10, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/5Zhop
- Energy (2016)60โWho We Are,โ (Filtered to โEnergyโ), The Heartland Institute. Archived August 10, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/iNWA5
- Environment (2016)61โWho We Are,โ (Filtered to โEnvironmentโ), The Heartland Institute. Archived August 10, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/61Wo6
- โGlobal Warming Expertsโ (2015):62โExpert Search,โ The Heartland Institute. Archived December 30, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/Jydlm
- December 2014 Global Warming โExpertsโ Flyer63โItโs Time to Debate Global Warming ( PDF),โ The Heartland Institute. Archived June, 2015. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog. 64Brendan Demelle. โHeartland Institute 58 Experts Poster Remixed by DeSmog, Willie Soon Among Denialist Dozens,โ DeSmog, February 23, 2015.
The Heartland Institute released a December 2014 flyer titled โItโs Time to Debate Global Warming ( PDF)โ where they listed โ58 experts who donโt believe global warming is a crisis.โ65โItโs Time to Debate Global Warming ( PDF),โ The Heartland Institute. Archived June, 2015. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog. The flyer included many of the most high-profile climate change skeptics listed as โexpertsโ on their website. DeSmog researched those same 58 experts, and has produced a counter-flyer that identifies the extent of peer-reviewed research and background on each.66Brendan Demelle. โHeartland Institute 58 Experts Poster Remixed by DeSmog, Willie Soon Among Denialist Dozens,โ DeSmog, February 23, 2015.
Senior Fellows
Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change ( NIPCC) โ 2012
The Heartland Institute sponsors the NIPCC, an โinternational network of scientists who write and speak out on climate changeโ and contributes approximately $300,000 a year for the group to work on Climate Change Reconsidered (the NIPCC report), according to the Heartland Instituteโs 2012 Fundraising Plan (p. 13).
The following individuals are listed in the Heartland Instituteโs 2012 Proposed Budget, under the โPersonnel Budgetโ for the NIPCC Project:
$/month | Name | Chapter | Institution | Country |
$11,600 | Craig Idso | Senior Editor | Center for the Study of CO2 & Global Change | USA |
$5,000 | Fred Singer | Co-Editor | Science and Environmental Policy Project | USA |
$1,667 | Robert Carter | Co-Editor | James Cook University and Institute for Public Affairs | Australia |
$1,000 | Madhav Khandekar | 1.3 Extreme Events | Environment Canada | Canada |
$1,000 | Indur Goklany** | 2.5 Economics and Policy | U.S. Department of Interior | USA |
$1,000 | Robert Balling | tentative | Arizona State University | USA |
$750 | Anthony Lupo | 1.4 Climate Models | University of Missouri | USA |
$750 | Mitch Taylor | 2.2 Terrestrial Animals | Lakehead University | Canada |
$750 | Susan Crockford | 2.2 Terrestrial Animals | University of Victoria | Australia |
$500 | Joe DโAleo | 1.3 Extreme Events | ICECAP | USA |
$125 | Willie Soon | contributor โ paid by review | Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics | USA |
$125 | Craig Loehle | contributor โ paid by review | National Council for Air and Stream Improvement | USA |
$125 | David Watkins | contributor โ paid by review | Michigan Technological University | USA |
** Representative Raรบl M. Grijalva called for a full Natural Resources Committee hearing ( PDF) to probe whether Indur Goklany improperly received payments from the Heartland Institute (including his work on the NRSP Report) while he was working as Senior Advisor to the U.S. Interior Department.
Below is a full list of past NIPCC Climate Change Reconsidered ( CCR) contributors (John Mashey also provides a summary on page 36 of his 2012 report โFake Science, fakesperts, funny finances, free of taxโ ):67S. Fred Singer, ed. Nature, Not Human Activity, Rules the Climate: Summary for Policymakers of the Report of the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (PDF). The Heartland Institute, 2008. Archived July 26, 2015. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog. 68Craig Idso and S. Fred Singer, Climate Change Reconsidered: 2009 Report of the Nongovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( NIPCC), Chicago, IL: The Heartland Institute, 2009. Archived July 26, 2015. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog. 69Craig D. Idso, Robert M. Carter, and S. Fred Singer, Eds. Climate Change Reconsidered: 2011 Interim Report of the Nongovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( NIPCC), Chicago, IL: The Heartland Institute, 2011. Archived July 26, 2015. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog. 70โAppendix 2: Authors, Contributors, and Reviewersโ ( PDF), Climate Change Reconsidered II: Physical Science. Archived July 26, 2015. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog. 71Idso, C.D, Idso, S.B., Carter, R.M., and Singer, S.F. (Eds.) 2014. Climate Change Reconsidered II: Biological Impacts. Chicago, IL: The Heartland Institute. Archived July 26, 2015. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog. 72โAppendix 2: Authors, Contributors, and Reviewersโ ( PDF), Climate Change Reconsidered II: Biological Impacts. Archived July 26, 2015. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
2008 CCR | 2009 CCR | 2011 CCR | 2013 CCR | 2014 CCR | 2015 CCR | |
Joseph Bast | Editor | Editor | Editor | โ | โ | |
Diane Carol Bast | Editor | Editor | Editor | Editor | Editor | |
S.T. Karnick | โ | โ | Editor | Editor | Editor | |
Robert Carter | Contributor | Contributor/Reviewer | Lead Author | Lead Author/Editor | Lead Author/Editor | Author |
Craig Idso | Contributor | Lead Author | Lead Author | Lead Author/Editor | Lead Author/Editor | Author |
S. Fred Singer | Contributor/Editor | Lead Author | Lead Author | Lead Author/Editor | Lead Author/Editor | Author |
Warren Anderson | Contributor | Contributor/Reviewer | โ | โ | โ | |
J. Scott Armstrong | โ | Contributor/Reviewer | โ | Contributing Author | โ | |
Dennis Avery | Contributor | Contributor/Reviewer | โ | โ | โ | |
Franco Battaglia | Contributor | Contributor/Reviewer | โ | Chapter Reviewer | โ | |
Piers Corbyn | โ | Contributor/Reviewer | โ | โ | โ | |
Richard Courtney | Contributor | Contributor/Reviewer | โ | โ | โ | |
Susan Crockford | โ | โ | Contributor | โ | Contributing Author/Reviewer | |
Joseph DโAleo | Contributor | Contributor/Reviewer | Contributor | Contributing Author | โ | |
Don Easterbrook | โ | Contributor/Reviewer | โ | Chapter Lead Author | โ | |
Indur Goklany | โ | โ | Contributor | โ | โ | |
Fred Goldberg | Contributor | Contributor/Reviewer | โ | Chapter Reviewer | Contributing Author/Reviewer | |
Vincent Gray | Contributor | Contributor/Reviewer | โ | Chapter Reviewer | โ | |
William Gray | โ | Contributor/Reviewer | โ | Chapter Reviewer | โ | |
Kesten Green | โ | Contributor/Reviewer | โ | Contributing Author | โ | |
Kenneth Haapala | Contributor | Contributor/Reviewer | โ | โ | โ | |
David Hagen | โ | Contributor/Reviewer | โ | โ | โ | |
Klaus Heiss | Contributor | Contributor/Reviewer | โ | โ | โ | |
Sherwood Idso | โ | โ | Contributor | Chapter Lead Author | Lead Author/Editor | |
Zbiginew Jaworowski | Contributor | Contributor/Reviewer | โ | โ | โ | |
Olavi Karner | Contributor | Contributor/Reviewer | โ | Chapter Reviewer | โ | |
Richard Alan Keen | โ | Contributor/Reviewer | โ | โ | โ | |
Madhav Khandekar | Contributor | Contributor/Reviewer | Contributor | Chapter Lead Author | Contributing Author/Reviewer | |
William Kininmonth | Contributor | Contributor/Reviewer | โ | Chapter Lead Author | โ | |
Hans Labohm | Contributor | Contributor/Reviewer | โ | โ | โ | |
Anthony R. Lupo | โ | Contributor/Reviewer | Contributor | Chapter Lead Author | โ | |
Howard Maccabee | โ | Contributor/Reviewer | โ | โ | โ | |
Michael H. Mogil | โ | Contributor/Reviewer | โ | โ | โ | |
Christopher Monckton | Contributor | Contributor/Reviewer | โ | โ | โ | |
Lubos Motl | Contributor | Contributor/Reviewer | โ | โ | โ | |
Stephan Murgatroyd | โ | Contributor/Reviewer | โ | โ | โ | |
Nicola Scafetta | โ | Contributor/Reviewer | โ | Chapter Reviewer | โ | |
Tom Segalstad | Contributor | Contributor/Reviewer | โ | Contributing Author | Contributing Author/Reviewer | |
Harrison Schmitt | โ | Contributor/Reviewer | โ | โ | โ | |
Willie Soon | โ | โ | Contributor | Chapter Lead Author | โ | |
George H. Taylor | Contributor | Contributor/Reviewer | โ | โ | โ | |
Mitch Taylor | Contributor/Reviewer | Contributor | โ | Contributing Author/Reviewer | ||
Dick Thoenes | Contributor | Contributor/Reviewer | โ | โ | โ | |
Anton Uriarte | Contributor | Contributor/Reviewer | โ | Chapter Reviewer | โ | |
Gerd Weber | Contributor | Contributor/Reviewer | โ | Chapter Reviewer | Contributing Author/Reviewer | |
Timothy Ball | โ | โ | โ | Chapter Lead Author | โ | |
Willem de Lange | โ | โ | โ | Chapter Lead Author | โ | |
Sebastian Luning | โ | โ | โ | Chapter Lead Author | โ | |
Cliff Ollier | โ | โ | โ | Chapter Lead Author | Contributing Author/Reviewer | |
Ross McKitrick | โ | โ | โ | Contributing Author | โ | |
Roy Spencer | โ | โ | โ | Contributing Author | โ | |
Joe Bastardi | โ | โ | โ | Chapter Reviewer | โ | |
Habibullo Abdussamatov | โ | โ | โ | Chapter Reviewer | โ | |
David Q. Bowen | โ | โ | โ | Chapter Reviewer | โ | |
Roy Clark | โ | โ | โ | Chapter Reviewer | โ | |
Vincent Courtillot | โ | โ | โ | Chapter Reviewer | โ | |
Christopher Essex | โ | โ | โ | Chapter Reviewer | โ | |
David Evans | โ | โ | โ | Chapter Reviewer | โ | |
Soren Floderus | โ | โ | โ | Chapter Reviewer | โ | |
Stewart Franks | โ | โ | โ | Chapter Reviewer | โ | |
Eigil Friis-Christensen | โ | โ | โ | Chapter Reviewer | โ | |
Laurence Gould | โ | โ | โ | Chapter Reviewer | โ | |
Howard Hayden | โ | โ | โ | Chapter Reviewer | โ | |
Martin Hovland | โ | โ | โ | Chapter Reviewer | โ | |
James OโBrien | โ | โ | โ | Chapter Reviewer | โ | |
Garth Paltridge | โ | โ | โ | Chapter Reviewer | โ | |
Donald Rapp | โ | โ | โ | Chapter Reviewer | โ | |
Carl Ribbing | โ | โ | โ | Chapter Reviewer | โ | |
John Shade | โ | โ | โ | Chapter Reviewer | โ | |
Gary Sharp | โ | โ | โ | Chapter Reviewer | Contributing Author/Reviewer | |
Jan-Erik Solheim | โ | โ | โ | Chapter Reviewer | โ | |
David J. Barnes | โ | โ | โ | โ | Contributing Author/Reviewer | |
Raymond Cloyd | โ | โ | โ | โ | Contributing Author/Reviewer | |
Weihong Cui | โ | โ | โ | โ | Contributing Author/Reviewer | |
Kees DeGroot | โ | โ | โ | โ | Contributing Author/Reviewer | |
Robert G. Dillon | โ | โ | โ | โ | Contributing Author/Reviewer | |
John Dale Dunn | โ | โ | โ | โ | Contributing Author/Reviewer | |
Henrik Ole Ellestad | โ | โ | โ | โ | Contributing Author/Reviewer | |
Barry Goldman | โ | โ | โ | โ | Contributing Author/Reviewer | |
Hoese H. Dickson | โ | โ | โ | โ | Contributing Author/Reviewer | |
Morten Jodal | โ | โ | โ | โ | Contributing Author/Reviewer | |
Miroslav Kutilek | โ | โ | โ | โ | Contributing Author/Reviewer | |
Steven W Leavitt | โ | โ | โ | โ | Contributing Author/Reviewer | |
Howard Maccabee | โ | โ | โ | โ | Contributing Author/Reviewer | |
Jennifer Marohasy | โ | โ | โ | โ | Contributing Author/Reviewer | |
Jim Petch | โ | โ | โ | โ | Contributing Author/Reviewer | |
Robert J. Reginato | โ | โ | โ | โ | Contributing Author/Reviewer | |
Paul Reiter | โ | โ | โ | โ | Contributing Author/Reviewer | |
Walter Stark | โ | โ | โ | โ | Contributing Author/Reviewer | |
David Stockwell | โ | โ | โ | โ | Contributing Author/Reviewer | |
Bastow Wilson | โ | โ | โ | โ | Contributing Author/Reviewer | |
Raphael Wust | โ | โ | โ | โ | Contributing Author/Reviewer |
Former Heartland President Tim Huelskamp
In June, 2017, The Heartland Institute announced Kansas Rep. Tim Huelskamp would be replacing Joe Bast as president, to begin working starting July, 2017.73โPRESS RELEASE: HEARTLAND INSTITUTE NAMES FORMER CONGRESSMAN TIM HUELSKAMP INCOMING PRESIDENT,โ The Heartland Institute, June 29, 2017. Archived June 30, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/mzEuW Bast said he would remain with Heartland as CEO until some time in 2018. Less than two years after starting the role, Huelskamp reportedly resigned from his position in June 2019 with Jim Lakely filing in as interim president. Heartland did not comment on why Huelskamp left the position.74Mary Clarkin. โTim Huelskamp leaves Heartland Institute,โ The Hutchison News, July 9, 2019. Archived July 11, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/eC2EI
Huelskamp is former chairman of the Tea Party Caucus and a member of the far-right House Freedom Caucus.75Scott Wong. โTea Party favorite to lead conservative think tank,โ The Hill, June 29, 2017. Archived June 30, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/oEYwk Huelskamp maintains a lifetime score of 5% with the League of Conservation Voters, with a score of 0% in 2016.76โRepresentative Tim Huelskamp (R),โ League of Conservation Voters. Archived July 3, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/n8qPf A full list of legislation sponsored or cosponsored by Huelskamp is available at Congress.gov.77โRepresentative Tim Huelskamp,โ Congress.gov. Archived July 4, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/gWaw4 According to his voting record tracked at OnTheIssues, Huelskamp has consistently voted against any legislation that would combat fossil fuel emissions or climate change. 78โTim Huelskamp on Energy & Oil,โ OnTheIssues. Archived July 4, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/mgbU4
According to data from OpenSecrets, Huelskampโs top donor is Koch Industries79โTop Contributors,โ OpenSecrets. Accessed July 4, 2017. and he has received the highest lifetime campaign contributions from the Oil and Gas industry, totally over one-quarter of a million dollars. Below are career totals added up by OpenSecrets.80โTop Industries,โOpenSecrets. Accessed July 4, 2017.
Industry | Total | Contributor | Total | Indivs | PACs | |
Oil & Gas | $252,393 | Koch Industries | $40,900 | $3,400 | $37,500 | |
Retired | $209,441 | Watco Companies | $36,200 | $36,200 | $0 | |
Crop Production & Basic Processing | $196,178 | American Bankers Assn | $35,000 | $0 | $35,000 | |
Republican/Conservative | $167,254 | B&G Production | $34,400 | $34,400 | $0 | |
Leadership PACs | $152,163 | House Freedom Fund | $34,025 | $250 | $33,775 | |
Health Professionals | $124,755 | National Assn of Home Builders | $32,500 | $0 | $32,500 | |
Misc Manufacturing & Distributing | $102,850 | Russell Stover Candies | $32,200 | $32,200 | $0 | |
Commercial Banks | $93,600 | Vess Oil Corp | $30,000 | $30,000 | $0 | |
Real Estate | $75,310 | Hodgdon Powder | $28,700 | $28,700 | $0 | |
Railroads | $67,848 | Onyx Collection | $25,500 | $25,500 | $0 | |
Agricultural Services/Products | $65,700 | KMG Tool | $24,400 | $24,400 | $0 | |
General Contractors | $59,647 | Berexco Inc | $23,700 | $23,700 | $0 | |
Food & Beverage | $59,550 | National Auto Dealers Assn | $22,500 | $0 | $22,500 | |
Home Builders | $58,900 | Citizens United | $22,000 | $0 | $22,000 | |
Securities & Investment | $55,286 | Every Republican is Crucial PAC | $20,000 | $0 | $20,000 | |
Misc Finance | $53,250 | AT&T Inc | $19,500 | $500 | $19,000 | |
Livestock | $51,025 | American Medical Assn | $19,000 | $1,000 | $18,000 | |
Insurance | $50,613 | National Assn of Realtors | $19,000 | $0 | $19,000 | |
Retail Sales | $44,700 | Ariel Corp | $18,900 | $18,900 | $0 | |
Lawyers/Law Firms | $42,422 | Ag Services | $18,250 | $18,250 | $0 |
Tim Huelskamp also a signatory to Americans for Prosperityโs โNo Climate Taxโ pledge. The pledge reads as follows:81โPledge Takers,โ No Climate Tax. Archived July 4, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/ B0bNW
โI, ________________, pledge to the American people that I will oppose any legislation relating to climate change that includes a net increase in government revenueโ
He also told HuffPost that he didnโt believe that climate change was โsettled โscience.โ82Jennifer Bendery. โConservatives Dismiss Pope On Climate Change, Warn Of Immigrant โAnarchyโ,โ HuffPost, September 24, 2015. Archived July 3, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/ W1exd
โI donโt think thereโs a scientific consensus on that,โ Huelskamp said. โIf you want to print that life begins at conception, thatโs settled science.โ
Heartland Instituteโs International Conference on Climate Change ( ICCC)
Since 2008, the Heartland Institute has hosted their annual International Conference on Climate Change where dozens of climate change skeptics converge to discuss issues and strategies to oppose climate action:
- ICCC1 โ March, 2008
- ICCC2 โ March, 2009
- ICCC3 โ June, 2009
- ICCC4 โ May, 2010
- ICCC5 โ October, 2010
- ICCC6 โ June, 2011
- ICCC7 โ May, 2012
- ICCC8 โ Nov โ Dec, 2012
- ICCC9 โ July, 2014
- ICCC10 โ June, 2015
- ICCC11 โ Dec, 2015
- ICCC12 โ Mar, 2017
- ICCC13 โ Nov, 2018
ICCC1
Date: March 2-4, 2008
Location: New York
The conference, titled โGlobal Warming: Truth or Swindle,โ was described as a โgathering of skeptics.โ Heartland contends that skeptics lack a โplatform from which they can be heard,โ as โTheir voices have been drowned out by publicity built upon the United Nationsโ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, an entity with an agenda to build support for the theory of man-made catastrophic global warming.โ
According to conferenceโs invitation letter, โThe purpose of the conference is to generate international media attention to the fact that many scientists believe forecasts of rapid warming and catastrophic events are not supported by sound science, and that expensive campaigns to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are not necessary or cost-effective.โ (emphasis added).
RealClimate reported on the conference and concluded it โis not aimed at understanding, it is a PR event aimed at generating media reports.โ83โWhat if you held a conference, and no (real) scientists came?โ RealClimate, January 30, 2008. Archived July 27, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/bsEZc
ICCC1 Speakers84The 2008 International Conference on Climate Change: Global Warming is not a crisis! ( PDF), Archived July 25, 2015. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog. 85โICCC โ 1,โ International Conferences on Climate Change. Archived December 11, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/kDurC
- Alan Moran
- Alexandra Liddy Bourne
- Andreas Prokoph
- Andrei Illarionov
- Ann McElhinney
- Art Horn
- Christopher C. Horner
- Dan Gainor
- Daniel Simmons
- David Archibald
- David Bellamy
- David Henderson
- David Schnare
- David Tuerck
- Donald J. Boudreaux
- Donald Hertzmark
- Douglas Southgate
- E. Calvin Beisner
- Ferenc Miskolczi
- Fred Michel
- Fredrick Seitz
- Gerd-Rainer Weber
- H. Sterling Burnett
- Jim Johnston
- Jim Ott
- John A. Charles
- John Stossel
- Julian Morris
- Ken Malloy
- Kendra Okonski
- Kenneth P. Green
- Leon Louw
- Madhav Khandekar
- Michael Economides
- Michael Fox
- Miklos Zagoni
- Mitch Taylor
- Owen McShane
- Patrick J. Michaels
- Paul Chesser
- Paul Driessen
- Paul Waggoner
- Phelim McAleer
- Ralph Conner
- Richard Courtney
- Robert C. Balling Jr.
- Robert Gordon
- Robert Murphy
- Ronald Rychlak
- Roy Cordato
- Russell Seitz
- Scott Armstrong
- Stanley Goldenberg
- Steven J. Milloy
- Thomas Tanton
- Tim Ball
- Tim Slagle
- Todd Myers
- Tom Harris
- Tom Segalstad
- Vincent Gray
- William Briggs
- Yuri Izrael
- Zbigniew Jaworowski
- Anthony Watts
- Barun Mitra
- Benny Peiser
- Bob Carter
- Christopher Monckton
- Craig Idso
- Craig Loehle
- David Douglass
- David Legates
- Dennis Avery
- Fred Goldberg
- George Taylor
- Howard Hayden
- Howard Maccabee
- Ian Murray
- James J. OโBrien
- James M. Taylor
- Jay Lehr
- Joe DโAleo
- Joel Schwartz
- John Coleman
- John Dale Dunn
- Joseph Bast
- Kesten Green
- Marc Morano
- Marlo Lewis
- Myron Ebell
- Patrick Michaels
- Paul Reiter
- Robert Bradley
- Ross McKitrick
- Roy Innis
- Roy Spencer
- S. Fred Singer
- Tim Patterson
- Vaclav Klaus
- William Gray
- Willie Soon
ICCC1 Cosponsors86The 2008 International Conference on Climate Change: Global Warming is not a crisis! ( PDF), Archived July 25, 2015. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog. 87โSponsorships,โ The 2008 International Conference on Climate Change. Archived June 10, 2011. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/bxDic
- Alternate Solutions Institute
- Americans for Prosperity
- Americans for Tax Reform
- Asociaciรณn de Consumidores Libres
- Association for Liberal Thinking
- Business & Media Institute
- Carbon Sense Coalition
- Cascade Policy Institute
- Cathay Institute for Public Affairs
- Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise
- Center for the Dissemination of Economic Knowledge
- Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change
- Center of the American Experiment
- Centro de Innovaciรณn y Desarrollo
- Centro de Investigaciones de Instituciones y Mercados de Argentina
- Citizens Alliance for Responsible Energy
- Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow
- Competitive Enterprise Institute
- Congress of Racial Equality
- Discovery Institute
- Doctors for Disaster Preparedness
- Economic Thinking โ E Pluribus Unum Films
- European Center for Economic Growth
- Free Enterprise Action Fund
- Free Market Foundation
- Freedom Foundation of Minnesota
- Frontiers of Freedom Institute
- Fundaciรณn Atlas 1853
- George C. Marshall Institute
- Hayek Institut
- Institut fรผr Unternehmerische Freiheit
- Institute of Public Affairs
- Instituto de Libre Empresa
- Instituto Liberdade
- International Climate Science Coalition
- International Policy Network
- Instituto Bruno Leoni
- John Locke Foundation
- JunkScience.com
- Liberty Institute
- Lion Rock Institute
- Minimal Government Institute
- National Center for Policy Analysis
- New Zealand Business Roundtable
- Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine
- Pacific Research Institute
- Science & Environmental Policy Project
- Science & Public Policy Institute
- Sovereignty International, Inc.
- The Idea Channel
- The Independent Institute
ICCC2
Date: March 8-10, 2009
Location New York
DeSmog researched the funding behind Heartlandโs Second International Conference on Climate Change and found that sponsor organizations had received over $47 million in funding from energy companies and right-wing foundations, with 78% of that total coming from Scaife Family foundations:
ExxonMobil (1998-2006): $6,199,000
Koch Foundations (1986-2006): $4,438,920
Scaife Foundations (1985-2006): $36,868,640
Grand Total: $47,506,560
DeSmog reported on the conference here.
ICCC2 Speakers88International Conference on Climate Change New York 2009 Program Schedule ( PDF). Archived April, 2009. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog. 89โSpeakers,โ The 2009 International Conference on Climate Change, March 5, 2009. Archived July 9, 2009. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/g2w4s
- Alexandre Aguiar
- Anthony Lupo
- Anthony Watts
- Arthur Robinson
- Barun Mitra
- Benny Peiser
- Bob Carter
- Brian Valentine
- Calvin Beisner
- Chris Horner
- Christopher Booker
- Christopher Essex
- Christopher Monckton
- Craig Idso
- Craig Loehle
- David Douglass
- David Evans
- David Legates
- Dennis Avery
- Don Easterbrook
- Francisco Capella
- Frank Clemente
- Fred Goldberg
- Fred Smith
- Gabriel Calzada
- George Taylor
- Harrison Schmitt
- Howard Hayden
- Howard Maccabee
- Ian Murray
- Indur Goklany
- J. Scott Armstrong
- James J. OโBrien
- James M. Taylor
- Jan Veizer
- Jay Lehr
- Joanne Nova
- Joe DโAleo
- Joel Schwartz
- John Coleman
- John Dale Dunn
- John Sununu
- Joseph Bast
- Keith Lockitch
- Kenneth P. Green
- Kesten Green
- Kevin Murphy
- Laurence Gould
- Lawrence Solomon
- Marc Morano
- Marlo Lewis
- Michelle Foss
- Mike Jungbauer
- Myron Ebell
- Nir Shaviv
- Patrick Michaels
- Paul Reiter
- Piers Corbyn
- Richard Keen
- Richard Lindzen
- Robert Bradley
- Robert Ferguson
- Roger Helmer
- Ross McKitrick
- Roy Innis
- Roy Spencer
- S. Fred Singer
- Sam Kazman
- Stanley Goldenberg
- Steve McIntyre
- Syun Akasofu
- Terry Dunleavy
- Tim Patterson
- Tom McClintock
- Tom Tanton
- Tom V. Segelstad
- Vaclav Klaus
- William Cotton
- William Gray
- William Kininmonth
- Willie Soon
- Yaron Brook
ICCC2 Cosponsors90โCo-Sponsors,โ The 2009 International Conference on Climate Change. Archived April 28, 2011. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/8pEf7
- Accuracy in Academia
- Accuracy in Media
- African Center for Advocacy and Human Development
- Alternate Solutions Institute
- American Policy Center
- Americans for Prosperity
- Americans for Tax Reform
- Atlas Economic Research Foundation
- Australian Libertarian Society
- Ayn Rand Institute
- Business & Media Institute
- The Carbon Sense Coalition
- Cascade Policy Institute
- Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change
- Citizensโ Alliance for Responsible Energy
- Climate Sceptics Party
- Climate Strategies Watch
- Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow
- Competitive Enterprise Institute
- Congress of Racial Equality
- Cornwall Alliance
- Economic Thinking/E. Pluribus Unum Films
- European Coalition for Economic Growth
- Freedom Foundation of Minnesota
- Free to Choose Network
- Frontiers of Freedom Institute
- George Marshall Institute
- Grassroot Institute
- Hayek Institute
- The Heritage Foundation
- Hispanic Leadership Fund
- IceAgeNow.com
- Institute For Liberty
- International Climate and Environmental Change Assessment Project
- Initiative for Public Policy Analysis
- Institute for Private Enterprise
- Institute of Public Affairs
- Instituto De Libre Impresa
- Instituto Juan De Mariana
- Instituto Liberdade
- Instituto Bruno Leoni
- International Climate Science Coalition
- The Lavoisier Group
- Liberales Institut
- Liberty Institute
- John Locke Foundation
- Manhattan Libertarian Party
- Mannkal Economic Education Foundation
- Minimal Government Thinkers
- New Zealand Centre for Political Research
- Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine
- Public Interest Institute
- Science and Public Policy Institute
- Science and Environmental Policy Project
- Scientists and Engineers for Secure Energy
- 60 Plus Association
- Sovereignty International, Inc.
- Tennessee Center for Policy Research
- Young Americaโs Foundation
ICCC3
Date: June 2, 2009
Location: Washington, DC
Details:
The conferenceโs theme was โClimate Change: Scientific Debate and Economic Analysis,โ to reflect Heartlandโs belief that that โscientific debate is not over.โ The conference set out to โcall attention to widespread dissent to the asserted โconsensusโ on various aspects of climate change and global warming.โ91Robyn Monaghan. โGlobal warming skeptics gather in D.C.,โ examiner.com, May 4, 2009. Archived January 7, 2014. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/WdxK2
According to the Heartland Institute, โThe purpose of the event is to expose Congressional staff and journalists to leading scientists and economists in the nationโs capital. Senators and Representatives will be invited to speak side-by-side with leading scientists and economists. Allied organizations have been invited to be cosponsors, to help supply speakers and promote the event to their members and supporters.โ92โICCC-3: Climate Change: Scientific Debate and Economic Analysis,โ International Conference on Climate Change (climateconference.heartland.org). Archived February 19, 2012. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/Z7RFc
ICCC3 Speakers93โSpeakers,โ Third International Conference on Climate Change. Archived July 14, 2010. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/wnJav
- Joseph Bast
- Gabriel Calzada
- Robert (Bob) M. Carter
- Craig Idso
- James Inhofe
- Jeff Kueter
- Ben Lieberman
- Richard S. Lindzen
- Patrick Michaels
- Christopher Monckton
- Dana Rohrabacher
- Harrison Schmitt
- James Sensenbrenner
- S. Fred Singer
- Willie Soon
- Roy W. Spencer
- James M. Taylor
- John S. Theon
- David G. Tuerck
- Anthony Watts
ICCC3 Cosponsors94โCo-Sponsors,โ Third International Conference on Climate Change. Archived July 14, 2010. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/7M3LQ
- Accuracy In Media
- African Center for Advocacy and Human Development
- Alternate Solutions Institute
- Americans For Prosperity
- American Policy Center
- Atlas Economic Research Foundation
- Australian Libertarian Society
- Ayn Rand Institute
- Beacon Hill Institute
- The Carbon Sense Coalition
- Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change
- The Climate Sceptics
- Climate Strategies Watch
- Competitive Enterprise Institute
- Doctors For Disaster Preparedness
- Economic Thinking/E Pluribus Unum Films
- Europรคisches Institut fรผr Klima und Energie
- Free To Choose Network
- Freedom Foundation of Minnesota
- George C. Marshall Institute
- Grassroot Institute of Hawaii
- The Heritage Foundation
- The Hispanic Leadership Fund
- Iceagenow.org
- International Climate and Environmental Change Assessment Project
- Initiative for Public Policy Analysis
- Institute for Free Enterprise
- Institute for Liberty
- Instituto De Libre Empresa
- Instituto Juan De Mariana
- Instituto Liberadade
- International Climate Science Coalition
- Instituto Bruno Leoni
- Liberales Institut
- Minimal Government Thinkers
- New Zealand Centre for Policy Research
- Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine
- Physicians For Civil Defense
- Public Interest Institute
- Science and Environmental Policy Project
- Science and Public Policy Institute
- Sovereignty International
- Young Americaโs Foundation
ICCC4
Date: May 16-18, 2010
Location: Chicago, IL
The conferenceโs theme was โReconsidering the Science and Economics,โ and its purpose was โto build momentum and public awareness of the global warming โrealismโ movement.โ95โReconsidering the Science and Economics,โ Heartland Institute. Archived July 25, 2010. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/eboJe
DeSmog concluded 19 of the 65 sponsors (including Heartland itself) had received a total of over $40 million in funding since 1985 from ExxonMobil (who funded 13 of the organizations), and/or Koch Industries family foundations (funded 10 organizations) and/or the Scaife family foundations (funded 10 organizations).96Brendan DeMelle. โDenial-a-palooza Round 4: โInternational Conference on Climate Changeโ Groups Funded by Exxon, Koch Industries,โ DeSmog, May 13, 2010.
Summary:
ExxonMobil (1998-2008): | $6,588,250 | ($389,250 more than reported in 2009) |
Koch Foundations (1985-2008): | $17,572,210 | ($13,133,290 more than reported in 2009) |
Scaife Family Foundations (1985-2008): | $16,352,000 | ($20,516,640 less than reported in 2009*) |
Total Funding 1985-2008: | $40,512,460 |
*The Heritage Foundation sponsored the 2009 conference and is notably absent from sponsoring the 2010 ICCC. According to archived funding information at Media Matters, Heritage has received $23,096,640 from Scaife, $2,417,000 from Koch and $565,000 from Exxon between 1998 and 2006.
ICCC4 Speakers97โ4th International Conference on Climate Change: Sponsored by the Heartland Instituteโ (Conference Program โ PDF), The Heartland Institute, May, 2010. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- Joseph Bast
- George F. Allen
- Craig D. Idso
- Robert Ferguson
- Gary Sharp
- David Douglass
- William M. Gray
- A.S. Denning
- Howard Hayden
- Bob Carter
- Fred Goldberg
- Don J. Easterbrook
- Willie Soon
- Habibullo Abdussamatov
- Ben Lieberman
- Tam Hunt
- Robert J. Michaels
- Patrick Michaels
- Gabriel Calzada
- Carlo Stagnaro
- David G. Tuerck
- Mike Noel
- Pamela Gorman
- Michael Jungbauer
- Christopher C. Horner
- Eigil Friis-Christensen
- Marc Morano
- James Inhofe
- Richard Lindzen
- Craig Loehle
- James Delingpole
- Joseph DโAleo
- S. Fred Singer
- Ross McKitrick
- Indur Goklany
- Howard Maccabee
- Anthony Watts
- Paul C. Knappenberger
- John Humphreys
- Cory Bernardi
- Joseph Clark
- Hans Labohm
- Myron Ebell
- Llaurence I. Gould
- Garth W. Paltridge
- Dan Miller
- Jay H. Lehr
- Roy W. Spencer
- Nils-Axel Morner
- Tom V. Segalstad
- George J. Kukla
- Madhav Khandekar
- H. Leighton Steward
- Helen Roe
- Tim Patterson
- Willis Eschenbach
- Chris Horner
- William Kininmonth
- Victor M. Velasco Herrera
- Ian Plimer
- Andreas Prokoph
- Art Horn
- Graeme Swindles
- Alan Moran
- Bryan Leyland
- Jim Johnston
- Chris de Freitas
- Gerald E. Marsh
- Andrei Illarionov
- Walter Cunningham
- Todd Wynn
- Avril Terri Jackson
- E. Calvin Beisner
- J. Scott Armstrong
- Kesten C. Green
- Keith Lockitch
- James M. Taylor
- Julian Morris
- Christopher Monckton
- Arthur Robinson
- Harrison Schmitt
- Alan Carlin
- Stephen McIntyre
ICCC4 Cosponsors98โ4th International Conference on Climate Change: Sponsored by the Heartland Instituteโ (Conference Program โ PDF), The Heartland Institute, May, 2010. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- African Centre for Advocacy and Human Development
- Alternate Solutions Institute
- American Conservative Union
- American Policy Center
- Americans for Prosperity
- Americans for Tax Reform
- Atlas Economic Research Foundation
- Australian Libertarian Society
- Austrian Economics Center
- Ayn Rand Center for Individual Rights
- Carbon Sense Coalition
- Cascade Policy Institute
- Cathay Institute for Public Affairs
- Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise
- Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change
- Centro de Investigaciones de Instituciones y Mercados de Argentina
- Citizensโ Alliance for Responsible Energy
- Climate Sceptics Party
- Climate Science Coalition of America
- Committee For a Constructive Tomorrow
- Competitive Enterprise Institute
- Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation
- Doctors for Disaster Preparedness
- European Coalition for Economic Growth
- Europรคisches Institut fรผr Klima und Energie
- Foundation for Economic Thinking
- Free To Choose Network
- Freedom Foundation of Minnesota
- FreedomWorks
- Frontier Centre for Public Policy
- Grassroot Institute of Hawaii
- Hayek Institut
- Hispanic Leadership Fund
- Iceagenow.com
- ICECAP
- Illinois Policy Institute
- The Independent Institute
- Initiative for Public Policy Analysis
- Institute for Free Enterprise
- Institute of Public Affairs
- Instituto Juan de Mariana
- Instituto Liberdade
- Instituto De Libre Empresa
- International Climate Science Coalition
- Instituto Bruno Leoni
- Junkscience.com
- The Lavoisier Group
- The Leadership Institute
- Liberales Institut
- Liberty Institute
- Lincoln Legal Foundation
- John Locke Foundation
- Mannkal Economic Education Foundation
- George C. Marshall Institute
- Media Research Center
- Minimal Government Thinkers, Inc.
- National Center for Public Policy Research
- New Zealand Climate Science Coalition
- Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine
- Science & Environmental Policy Project
- Science and Public Policy Institute
- Sovereignty International
- Tennessee Center for Policy Research
- TS August
ICCC5
Date: October 1, 2010
Location: Sydney, Australia
A โseminar on climate changeโ that took place following the Pacific Rim Policy Exchange, described as โtwo days of workshops and brainstorming with free market advocates from the Pacific Rim.โ99โPac Rim Policy Exchange Day 2,โ Pacrimpolicyexchange.com. Archived July 14, 2008. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/Qt1mS
See the draft agenda ( PDF). Videos of the speakers are available at the ICCC website.100Heartland Agenda ( PDF). Pacrimpolicyexchange.com. Archived October 11, 2010. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
Speakers101Pacific-Rim Conference on Climate Change Conference Program ( PDF), The Heartland Institute. Archived July 25, 2015. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- Jim Lakely
- Sen. Cory Bernardi
- Chris de Freitas
- Bob Carter
- David Evans
- Barun S. Mitra
- Joanne Nova
- Alan Moran
- Barry Brill
Cosponsors 102โSponsors,โ Pacrimpolicyexchange.com. Archived May 9, 2009. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/SAltq 103โICCC โ 5,โ Climateconferences.heartland.org. Archived September 1, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/pwiXD
- Acton Institute
- Americans for Tax Reform
- Institute of Public Affairs
- Property Rights Alliance
- World Taxpayerโs Association
ICCC6
Date: June 30-July 1, 2011
Location: Washington, DC
The theme of the conference was โRestoring the Scientific Method,โ and based on the premise that โclaims of scientific certainty and predictions of climate catastrophes are based on โpost-normal science,โ which substitutes claims of consensus for the scientific method.โ
DeSmog concluded that 17 of the 43 sponsors of the Heartland Instituteโs Sixth International Conference on Climate Change, including the Heartland Institute itself, had collectively received over $46 million from either Scaife Foundations, Koch Foundations, or ExxonMobil:
Scaife Foundations (1998-2010): | $28,557,000 | ($12,205,000 more than 2010*) |
Koch Foundations (1998-2009): | $11,330,980 | ($6,241,230 less than 2010) |
ExxonMobil (1998-2010): | $6,276,900 | ($311,350 less than 2010) |
Total Funding (1998-2010): |
$46,164,880 |
*The Heritage Foundation, notably absent from the 2010 ICCC, is a sponsor again for the 2011 ICCC. Heritage has received $14,873,571 from industry sources.
ICCC6 Speakers104Sixth International Conference on Climate Change Conference Program ( PDF), The Heartland Institute. Archived July 25, 2015. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- Timothy Ball
- Joseph L. Bast
- Larry Bell
- Barry Brill
- Alan Carlin
- Robert โBobโ Carter
- Paul Chesser
- Scott Denning
- James Delingpole
- Steve Goreham
- Keneth Haapala
- Tom Harris
- Christopher Horner
- Craig Idso
- Jim Inhofe
- David Schnare
- Robert O. Mendelsohn
- S. Fred Singer
- Patrick J. Michaels
- Willie Soon
- Marc Morano
- Roy W. Spencer
- John Nothdurft
- James M. Taylor
- Nicola Scafetta
- David Tuerck
- Harrison H. Schmitt
- Anthony Watts
ICCC6 Cosponsors105Sixth International Conference on Climate Change Conference Program ( PDF), The Heartland Institute. Archived July 25, 2015. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- The 60 Plus Association
- Accuracy in Media
- African Centre for Advocacy and Human Development
- Alternate Solutions Institute
- American Energy Freedom Center
- American Policy Center
- Americans for Prosperity
- Americans for Tax Reform
- American Tradition Institute
- Australian Libertarian Society
- Ayn Rand Institute
- Business and Media Institute
- Cascade Policy Institute
- Cathay Institute for Public Affairs
- Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise
- Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change
- Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow
- Centro de Investigaciones de Instituciones Mercados de Argentina ( CIIMA- ESEADE)
- Competitive Enterprise Institute
- Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation
- Energy Makes America Great Inc.
- Foundation for Economic Education
- Freedom Foundation of Minnesota
- The Heritage Foundation
- IceAgeNow.com
- The Independent Institute
- The Independent Womenโs Forum
- Institute for Liberty
- Instituto de Libre Empresa
- Instituto Liberdade
- International Climate Science Coalition
- Instituto Bruno Leoni
- The Lavoisier Group
- Liberty Institute
- Mannkal Economic Education Foundation
- George C. Marshall Institute
- Media Research Center
- National Center for Policy Analysis
- Power for USA
- Scientists and Engineers for Energy and Environment, Northern Virginia Chapter
- Science and Environmental Policy Project
- Science and Public Policy Institute
- TSAugust
ICCC7
Date: May 21 โ 23, 2012
Location: Chicago, Illinois
The Heartland Instituteโs Seventh International Conference on Climate Change ( ICCC-7) was designed to follow the NATO Summit taking place in Chicago from May 19 to 21.
The theme of ICCC7 is โReal Science, Real Choices.โ Heartland reports it will consist of โconcurrent panel sessions exploring what real climate science is telling us about the causes and consequences of climate change, and the real consequences of choices being made based on the current perceptions of the state of climate science.โ
DeSmog researched co-sponsors behind the conference and discovered that they had received a total of over $67 Million from ExxonMobil, Koch, and Scaife family foundations:
ExxonMobil (1998-2010): $7,312,500
Koch Foundations (1986-2010): $14,391,975
Scaife Foundations (1985-2010): $45,337,640
Grand Total: $67,042,115
Heartland gives a passing mention to the โglobal warming scandalโ where Peter Gleick obtained Heartlandโs documents revealing some of its plans and posting them online. Heartland frames the event as โFakegate,โ given the possibility that one of the documents was faked. However, they continue to redirect the publicโs eye away from the information revealed from authentic documents also released.106โJoin Us,โ 7th International Conference on Climate Change. Archived May 3, 2012. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/mbECD
During Joseph Bastโs closing remarks for the conference, he suggested that the group no longer plans to hold future conferences as it is struggling financially after losing many of its sponsors following their unsuccessful billboard campaign.
Speakers107Seventh International Conference on Climate Change Conference Program ( PDF), The Heartland Institute. Archived July 25, 2015. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- Jerome Arnett, Jr.
- Dennis Avery
- Larry Bell
- Joseph L. Bast
- Robert (Bob) M. Carter
- Joe Bastardi
- Alan Carlin
- Charles Battig
- Walter Cunningham
- Donn Dears
- John Droz
- Harold H. Doiron
- John Dale Dunn
- Don J. Easterbrook
- Paul Driessen
- Myron Ebell
- Steve Goreham
- Willis Eschenbach
- Laurence I. (โLarryโ) Gould
- Stanley Goldenberg
- William M. Gray
- Kenneth Haapala
- Tom Harris
- Christopher C. Horner
- Howard Hayden
- Craig D. Idso
- Roger Helmer
- Vaclav Klaus
- Jay H. Lehr
- Richard A. Keen
- Craig Loehle
- Sebastian Luning
- Madhav L. Khandekar
- Anthony R. Lupo
- Julian Morris
- Patrick J. Michaels
- Harrison Schmitt
- Marc Morano
- Tom V. Segalstad
- Jim Sensenbrenner
- Willie Soon
- H. Leighton Steward
- Nir J. Shaviv
- S. Fred Singer
- Brian Sussman
- James M. Taylor
- Todd Wynn
- Richard Trzupek
- Thomas Wysmuller
- Anthony Watts
- Ross McKitrick
- Donna Laframboise
- Peter Ferrara
Cosponsors108โCosponsors,โ 7th International Conference on Climate Change. Archived May 10, 2012. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/VAY3r 109โSeventh International Conference on Climate Change: Sponsored by the Heartland Instituteโ ( PDF), The Heartland Institute. Archived August 15, 2015.
ICCC8
Date: November 30 โ December 1, 2012
Location: Munich, Germany
The Heartland Institute partners with the Germany-based skeptic organization EIKE (European Institute for Climate and Energy) to host a combination event of the Heartland Instituteโs Eight International Conference on Climate Change, and EIKEโs the Fifth International Conference on Climate and Energy.110โHeartland Institute Hosts Eighth International Conference on Climate Change in Germany,โ The Heartland Institute, November 15, 2012. Archived July 26, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/jHxLs
โThis conference is more proof, if any were needed, that important issues surrounding the causes, extent, and consequences of climate change remain unresolved in the scientific community,โ said Heartland Institute President Joseph Bast.
โThe scientific evidence grows stronger each day that we are not facing a global warming crisis, and I look forward to presenting another conference where the scientists themselves will explain the evidence,โ said Heartland Senior Fellow James M. Taylor.
ICCC8 Speakers111โ8th International Conference on Climate Change ( ICCC-8) V International Conference on Climate and Energy ( ICCE-5) Hotel Bayerischer Hof, Munich, November 30 โ December 1, 2012โณ ( PDF), EIKE. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog. 112โHeartland Institute Hosts Eighth International Conference on Climate Change in Germany,โ The Heartland Institute, November 15, 2012. Archived July 26, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/jHxLs
- Wolfgang Mรผller
- Marcus Ernst
- Friedrich-Karl Ewert
- James M. Taylor
- Fred Singer
- Paul Reiter
- Fred Goldberg
- Utz Tillmann
- Tomasz Teluk
- Gรผnter Ederer
- Klaus Angerer
- Gertrud Hรถhler
- Horst Lรผdecke
- Donna Laframboise
- Nils-Axel Mรถrner
- Gernot Patzelt
- Walter Fett
- Nir Shaviv
- Dan Lewis
- Michael Goetz
- Jacob Nordangรฅrd
- James Taylor
- Holger Thuss
- Josef Reichholf
- Helmut Alt
ICCC8 Sponsors113โ8th International Conference on Climate Change ( ICCC-8) V International Conference on Climate and Energy ( ICCE-5) Hotel Bayerischer Hof, Munich, November 30 โ December 1, 2012โณ ( PDF), EIKE. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
ICCC9
Date: July 7 โ 9, 2014
Location: Las Vegas Nevada, USA
DeSmog Reported on the Heartland Instituteโs Ninth International Conference on Climate Change,114Brendan DeMelle. โReturn of Climate Denial-a-Palooza: Heartland Institute Hitches Anti-Science Wagon to Vegas FreedomFest,โ DeSmog, July 7, 2014. describing the eventโs revival despite Joseph Bastโs previous declaration that he had โno plans to do another ICCCโ115Brendan DeMelle. โJoe Bast Announces the Death of Denial-a-Palooza at Final Heartland ICCC Conference,โ DeSmog, May 23, 2012. after losing funding from many corporate sponsors due to backlash from the unabomber billboard campaign. In order to boost attendance, Heartland joined with the libertarian FreedomFest event.116Dean Kuipers. โUnabomber billboard continues to hurt Heartland Institute,โ Los Angeles Times, May 9, 2012. Archived July 26, 2014. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/tXtzi
Heartland ICCC9 speakers included the following, according to the Heartland Instituteโs website.117โICCC9 Speakers,โ International Conferences on Climate Change (The Heartland Institute). Archived July 27, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/QDvfF Media Matters also covered the speakers in a piece titled โClimate Denial Goes to Vegas.โ118Alexander Zaitchik. โClimate Denial Goes Vegas,โ Media Matters, July 7, 2014. Archived July 27, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/ePP9r
- Habibullo Abdussamatov
- Bob Armstrong
- Ron Arnold
- Tim Ball
- Joe Bastardi
- E. Calvin Beisner
- Larry Bell
- Sonja Boehmer-Christiansen
- Barry Brill
- Robert M. Carter
- George Christensen
- John Coleman
- Russell Cook
- Walter Cunningham
- Joe DโAleo
- Harold Doiron
- John Dale Dunn
- Don Easterbrook
- Myron Ebell
- Willis Eschenbach
- Peter Ferrara
- Terrence Flower
- Patrick Garofalo
- Fred Goldberg
- Stanley Goldenberg
- Steve Goreham
- Laurence Gould
- William Gray
- Kenneth Haapala
- Tom Harris
- Howard Hayden
- Tony Heller ( AKA Steve Goddard)
- Craig Idso
- Jim Johnston
- Olavi Karner
- Richard Keen
- Madhav Khandekar
- David Kreutzer
- William Kininmonth
- Jay Lehr
- Marlo Lewis
- Craig Loehle
- Sebastian L. Lรผning
- Anthony Lupo
- Jennifer Marohasy
- Patrick Michaels
- Christopher Monckton
- Patrick Moore
- Marc Morano
- Nils-Axel Mรถrner
- Marita Noon
- Tiffany Roberts
- Norm Rogers
- Hon. Dana Rohrabacher
- Craig Rucker
- S. Fred Singer
- Willie Soon
- Roy Spencer
- H. Leighton Steward
- Anthony Watts
- Thomas Wysmuller
Co-sponsors to the Heartland Instituteโs Ninth International Conference on Climate Change included the following:119โICCC9 CoSponsors,โ International Conferences on Climate Change (The Heartland Institute). Archived July 27, 2015. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/gclHF
- Americaโs Energy Future
- Australian Taxpayersโ Alliance
- Ayn Rand Institute
- Carbon Sense Coalition
- Center for Industrial Progress
- Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise
- Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change
- Colderside.com
- Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow
- Competitive Enterprise Institute
- Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation
- Energy Makes America Great, Inc.
- Freedomfest
- George C. Marshall Institute
- Heritage Foundation
- Hubbard Broadcasting Inc.
- Illinois Coal Association
- International Climate Science Coalition
- Liberty Coin Service
- Media Research Center
- Nanoland
- NPK Co2
- Power for USA
- Science & Environmental Policy Project
- Science & Public Policy Institute
- The Leadership Institute
- To Kill an Error
- Virginia Scientists and Engineers for Energy and the Environment
ICCC10
Date: July 7 โ 9, 2015
Location: Washington DC, USA
DeSmog reported on the speakers and sponsors behind Heartlandโs ICCC10. DeSmog UKโs editor Brendan Montague was refused entry into the event and had his media credentials withdrawn.
Gene Koprowski, director of marketing, said he โrefused to be drawn into a philosophical debateโ when asked whether a think tank claiming to champion personal liberty and press freedom should begin blacklisting members of the media.120Kyla Mandel. โHeartland Heavies Silence Climate Reporters at Oil Supported Summit*โ DeSmog, June 11, 2015.
The Heartland Institute describes the conference as coving the following โimportant questionsโ:121โAbout,โ ICCC10. Archived July 28, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/8FtvO
- Is it time for Congress to take a fresh look at climate science and examine the economic impacts of past and current laws.
- Is it time for Congress to explore better science-based policies for energy and the environment?
- In short: Isnโt it time to start over on the question of global warming?
Keynote Speakers122โSpeakers,โ ICCC-10. Archived July 26, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/wdtTM
- William Happer
- James Inhofe
- Mark Steyn
- Lamar Smith
Panelists123โSpeakers,โ ICCC-10. Archived July 26, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/wdtTM
- J. Scott Armstrong
- Tim Ball
- Michael Bastasch
- Charles Battig
- Carlyle Begay
- William Briggs
- Robert โBobโ Carter
- John Coleman
- Walter Cunningham
- Hal Doiron
- Paul Driessen
- James Enstrom
- Deke Forbes
- Myron Ebell
- Bette Grande
- Tom Harris
- Kathleen Hartnett White
- Howard Hayden
- Craig Idso
- David Kreutzer
- David Legates
- Jay Lehr
- Marlo Lewis
- Christopher Monckton
- Amanda Maxham
- Patrick Michaels
- Mark Mills
- Alan Moran
- Marc Morano
- Wolfgang Muller
- Isaac Orr
- Tiffany Roberts
- S. Fred Singer
- Willie Soon
- Roy Spencer
- James Taylor
- G. Cornelis van Kooten
- Anthony Watts
- Thomas Wysmuller
- S. Stanley Young
- Benjamin Zycher
- Michael Mann (Vs. Mark Steyn)
Moderators124โSpeakers,โ ICCC-10. Archived July 26, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/wdtTM
- Sterling Burnett
- John Dale Dunn
- S.T. Karnick
- Jim Lakely
- Jay Lehr
- H. Leighton Steward
- James Taylor
Cosponsors125โSponsors,โ ICCC10. Archived July 15, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/Uyj2K
- Reality News Media Group
- National Association of Scholars
- CFACT
- Carbon Sense Coalition
- The Heritage Foundation
- John Locke Foundation
- Competitive Enterprise Institute
- Media Research Center
- Colderside.com
- Texas Public Policy Foundation
- Leadership Institute
- The American Spectator
- CO2 Science
- Pacific Research Institute
- Northern Virginia Chapter of SEEE
- International Climate Science Coalition
- EIKE
- Australian Taxpayersโ Alliance
- Science & Environmental Policy Project
- Ayn Rand Institute
ICCC11
Date: December 11 โ 12, 2015
Location: Essen, Germany
The Heartland Institute co-sponsored the Eleventh International Conference on Climate Change ( ICCC11) with the European Institute for Climate and Energy ( EIKE). According to the Heartland Instituteโs event description, ICCC11 was designed to follow up the Heartland Instituteโs trip to Paris for the United Nationsโ COP-21:
โWe brought a needed discussion to COP-21 in Paris by putting science before ideology,โ said Jim Lakely, director of communications at The Heartland Institute. โThat conversation continues, in longer form, with another great program with world-renowned scientists and policy experts in Essen. Weโre proud to co-host this conference with our friends at EIKE.โ126โHeartland Events: Eleventh International Conference on Climate Change ( ICCC-11),โ Heartland Institute. Archived March 8, 2016. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/ZlwM7
Speakers:127โICCC11: The Heartland Institute to Host Eleventh International Conference on Climate Change in Germany December 11-12, 2015,โ International Conferences on Climate Change. Archived March 8, 2016. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/A73ST 128โInternationale Klima- und Energiekonferenz ( IKEK-9): 11.-12. Dezember 2015, Haus der Technik, Essenโ ( PDF), EIKE. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- Armin Huke
- Charles-Beat Blankart
- Christopher Monckton
- Dieter Ameling
- Eigil Friis-Christensen
- Friedrich-Karl Ewert
- Gernot Patzelt
- Haus der Technik
- Henrik Svensmark
- Holger Thuss
- Horst Lรผdecke
- Isaac Orr
- James M. Taylor
- Klaus Eckart Puls
- Michael Limburg
- Nir Shaviv
- Susan Crockford
- Tom V. Segelstad
- Willie Soon
- Wolfgang Mรผller
Date: March 23 โ 24, 2017
Location: Washington, DC.
The Heartland Instituteโs Twelfth International Conference on Climate Change ( ICCC12) was held in Washington, DC.129โABOUT,โ ICCC12. Archived March 27, 2017. with the theme of โResetting Climate Policy.โ The Washington Post reported that the gathering was attended by the Republican mega donors Robert Mercer and his daughter, Rebekah Mercer. On the first day of the conference, they joined Joseph Bast for the lunch keynote speech where โThey listened intently as Patrick J. Michaels, director of the Cato Instituteโs Center for the Study of Science, argued that the Obama administration erred in finding that greenhouse gas emissions endanger public health,โ reported the Post.130Matea Gold and Chris Mooney. โThe Mercers, Trump mega-donors, back group that casts doubt on climate science,โ The Washington Post, March 27, 2017. Archived March 27, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/d95v0
Mother Jones also reported on the conference, noting that the mood was โtriumphant and hopefulโ in the wake of Trumpโs presidency and his plans to roll back EPA regulations.131Rebecca Leber. โLeading Global Warming Deniers Just Told Us What They Want Trump to Do,โ Mother Jones, March 24, 2017. Archived March 27, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/RnMxt
โWeโve been at this for 33 years. We have a lot of people in our network,โ Joseph Bast told Mother Jones, โand many of these people are now in this new administration.โ Transition staff and new appointees in the Trump administration โoccasionally ask us for advice and names of people,โ he added.
Bast said that rescinding the EPAโs endangerment finding on CO2 was the โnumber oneโ priority under Trumpโs EPA.132Rebecca Leber. โLeading Global Warming Deniers Just Told Us What They Want Trump to Do,โ Mother Jones, March 24, 2017. Archived March 27, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/RnMxt
Speakers at ICCC12,133โSPEAKERS,โ ICCC12. Archived March 27, 2017. either listed on Heartlandโs initial conference plan or included in Heartlandโs video coverage of the event,134โLIVE- STREAM INSTANT ARCHIVE,โ ICCC12. Archived March 27, 2017. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog. included the following:
- Aaron Stover
- Becky Norton Dunlop
- Benjamin Zycher
- Bette Grande
- Christopher Monckton
- Craig Idso
- Craig Rucker
- Daniel Sutter
- Dennis Avery
- Dennis Hedke
- Don Easterbrook
- E. Calvin Beisner
- H. Sterling Burnett
- Indur Goklany
- Isaac Orr
- J. Scott Armstrong
- James Enstrom
- James Inhofe
- James Taylor
- Jay Lehr
- Jim Lakely
- John Barrasso
- John Dale Dunn
- John Nothdurft
- Joseph Bast
- Kevin Dayaratna
- Lamar Smith
- Mary Hutzler
- Myron Ebell
- Patrick Michaels
- Paul Driessen
- Randy Simmons
- Richard Trzupek
- Robert Mendelsohn
- Roger Bezdek
- Roger Helmer
- Ross Mckitrick
- S. Fred Singer
- S.T. Karnick
- Steve Goreham
- Steven J. Milloy
- Susan Crockford
- Thomas Wysmuller
- Timothy Terrell
- Walter Cunningham
- William Happer
- Willie Soon
EIKE hosted its 12th International Conference on Climate and Energy (12. Internationale Klima- und Energiekonferenz), also billed as the Heartland Instituteโs 13th International Conference on Climate Change ( ICCC13).135โProgram โ 12th International Climate and Energy Conferenceโ EIKE. Translated via Google Translate. Archived November 23, 2018. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/NndcT The Heartland Instituteโs sponsorship of the event was also noted in a press release by Heartlandโs director of communications Jim Lakely and amplified by the State Policy Network. Video coverage of the event (see day 1) was streamed via EIKEโs YouTube channel.136โHeartland Institute goes to Europe to correct the climate record at COP-24,โ State Policy Network, November 13, 2018. Archived November 23, 2018. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/vleWK
Speakers included:
- Holger Thuss
- James Taylor
- Helmut Alt
- Henri Masson
- Gernot Patzelt
- Maria da Assunรงรฃo Araรบjo
- Hermann Hardeโ
- Camille Veyres
- Nils-Axel Mรถrner
- Joanne Nova
- Horst Lรผdecke
- Nicola Scafetta
- Henrik Svensmark
- Harald Ynderstadt
- Michael Limburg
- Stefan Krรถpelin
- Michael Schnell
- Friedrich-Karl Ewert
- K. Nown
- Gรผnter Ederer
- Wolfgang Mรผller
- Thomas Wysmuller
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May 19, 2025
โ[P]olicymakers should refrain from placing unnecessary burdens on the natural gas and oil industries which positively impact state economies and are committed to safe, environmentally responsible extraction, as these reports clearly demonstrate,โ Tim Benson concluded in a Heartland Institute publication,137Tim Benson. โResearch & Commentary: New Study Highlights Significant Impact of Shale Boom, Fracking Revolution in Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions,โ The Heartland Institute, May 19, 2025. Archived May 29, 2025. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/F8KN8 highlighting a study in Energy Economics that, Benson claimed โprovides new evidence that the hydraulic fracturing (commonly known as โfrackingโ) revolution over the last 18 years has had a significant impact on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States.โ138David Lindequist, Samuel Selent. โDid shale gas green the U.S. economy?โ Energy Economics Volume 145 (May 2025), ISSN 0140-9883.
The paper Benson referenced was by David Lindequist and Samuel Selent of Miami University. Lindequist is an assistant professor of economics at Miami University. His CV as of 2025 listed two publications, including the paper cited by the Heartland Institute titled โDid Shale Gas Green the U.S. Economy?โ and three working papers.139โDAVID LINDEQUISTโ (PDF), May 16, 2025 (document creation date). Retrieved from david-lindequist.com. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
Benson additionally referenced an โannual progress reportโ of the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) โa coalition of 12 of the worldโs largest oil and gas companies including Aramco, British Petroleum, Chevron, CNPC, Eni, Equinor, ExxonMobil, Occidental, Petrobras, Repsol, Shell, and TotalEnergiesโ as evidence that โits members have cut their upstream methane emissions by 55 percent and reduced upstream GHG emissions from flaring by 47 percent.โ140Tim Benson. โResearch & Commentary: New Study Highlights Significant Impact of Shale Boom, Fracking Revolution in Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions,โ The Heartland Institute, May 19, 2025. Archived May 29, 2025. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/F8KN8
He also cited a 2024 report by the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA) claiming a 14 percent decrease in methane emissions from its members.141Tim Benson. โResearch & Commentary: New Study Highlights Significant Impact of Shale Boom, Fracking Revolution in Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions,โ The Heartland Institute, May 19, 2025. Archived May 29, 2025. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/F8KN8
Under additional documents provided as โmore information about fossil fuels,โ Benson linked to studies by the American Petroleum Institute (API), US Chamber of Commerce, and Texas Public Policy Foundation among others.142Tim Benson. โResearch & Commentary: New Study Highlights Significant Impact of Shale Boom, Fracking Revolution in Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions,โ The Heartland Institute, May 19, 2025. Archived May 29, 2025. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/F8KN8
November 20, 2024
The Heartland Institute published a book, Energy & Climate at a Glance: Canadian Edition, โin partnership withโ Canadians for Sensible Climate Policy (CSCP).143โDebunking climate myths: Tom Harris on new book โEnergy & Climate at a Glanceโ,โ Rebel News, November 21, 2024. Archived May 30, 2025. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/GVNvB
Tom Harris, a contributing author to the book, joined Rebel Newsโs The Gunn Show,144โDebunking climate myths: Tom Harris on new book โEnergy & Climate at a Glanceโ,โ Rebel News, November 21, 2024. Archived May 30, 2025. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/GVNvB as part of an episode titled โIs the climate scare finally over?โ145Sheila Gunn Reid. โIs the climate scare finally over?โ Rebel News, November 20, 2024. Archived May 30, 2025. Archived .mp3 on file at DeSmog. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/FyT3w to discuss โthe important information laid out in Energy & Climate.โ Rebel News published the video segment on Rumble.
During the show, Harris described the book as a Canadian version of a Heartland Institute publication he described as โclimate and energy at a glance for students and teachers.โ146โDebunking climate myths: Tom Harris on new book โEnergy & Climate at a Glanceโ,โ Rebel News, November 21, 2024. Archived May 30, 2025. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/GVNvB
โMany, many people have used it and we thought, hey, you know, this would be great to have something like that for Canada,โ Harris said.147โDebunking climate myths: Tom Harris on new book โEnergy & Climate at a Glanceโ,โ Rebel News, November 21, 2024. Archived May 30, 2025. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/GVNvB
โEverybody says, oh my god, thereโs this massive emergency, an existential threat around the world. But you look at the deaths and itโs gone way way down, Harris added, summarizing some topics in the book. โWe can actually forecast when hurricanes are coming. But itโs also because extreme weather has not increased, okay,โ he added.148โDebunking climate myths: Tom Harris on new book โEnergy & Climate at a Glanceโ,โ Rebel News, November 21, 2024. Archived May 30, 2025. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/GVNvB
Harris also claimed that Canadaโs emissions were insignificant compared to China:
โAnd of course, China is building coal stations all over the world. So if you were concerned about greenhouse gasses, and our book shows why you shouldnโt, then China is going to just take over everything that we do,โ he said.149โDebunking climate myths: Tom Harris on new book โEnergy & Climate at a Glanceโ,โ Rebel News, November 21, 2024. Archived May 30, 2025. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/GVNvB
The Heartland Institute had announced in 2022 that the original book, Climate at a Glance for Teachers and Students: Facts on 30 Prominent Climate Topics โwill be arriving in schools across the United States this week, giving more than 8,000 middle- and high-school science teachers the latest data and research on the climate.โ150James Taylor, H. Sterling Burnett, Anthony Watts, and Jim Lakely. โHeartland Institute Ships Climate at a Glance Book to Thousands of Teachers Across America,โ The Heartland Institute, February 2, 2022. Archived May 30, 2025. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/HPDaO
According to the Heartland Institute press release, the original book โprovides the data to show the earth is not experiencing a climate crisisโ and was โdesigned to be easily utilized by teachers to integrate into their lesson plans.โ James Taylor and Anthony Watts wrote the original book, and H. Sterling Burnett edited it.151James Taylor, H. Sterling Burnett, Anthony Watts, and Jim Lakely. โHeartland Institute Ships Climate at a Glance Book to Thousands of Teachers Across America,โ The Heartland Institute, February 2, 2022. Archived May 30, 2025. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/HPDaO
Harris commented on the show that H. Sterling Burnett from the Heartland Institute worked with CSCP director John Zacharias to produce the Canadian version of the book.152โDebunking climate myths: Tom Harris on new book โEnergy & Climate at a Glanceโ,โ Rebel News, November 21, 2024. Archived May 30, 2025. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/GVNvB
Friends of Science also promoted and sold the book, describing it as โan easy-to-use reference for politicians, journalists, teachers, students, and the general public who are interested in facts about the climate and energy policyโ with lead authors Ron Davison, president of The Friends of Science Society, and H. Sterling Burnett of the Heartland Institute.153โEnergy & Climate at a Glance โ Purchase Form,โ Friends of Science. Archived May 30, 2025. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/rwIVv
Other contributing authors included Robert Lyman, Paul MacRae, Andrew Bonvicini, and John Zacharias.154โEnergy & Climate at a Glance โ Purchase Form,โ Friends of Science. Archived May 30, 2025. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/rwIVv
November 12, 2024
The Heartland Institute, E&E Legal Institute, Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT), Truth in Energy and Climate, and the American Energy Institute (AEI) compiled and presented a list of โTop 10 Climate and Energy Action Items for President Trump in His Second Term.โ155James Taylor and Steven Milloy. โTop 10 Climate and Energy Action Items for President Trump in His Second Term,โ The Heartland Institute, November 12, 2024. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
The list, published at the Heartland Institute, was as follows (emphasis in original):
โ1. Paris Climate Treaty and Endangerment Finding. Determine that the Paris climate agreement is properly a treaty (rather than a mere โExecutive agreementโ) that requires Senate ratification. Transmit the treaty to the Senate for its advice. This is will legally relieve the US of any and all obligations under the treaty until and unless the Senate formally ratifies it. Repeal the Obama/Biden EPA determination that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are threats to the public health and welfare (the โendangerment findingโ).
โ2. EV mandate and California waiver. Repeal the Biden tailpipe rule/EV mandate and withdraw the California CO2 waiver that allows California to set tailpipe emissions and de facto national gas mileage standards. Request legislation clarifying that the 1975 Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) pre-empts state regulation of fuel economy, including Clean Air Act waivers, and that clarifies that the Clean Air Act cannot be used to regulate CO2.
โ3. Green New Scam and Grid Security. Freeze all Inflation Reduction Act climate/energy spending pending review. Ask Congress to repeal all the energy subsidies in the Inflation Reduction Act through budget reconciliation. For national and economic security purposes, bar electricity grid reliance on variable sources of electricity generation such as wind and solar.
โ4. Oil and Gas. Restore active federal oil and gas leasing on federal lands and offshore, including the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA) and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska. Lifting moratoria on offshore drilling in areas put off limits by prior presidents. Reverse the Biden moratorium on federal leasing for coal mining. Streamline the permitting process for energy production. End the Biden moratorium on LNG export terminals.
โ5. Presidential Appointments. Appoint officials at federal agencies like EPA, Interior, DoE, FERC and other key agencies who will aggressively permit new oil and gas pipelines, LNG terminals and other infrastructure required for producing oil, gas and coal. Streamline the permitting process. Terminate all existing federal science advisory boards and reconstitute only the ones legally required. Appoint qualified and pro-energy individuals to the boards.
โ6. Offshore wind. Foreign offshore wind developers threaten consumers, endangered species, and iconic maritime communities whose prosperity depends on the fishing. The industrialization of fisheries by offshore wind development should be terminated by delisting unleased wind energy areas, revoking the โ30ร30โฒ pledge, implementing a cumulative effects approach to planning, and developing a balanced interagency process not dominated by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM).
โ7. Coal. Repeal all the anti-coal regulatory actions of the Biden administration and promote coal as a preferred means of producing electricity. Commence a review of related air quality regulations issued by EPA.
โ8. Litigation. Withdraw from, so as to terminate, industry litigation over Biden administration regulatory actions. Re-staff the Justice Departmentโs Environment and Natural Resources Division attorneys who will zealously defend administration priorities.
โ9. Regulatory Reform. End regulatory agency use of the linear non-threshold model (LNT) for radiation and chemical risk assessment. Reinstate the EPA rule against the use of โsecret science.โ Request legislation to require that federal courts no longer defer to regulatory agencies on scientific matters.
โ10. Regulatory Burden. Request the REINS act be passed to require congressional authorization of regulations with a significant economic impact, including but not limited to those with an economic impact of $100 million or more.โ
November 22, 2023
David Wojick announced at the Heartland Institute that he co-wrote a study with Paul Driessen claiming โglobal emissions from mining, processing, manufacturing and transportation offset any reductions from power production [by offshore wind].โ The report, titled โHow Offshore Wind Drives Up Global Carbon Emissionsโ was published by the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrowโs NetZero Reality Coalition.156David Wojick. โOffshore Wind Cannot Be Justified,โ Heartland Institute, November 22, 2023. Archived February 29, 2023.
โThere are no carbon dioxide emission reduction benefits, and thus no manmade climate change amelioration justifications for offshore wind development,โ Wojick and Driessen claimed in the report. They added, โThe net โcarbonโ (carbon dioxide) reduction effects of offshore wind
development are thus hugely negative and cannot justify further investments in this
industry.โ157David Wojick and Paul Driessen. โHow Offshore Wind Drives Up Global Carbon Emissions,โ CFACT, November 14, 2023 (document creation date). Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
November 13, 2023
The Heartland Institute and CFACT announced their intention to sue the federal government over its approval of Dominion Energyโs Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Project. According to The Heartland Institute and CFACT, Bureau of Ocean Energy Managementโs approval of the project was based on a โdefectiveโ biological opinion that, they claimed, โignores the โbest scientific information availableโ about the endangered population of the North Atlantic right whale.โ158Tim Ferry. โโSend a messageโ | Climate change deniers to sue US over largest offshore wind array approval,โ Recharge, November 14, 2023. Archived February 29, 2024.
February 24, 2023
The Heartland Institute was listed as a member of the Net Zero Reality Coalition, a group introduced by the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT) as a โnew coalition of energy, national security and public policy groups.โ159(Press Release). โNew coalition urges Congress to investigate risks of net-zero energy actions,โ CFACT, February 24, 2023. Archived October 2, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/YJQEg
CFACTโs Paul Driessen was listed as the groupโs coordinator while members included CFACT, the Competitive Enterprise Institute, the Heartland Institute, E&E Legal, and the International Climate Science Coalition (ICSC) and โand other public policy organizations that have long sought responsible, science-focused, reality-based laws and policies.โ160(Press Release). โNew coalition urges Congress to investigate risks of net-zero energy actions,โ CFACT, February 24, 2023. Archived October 2, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/YJQEg
โAmerica cannot afford to abandon its reliable, affordable, multifaceted energy system, and try to replace it with a wind, solar and battery system that exists only in government proclamations and legislative mandates,โ Driessen said in CFACTโs press release.161(Press Release). โNew coalition urges Congress to investigate risks of net-zero energy actions,โ CFACT, February 24, 2023. Archived October 2, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/YJQEg
September 27, 2022
The Heartland Institute and CFACT announced a joint legal effort with an anti-wind front group created by the Cesar Rodney Institute, the American Coalition for Ocean Protection, to oppose the Coastal Virginia Offshore Energy Project. The group alleged the wind project threatens the endangered North Atlantic right whale.162(Press Release). โPublic Interest Groups Hire Counsel to Protect Endangered Right Whale from Offshore Virginia Wind Project,โ The Heartland Institute, September 27, 2022. Archived January 12, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/RYCxR
February 14, 2022
H. Sterling Burnett featured guest speaker Jason Isaac, director of the Texas Public Policy Foundationโs Life:Powered project, on an episode of the Heartland Daily Podcast.163โPOLITICIANS ARE RUINING TEXASโ POWER GRID (GUEST: JASON ISAAC),โ The Heartland Institute. Archived .mp3 on file at DeSmog.
โAs it stands, subsidized renewable power sources forced onto the system have left Texans vulnerable to power outages, a problem that could worsen in the future,โ Burnett claimed in the podcastโs description.
Discussing the Texas power outages in 2021, Burnett commented:
โIโm saying we used to have other coal plants, but they were not just off line they had been closed. We had a lot of wind and solar, more wind in Texas than solar, but some solar that suddenly was politically mandated, but was not putting power on the grid. So thatโs the day. But what built up to it?โ
Jason Isaac responded:
โYeah, and itโs really these market distorting policies that have propped up one form of generation over another, put us in this situation to begin with. And youโve seen a decline in thermal generation over the last seven years because they canโt compete. And thatโs the big thing. The market design is the problem when you have wind, generate electricity because of the investment tax credit, the production tax credit, the property tax exemptions they get from the state of Texas and other incentives.โ
โWe shouldnโt depend on variable sources of unreliable electric generation on our grid. Because then where we are at the whims of nature, especially especially when we have reliable forms of thermal generation that are out there,โ Isaac said.
October 31โNovember 12, 2021
Heartland Institute president James Taylor, his name filed under the Competitive Enterprise Institute, attended the twenty-sixth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, according to the official provisional list of registered participants (PLOP).164โProvisional list of registered participantsโ (PDF), UNFCCC, November 1, 2021. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
Listed CEI representatives included:
- Elena Morano โ Representative, Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow
- James Taylor โ President, Heartland Institute
- Jessica Morano โ Representative, Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow
- Kent Lassman โ President
- Kevin Williamson
- Myron Ebell โ Director, Center for Energy and Environment
May 13, 2021
The Heartland Institute conducted a poll with Rasmussen Reports from April 29, 2021 to May 3, 2021 which asked 2,000 likely voters a series of questions about climate change.165Justin Haskins. โRasmussen/Heartland Poll: Viewers Of Conservative Media More Likely To Get The Facts Right On Climate Change,โ The Heartland Institute, May 13, 2021. Archived May 26, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/zyDxP
The poll claimed Fox News viewers were โmore likely to get the facts right on climate changeโ while CNN and MSNBC supposedly overestimate the amount of global warming that had taken place since the 1800s.
The pollโs questions included a โcorrect answerโ section with comments like โCORRECT ANSWER: There is no evidence that the human race will be extinct or near extinction within the next century, regardless of whether CO2 emissions continue to increase, a fact supported by virtually everyone in the scientific community, including those greatly concerned about climate change.โ
Rasmussen Reports, a favorite pollster of former President Donald Trump,166โPollster: Rasmussen Research has a pro-GOP bias,โ The Hill, September 10, 2018. Archived June 1, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/r5lSC has been suggested to have a pro-GOP bias.167โTrumpโs Favourite Pollster was the Least Accurate in the Midterms,โ CNN Wire via wlfi.com, December 9, 2018. Archived June 1, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/i8BEm
December 3, 2020
Heartland Institute editorial director Justin Haskins wrote an op-ed at The Hill where he claimed, โthe evidence is now crystal clear about Bidenโs connection to the Great Reset.โ Haskins described the Great Reset as a proposal which would โโresetโ the global economyโ with justifications for the proposal as โthe COVID-19 pandemic (the short-term justification) and the so-called โclimate crisisโ; caused by global warming (the long-term justification).โ168Justin Haskins. โJohn Kerry reveals Bidenโs devotion to radical โGreat Resetโ movement,โ The Hill, December 3, 2020. Archived December 10, 2020. Archive URL: https://archive.vn/ 9V6W9
โThe plan involves dramatically increasing the power of government through expansive new social programs like the Green New Deal and using vast regulatory schemes and government programs to coerce corporations into supporting left-wing causes,โ Haskins claimed.
Haskins pointed to a panel discussion hosted by the World Economic Forum, where former Secretary of State John Kerry โfirmly declared that the Biden administration will support the Great Reset and that the Great Reset โwill happen with greater speed and with greater intensity than a lot of people might imagine'โ as evidence of Bidenโs commitment to the โradicalโ movement.
April 6, 2020
The Heartland Institute, represented by James Taylor, was signatory to an American Energy Alliance letter to President Donald Trump supporting the Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient ( SAFE) Vehicles Rule which would scrap federal fuel economy mandates under the Corporate Average Fuel Economy ( CAFE) program.169CAFE-Coaliton-to-Trump-April-2020-9 ( PDF), American Energy Alliance.
Describing CAFE, the letter contends: โThose families and individuals who prefer or need trucks, SUVs, and crossovers pay more to subsidize those who buy smaller vehicles or electric vehicles under the existing mandate. This significant, needless, and unjust cost is a very real regressive tax on American families that has made our country worse off.โ
March 6, 2020
E&E News reported the Heartland Institute was laying off staff in what Heartland described as a โreorganization. In a statement, Heartland said it โconducted layoffs of some full- and part-time staff on Friday, March 6.โ170Nick Sobczyk. โHeartland Institute announces layoffs, restructuring,โ E&E News, March 9, 2020. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
โThis reduction in personnel and reorganization will make Heartland more efficient and focused,โ wrote Jim Lakely, Heartlandโs communications director.
โIt will put us in a stronger financial position to continue advocating for personal freedom, as well as to continue our important role in educating the public and public officials about climate alarmism, and focus on the science and the significant threat alarmism poses to our economy,โ he said.
However, Huffpost earlier reported the layoffs were due to financial difficulties. Huffpost reviewed a screenshot of a text message between Heartland events coordinator Nikki Comerford and a former colleague.171Alexander C. Kaufman. โPro-Trump Climate Denial Group Lays Off Staff Amid Financial Woes, Ex-Employees Say,โ Huffpost, March 7, 2020. Archived March 9, 2020. Archive.ph URL: https://archive.vn/wip/CkcGK
โHeartland is broke,โ Comerford reportedly wrote in the message. โFrank Lasee spent all of our money in six months including the savings,โ she wrote in a text. โThey had to lay off more than half the staff today and more coming. What an asshole.โ
Heartland confirmed it had made layoffs in a March 8 press release. Lasรฉe did not respond to an initial request-for-comment from Huffpost, however two former employees confirmed the details.172โPRESS RELEASE: HEARTLAND INSTITUTE STATEMENT ON REORGANIZATION,โ The Heartland Institute, March 9, 2020. Archive.ph URL: https://archive.vn/bc0oI
Shortly after, on March 17, 2020, E&E News reported Heartlandโs president Frank Lasรฉe was being ousted from his position as president. โHeโs being kicked out,โ one source said.173โPresident of reeling anti-climate science group forced out,โ E&E News, March 17, 2020. Archived March 17, 2020. Archive URL:https://archive.vn/vZxNp
February 10, 2020
The Heartland Institute opposed the Transportation and Climate Initiative ( TCI), a program designed to limit carbon dioxide emissions from the transportation sector.174Tim Benson. โPublic Input By The Heartland Institute Regarding The Transportation And Climate Initiative,โ Heartland.org, February 10, 2020. Archived February 14, 2020. Archive.is URL: http://archive.is/wip/ybTn3
โIt is the opinion of The Heartland Institute that this program will penalize people, especially low-income individuals, for simply living their lives, all in the attempt to decrease global temperatures by an amount so miniscule as to be environmentally meaningless,โ wrote Heartland policy analyst Tim Benson. โcap-and-trade programs such as TCI and its sister program, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative ( RGGI), do little to reduce carbon dioxide emissions,โ he claimed.
Heartland cites a coalition letter โfrom many of our esteemed sister think tanksโ describing TCI as a โpoorly conceived, fundamentally regressive, and economically damaging proposal.โ175โTCI Open Letterโ ( PDF), Institute for Energy Research, December 19, 2019.Archived February 14, 2020. Archive.is URL: http://archive.is/ Y0mBJ. Archived . PDF on file at DeSmog.
Those think tanks include Americans for Tax Reform, signed by Grover G. NorquistCEO Mike Stenhouse; State Policy Network member, the Maryland Public Policy Institute; Adam Brandon, CEO of FreedomWorks Thomas J. Pyle, representing the Institute for Economic Research.176โTCI Open Letterโ ( PDF), Institute for Energy Research, December 19, 2019.Archived February 14, 2020. Archive.is URL: http://archive.is/ Y0mBJ. Archived . PDF on file at DeSmog.
February 2, 2020
Research by CORRECTIV and Frontal21 in Germany uncovered how the Heartland Institute was coordinating with climate change denial groups in Germany including the European Institute on Climate and Energy ( EIKE). During the undercover investigation, reported on in German177โDie Heartland Lobby,โ CORRECTIV, February 2, 2020. Archived February 5, 2020. Archive.ph URL: https://archive.ph/xt1g9 and also translated to English,178โThe Heartland Lobby,โ CorrectIV, February 11, 2020. Archived February 11, 2020. Archive.ph URL: https://archive.ph/wip/f8Mc2 reporters spoke with James Taylor who revealed some of Heartlandโs strategies. The investigation took place in December 2019.
Reporters posed as PR consultants for a Berlin-based strategic communication agency with interest in finding potential donors from Germany in the automotive and energy sectors. Taylor responded later with a written offer โsomething like a strategy document for a PR campaign in Germany: A campaign that the public will not recognize for what it really is, making it even more effective.โ with a goal of โNo more prohibitive climate laws. Diesel instead of electric cars, energy from coal instead of wind turbines, industry growth instead of environmental protection.โ
The event was a โClimate Reality Forumโ attended by climate change deniers such as William Happer, Wolfgang Mรผller of EIKE, and Christopher Monckton among others.
In a private interview, James Taylor outlined how best to provide donations. He brought DonorsTrust as one of several US groups best used to keep donations anonymous.
Taylor later spoke of the relationship between Heartland and EIKE. He said that Heartland gave a small sum of money to help fund the EIKE conference in late November.
In a follow-up call between the reporter posing as an interested party ready to do business with Heartland, and Taylor, the reporter asked whether content could be bought if he were a donor to Heartland. Taylor highlighted a 19-year-old Youtuber from Germany as a promising social media strategy. When asked if a customer would be able to have their content appear in her videos, Taylor hesitated โbut doesnโt say no.โ
โOf course, she would have to agree with and feel comfortable with what is going to be said. And heโs pretty sure that everyone involved wants the same thing.
Mathias: โPerhaps we could agree on certain buzzwords. Disseminate certain information.โ
Taylor: โAbsolutely. Key points, keywords, the way to present something.โ
Content in exchange for money. Itโs like a deal in the advertising industry. The only difference is that the content is political.โ
When Taylor sent a formal funding proposal in several hours, it outlined a plan for a possible campaign in Germany. โHe describes German climate policy as โunwiseโ. Conventional power plants could be closed and replaced by expensive, unreliable wind turbine systems. Diesel vehicles could be banned.โ
โThese restrictive environmental programs are largely unnecessary,โ Taylor wrote.
Instead, the Heartland Institute wants to draw attention to projects that โraise German living standards through common-sense environmental stewardship.โ
โFor climate change deniers, this means one thing: As few environmental protection measures as possible,โ the article summarizes.
While there was no explicit mention of EIKE, Taylor said he โworks closely with German partners whose ideas are consistently cited by the AfD in the Bundestagโ and that Heartland would โproactively explore opportunities to galvanize our friends and allies to advocate in conjunction with our Germany Environmental Issues project.โ
Taylor then reiterated Donors Trust as a funding vehicle, as well as the National Philanthropic Trust. โDonors fund an account with the organization and then direct the organization how it would like to distribute the funds,โ Taylor noted.
German media outlet Deutsche Welle ( DW) reported on the story on March 9, 2020. DW noted how Heartland had reportedly worked closely with the Trump Administration, according to James Taylorโs conversation with the undercover journalists. DW also outlined how Heartland has historically made major impacts on climate policy in places such as Australia.179Stuart Braun. โIn denial: The spin machine upending the climate consensus,โ DW, March 9, 2020. Archived March 9, 2020. Archive.ph URL: https://archive.vn/JhXWt
Australian scientist, author and climate analyst Ketan Joshi also commented on the rise of Heartlandโs โanti-Gretaโ Naomi Seibt, whose YouTube influence was advertised to the undercover journalists.180Stuart Braun. โIn denial: The spin machine upending the climate consensus,โ DW, March 9, 2020. Archived March 9, 2020. Archive.ph URL: https://archive.vn/JhXWt
โItโs not about the science,โ said Joshi. โItโs about instilling doubt, itโs about making people distrust information that they receive โ even if itโs from a trustworthy source.โ
January 13, 2020
Heartland Senior Fellow Fred Palmer published an article at the coal mining industry publication CoalZoom describing a plan to form a new group called โSaving US Coal.โ181Fred Palmer. โSaving US Coal โ A Path Forward to Preserve the Existing Coal Fleet,โ Coalzoom.com, January 13, 2020. Archived January 14, 2020. Archive.ph URL: https://archive.ph/ ERIm8 The Saving US Coal Campaign is a partnership between CoalZoom and Craig Idsoโs Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change ( CSCDGC/ CO2 Science)182โSaving US Coal,โ CO2 Science. Archived January 14, 2020. Archive.ph URL: https://archive.ph/ ZBSIC with donations being funneled through CSCDGC.183โSaving US Coalโ ( PDF), Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
โโSaving US Coalโ has been created to be the vehicle for turning the tide for the full acceptance of coal in the US energy market by undertaking a campaign to repeal CO2 Endangerment at EPA. That requires a compelling EPA filing, of course, one that proves the benign and beneficial nature of more CO2 in the air based on the incredible work that Craig Idso has carried on for his Dad, Sherwood Idso and mentor, Sylvan Wittwer. However, it also requires creation of a coal coalition, like the Climate council quoted above, and the make-up of that coalition can be learned from coalโs past,โ Palmer wrote.184Fred Palmer. โSaving US Coal โ A Path Forward to Preserve the Existing Coal Fleet,โ Coalzoom.com, January 13, 2020. Archived January 14, 2020. Archive.ph URL: https://archive.ph/ ERIm8
He envisions the group to be a modern equivalent to CEED (the Center for Energy and Economic Development), a coal industry group created to fight against CO2 emissions standards. CEED later merged with another group to form what is now known as the American Coalition for Coal Coal Electricity ( ACCCE). As Palmer described it:185Fred Palmer. โSaving US Coal โ A Path Forward to Preserve the Existing Coal Fleet,โ Coalzoom.com, January 13, 2020. Archived January 14, 2020. Archive.ph URL: https://archive.ph/ ERIm8
โIn 1992, CEED was formed to meet the challenge to coal plants due to coal combustion and its CO2 profile and engage at the state level.โ
โฆ .
โCEED was successful in the 90s and the approach used then can inform for today. Coalโs challenge today at the state level is much more serious than it was in 1992, for the simple reason that the great investor owned utilities in CEED have switched sides and they own the regulated coal plants. But the CEED model never depended on the nature of CEEDโs members, it depended and depends on defending CO2 in defense of Coal. โSaving US Coalโ is the only entity that can do this today and its leaders were engaged directly in the 90s with CEED and succeeding years. โSaving US Coalโ can perform the same function today as CEED did then in a virtual way.โ
Palmer envisions CO2 proponent Craig Idso taking a key role in the new group by promoting benefits of CO2:
โOnce filed at EPA, โSaving US Coalโ will engage virtually at the state level with regulators directly and through NARUC to educate on the benefits of CO2 to the biosphere and the human environment. At the same time Craig will develop additional, original research showing the truth of CO2 which will be distributed as generated to the regulators. By doing so, coal suppliers can then engage directly with the regulators with challenges to the announced closures; rep-opening previous announcements where the plants are still operating is not out of the question.โ
He also makes recommendations on coal industry groups that could be encouraged to join the pro-coal coalition:186Fred Palmer. โSaving US Coal โ A Path Forward to Preserve the Existing Coal Fleet,โ Coalzoom.com, January 13, 2020. Archived January 14, 2020. Archive.ph URL: https://archive.ph/ ERIm8
โToday, there are groups sitting right in front of us and ready to go in coalition, I believe. These include:
Count on Coal through NMA
Friends of Coal in West Virginia, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana and Pennsylvania
RMCMI in Colorado
The American Coal Council
The state coal associations, a very powerful and overlooked resource
Trade pressโ
Palmer first joined CoalZoom along with Craig Idso, in coordination with Bill Reid, in December 2019 to focus on the initiative with โthe ultimate deliverable: repealing the EPA CO2 Endangerment Finding highlighting coal use as the vehicle and Champion that it is and will be.โ187โSaving US Coal โ Watch This PowerPoint,โ CoalZoom, December 16, 2019. Archive.ph URL: https://archive.ph/nQDEA
December 3, 2019
Heartland co-sponsored a rebuttal to the United Nationsโ COP25 climate summit in Madrid. The event, titled โRebutting the United Nationsโ Climate Delusion,โ was held in collaboration with the CO2 Coalition, the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow ( CFACT), and the European Institute for Climate and Energy ( EIKE). Deniers of consensus climate science in attendance included William Happer, EIKEโs Wolfgang Mรผller, Anthony Watts, Tom Harris, Stanley Goldenberg, and Christopher Monckton.188Alex Newman. โSkeptics Bring Science to UN,โ The New American, December 6, 2019. Archived December 7, 2019. Archive.is URL: http://archive.is/wip/qd7ui. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
Heartlandโs James Taylor described the event as a โclimate reality forum,โ and said189:Alex Newman. โSkeptics Bring Science to UN,โ The New American, December 6, 2019. Archived December 7, 2019. Archive.is URL: http://archive.is/wip/qd7ui. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
โGood news isnโt bad news. [โฆ] The evidence for a climate crisis simply doesnโt hold up. And that is not about attacking science, as many people would lead you to believe. Itโs performing science, itโs advancing science. And again the news is good news, and thatโs excellent for humanity, itโs excellent for people around the world, who would like to escape poverty and not be held down by energy restrictions imposed by the United Nations and national governments.โ
William Happer, a former member of President Trumpโs National Security Council, opened his presentation with:
โWe are here under false pretenses, wasting our time talking about a non-existent climate emergency. And Itโs hard to understand how much further the shrillness can go, as this started out as global warming, then it was climate change or global weirding, now it is climate crisis and climate emergency, what next, but stick around, it will happen. I hope sooner or later enough people recognize the phoniness of this bizarre environmental cult and bring it to an end.โ
October 4, 2019
The Heartland Institute held its 35th anniversary dinner with a theme โStopping Socialism, Increasing Freedom.โ190Nancy Thorner. โHeartland 35th Anniversary Benefit Featuring Glenn Beck,โ Heartland.org, October 21, 2019. Archived October 22, 2019. Archive.is URL: http://archive.is/ 18KMW
Media personality Glenn Beck was awarded the Heartland Liberty Prize for 2019. According to Heartlandโs interpretation of Beckโs speech, he said Thomas Jefferson โtried to but was unable to free his slaves because he was in debt and slaves were considered property.โ
Beck went on to suggest Charles Darwinโs Origin of Species was essentially a treatise on Eugenics:
โBeck emphasized the words โfavored races,โ noting correctly that Darwinโs book increased the popularity and gave an academic legitimacy to the evil of eugenics, which would be embraced by โprogressivesโ in the early 20th century,โ Nancy Thorner wrote at the Heartland Instituteโs blog.
Then-Heartland-president Frank Lasรฉe said in his opening remarks that the discourse surrounding climate change was โgreen on the outside and red on the inside.โ
โThe issue is being used by the other side to control every aspect of our lives, as a means to establish Socialism,โ he said. โItโs impossible to reach people with closed minds, but we can get the misinformed and uninformed to listen. [โฆ] โWe are in a battle with evil people who want to have government control our lives.โ
September 30, 2019
Heartland published a commentary by Tim Benson in which Benson criticized Minnesotaโs plan to adopt Californiaโs auto emissions standards. Citing a 2018 study by the Manhattan Institute, Benson claimed that greater adoption of zero-emission vehicles ( ZEVs) would result in increased pollution and environmental costs, as well as more traffic fatalities. While conceding that the adoption of low- and zero-emission standards would reduce atmospheric CO2, Benson said that the reduction โwill have no measurable impact on world climate and thus no economic value.โ191Tim Benson. โResearch & Commentary: Gov. Walzโs Low-Emission Vehicles Order Is Costly, Dangerous, And Unnecessary,โ Heartland.org, September 30, 2019. Archived October 1, 2019. Archive.is URL: http://archive.is/rNi3s
September 23, 2019
The Heartland Institute hosted a โclimate debateโ to coincide with a UN Climate Action Summit taking place in New York. The event was chaired by former Fox News host John Stossel and speakers included Patrick Michaels, David Legates and Willie Soon.192โClimate Challenge: Bright Lights, Big City โฆ Bigger Debate,โ Heartland Institute. Archived September 24, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/ M7XlQ. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
The event was live-streamed to coincide with the UNโs Climate Summit and was announced with the tag line: โItโs time for both sides to make the case: What is happening to our climate and what can we do about it?โ
Notable quotes from the panel included:
Patrick Michaels: โWhat we have is a community that is extremely conformist. And certainly the pressures of monopoly funding provided by the federal government for essentially only one side of the issue will ensure that thereโs a consensus. And someday something is going to happen to this and 97% of all scientists concerned are going to believe something else.โ
David Legates: โMost governments want to keep control, and most governments get bigger and bigger over time. So in this case, this is one easy way of getting bigger, is to have sort of that H.L. Mencken hobgoblin that always comes up in front of you. And carbon dioxide becomes that molecule by which we can take control of your lives, of your efforts, and everything that goes on.โ
Willie Soon: โIโm unable to find out what the carbon dioxide is doing to the atmosphere. It is increasing, but itโs not causing any warming.โ
โMy message to all of them is that please donโt cry. I mean, Iโll hold your hand and sing lullabies to you. By 2030 Iโll still be here. Please donโt panic. Thereโs no such thing as climate catastrophe, these people are talking nonsense. Itโs unbelievable that we have to answer all this kind of craziness.โ
โCarbon dioxide is the greatest gift on planet earth. Put it this way, if we can release more of it, we should have a whole lot more of it, as simple as that. Because according to the satellite data, I mean, weโve been greening the planet, in a very, very nice way, in a sense, because the planet is a lot greener, the plants are using much more efficient in terms of water, require a lot less use of water. So a drought region becoming green, even in desert, a desert area. These are overall benefits, overall positive effects on the plants, as far as we can tell [โฆ] the impact on the temperature, we are unable to find it. I tell you that Iโve been studying this topic very carefully, only wanting to find a result on the impact of carbon dioxide on temperature, letโs say. I really cannot find [it] after 30 years.โ
August 26, 2019
The Heartland Institute live-streamed a rebuttal to the UNโs 68th Civil Society Sustainability Conference, which was being held in Salt Lake City, Utah. Heartlandโs panel discussion was headlined by James Taylor and featured talks by Richard Keen, Howard Hayden, and Paul Dreissen, among others.193โHeartland Institute Rebuttal to UN โCivil Societyโ Sustainability Conference,โ YouTube video uploaded by user โThe Heartland Institute,โ August 26, 2019. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
According to the live-streamโs YouTube description, the event was organized to โshow how the collectivist climate and sustainability programs promoted by the U.N. would cause more harm than good, especially for the worldโs poorest and most disenfranchised people.โ194โHeartland Institute Rebuttal to UN โCivil Societyโ Sustainability Conference,โ YouTube video uploaded by user โThe Heartland Institute,โ August 26, 2019. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
Excerpts from the broadcast included:
James Taylor: โWhat we see is that carbon dioxide emissions and a modestly warming planet are benefitting the human condition. [โฆ] For some reason, the media have gone into the argument that anything thatโs warmer is bad. I mean, why? Why should warmer temperatures be badder than colder temperatures? (sic) [โฆ]
Twenty times more people die from cold temperatures than from warm or hot temperatures.โRichard Keen: โSo enjoy the climate while it lasts and make enough CO2 to feed a tree, which is what CO2 does. It helps plant life and increases crops.โ
Howard Hayden: โNow, the good stuff. Get rid of these utopian delusions. There is so much coal available that nobody worries about running out for at least hundreds of years. Now, hundreds of years is a short time compared to that of civilization, but they donโt even look for coal because nobody even looks for it anymore. Thereโs enough natural gas in methane clathrates on the continental shelf to last for at least thousands of years. Thereโs enough uranium to last until the sun turns into a red giant and thereโs even more thorium. Thereโs no shortage of energy and there never will be. What we lack is the will to use it and the freedom to use it.โ
Paul Driessen: โThe world cannot afford to let delusion, dishonesty, and ideology drive public policies that will determine our future jobs, prosperity, living conditions and civilization. [โฆ] Those policies are unjust, inhumane, and eco-imperialistic and lethal. They can no longer be tolerated. And in fact, Iโll go a step further, and I donโt say this lightly or casually. The climate change sustainability agenda that is being advanced by these activists and bureaucrats is eco-fascist, totalitarian and racist.โ
July 24, 2019
Heartlandโs Director of Communications Jim Lakely denied media credentials to Mother Jones climate reporter Rebecca Leber for a Heartland climate conference held at the Trump Hotel in Washington D.C. on July 25.195Rebecca Leber. โI regret to inform you my garbage journalism got me barred from covering Heartland Instituteโs climate conference happening at Trumpโs DC hotel tomorrow,โ Tweet by @rebleber, July 24, 2019. Retrieved from Twitter.com. Archived.png on file at DeSmog.
In an email sent to Leber, which she posted on her Twitter feed, Lakely explained that his decision to bar her from the event was based on his assessment of Leberโs โhabit of repeatedly sliming the esteemed scientists who have presented at our conferences as โclimate deniers.โโ
Read the Tweet thread here:
I regret to inform you my garbage journalism got me barred from covering Heartland Instituteโs climate conference happening at Trumpโs DC hotel tomorrow pic.twitter.com/ehhzAVV132
โ Rebecca Leber (@rebleber) July 25, 2019
May 21, 2019
Benny Peiser appeared on a Heartland Institute podcast where he acknowledged a warming climate but claimed that it does not pose a threat to humankind or the environment:196H. Sterling Burnett. โBringing Sound Science to the Climate Debate (Guest: Benny Peiser),โ Heartland.org, May 21, 2019. Archived May 29, 2019. Archive.is URL: http://archive.is/qEjlQ. Archived .mp3 on file at DeSmog.
โThe warming is very gradual. [โฆ] Thereโs no increase in the extent or the number of these extreme weather events. So for the time being we are absolutely fine and there is absolutely nothing to worry about. [โฆ] I donโt see any problem in the foreseeable future.โ
Peiser also expressed his belief that scientists holding the consensus viewpoint on climate change are stifling debate and displaying autocratic tendencies:
โThe most troublesome feature is the authoritarian attempts to stifle anyone raising these issues. [โฆ] Anyone asking questions is regarded as a hurdle to salvation. [โฆ] It is destroying the culture of scientific objectivity and openness.โ
May 9, 2019
The Heartland Institute, represented by Tim Huelskamp, signed on to an open letter organized by the American Energy Alliance designed to fight against an electric vehicle tax credit.197Brendan DeMelle. โHeartland Institute Exposed: Internal Documents Unmask Heart of Climate Denial Machine,โ DeSmog, February 14, 2012.
โThe American Energy Alliance has organized a coalition to proclaim in one unified voice that there should be no expansion of the misguided electric vehicle tax credit,โ Thomas Pyle wrote in a statement, quoted at The Daily Caller. โThere is no question that the electric vehicle tax credit distorts the auto market to no gain.โ198Chris White. โ CONSERVATIVES WARN LAWMAKERS: TESLAโS TAX CREDITS โ OVERWHELMINGLY BENEFIT THE RICHโ,โThe Daily Caller, May 9, 2019. Archived May 9, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/qzvF3
According to Pyle and others who signed the letter, electric vehicle tax credits โoverwhelmingly benefit the rich.โ DeSmogโs Koch vs. Clean project has systematically debunked this, among other well-rehearsed talking points and misinformation put forward by industry about electric vehicles.199Chris White. โ CONSERVATIVES WARN LAWMAKERS: TESLAโS TAX CREDITS โ OVERWHELMINGLY BENEFIT THE RICHโ,โThe Daily Caller, May 9, 2019. Archived May 9, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/qzvF3
The letter cites research by the Pacific Research Institute ( PRI), a group that has received over $600,000 from ExxonMobil and millions from โdark moneyโ groups DonorsTrust and Donors Capital Fund.
April 5, 2019
Former television meteorologist Anthony Watts, founder of Watts Up With That ( WUWT) joined the Heartland Institute as a senior fellow for environment on climate. According to the Heartland press release:200โPRESS RELEASE: ANTHONY WATTS JOINS THE HEARTLAND INSTITUTE,โ The Heartland Institute, April 5, 2019. Archived April 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/ KIoIz
โThe people at Heartland are working from a reality-based viewpoint of the climate issue saying in effect, โHey wait a minute, look at this,โ to the people that would follow the path of climate alarmism hook, line, and sinker,โ Watts said. โDespite having a tiny fraction of the budget and social media outreach some green organizations have, they have done a fantastic job of countering climate alarmism.
โLaughably, my critics have said for years that I have been โon the payrollโ of Heartland in some โnefarious capacity,โ even though Iโve never been on their payroll. I figure I might as well give these folks something factual to talk about now instead of just innuendo and smear campaigns,โ Watts said.
โI credit the efforts of Heartland in President Trumpโs decision to exit from the Paris Climate Accord,โ Watts added. โWhat reality-based climate skeptic wouldnโt want to be on that winning team? I look forward to being able to help Heartland dispel fear and overreaction to climate hysteria by providing factual essays and research that helps policy makers with climate related decisions.โ
Heartlandโs president Tim Huelskamp praised Watts as โtruly a leader in the climate movement.โ
โI am honored that he has chosen to join The Heartland Institute,โ Huelskamp said. โHis energy, experience and scientific expertise will make an enormous, immediate positive impact on the Heartland team.โ
Heartland senior fellow James Taylor said:
โI look forward to working with Anthony presenting the compelling scientific evidence on climate change issues that the environmental left and their media allies do their best to ignore and sweep under the rug.โ
In 2012, DeSmog exposed the Heartland Instituteโs history of funding climate change denial with the help of leaked internal documents. Those documents also revealed Heartland was funding a website for Anthony Watts to โtrack temperature station dataโ with a pledge to raise $90,000 in that year.201Brendan DeMelle. โHeartland Institute Exposed: Internal Documents Unmask Heart of Climate Denial Machine,โ DeSmog, February 14, 2012.
December 14, 2018
The Heartland Institute released a report written by Willie Soon and Patrick Moore among others criticizing Greenpeace, claiming the group promotes โsocialist and anti-capitalist ideals.โ According to the authors, โGreenpeace are not actually helping to protect the environment, or exposing real problems.โ202โAnalysis of Greenpeaceโs business model & philosophyโ ( PDF), Heartland Institute, December 2018. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
December 6, 2018
Attending the 24th UN Conference of the Parties ( COP-24) in Katowice, Poland, the Heartland Instituteโs James Taylor signed a joint statement with representatives of Polandโs Solidarity labor union challenging the consensus viewpoints held by parties to the convention.203โPress Release: Solidarity, Heartland Institute Sign Historic Climate Communique At Cop24,โ The Heartland Institute, December 6, 2018. Archived December 6, 2018. Archive.is URL: http://archive.is/BjvZR. Archived .pdf of signed statement on file at DeSmog.
The document states:
โWe, speaking as one, believe in the restoration of the Scientific Method and the dismissal of ideological dogma at the United Nations. That means a healthy skepticism of data interpretation and policy conclusions and an end to the war on science and scientists by powerful state-backed forces.โ
December 4, 2018
The Heartland Institute sent representatives to the 24th UN Conference of the Parties ( COP-24) in Katowice, Poland as credentialed NGO-Observers.204โPress Release: Heartland Institute To Present Latest Climate Science In Poland During Cop-24,โ The Heartland Institute, November 15, 2018. Archived December 6, 2018. Archive.is URL: http://archive.is/g3JUH
Heartlandโs Craig Idso, Dennis Avery, and James Taylor held a live-streamed presentation of a report of the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change ( NIPCC) titled โClimate Change Reconsidered II: Fossil Fuels.โ The presentation also featured a spokesman for the European Institute for Climate and Energy, Horst-Joachim Lรผdecke, and EIKEโs general secretary, Wolfgang Mรผller.205โPress Release: Heartland Institute To Present Latest Climate Science In Poland During Cop-24,โ The Heartland Institute, November 15, 2018. Archived December 6, 2018. Archive.is URL: http://archive.is/g3JUH
Heartlandโs report was touted as a summary for policymakers, and featured a section on the benefits of fossil fuels to human prosperity, health, and the environment. Heartland claims that their data proves that โhumans are not causing a climate crisis.โ206โPress Release: Heartland Institute To Present Latest Climate Science In Poland During Cop-24,โ The Heartland Institute, November 15, 2018. Archived December 6, 2018. Archive.is URL: http://archive.is/g3JUH
In an official statement marking the event, Taylor said:
โEach year the verdict becomes stronger and clearer that the scientific evidence debunks global warming alarmism. While the United Nationsโ Conference of the Parties frantically searches for reasons to justify its continued existence, The Heartland Institute is proud to present the science that debunks U.N. alarmism.
We will also be presenting examples of real-world evidence contradicting important U.N. climate claims. We will be delivering the truth that the only thing โsettledโ about the global warming debate is that U.N. climate reports have little credibility. Skeptics present a far better scientific case.โ
Video from the event was posted on Heartlandโs YouTube channel:
November 2, 2018
Heartland Senior Fellow and โScience Directorโ Jay H. Lehr testified before New York City Council to โ push back at the notion the Big Apple will be underwater soon due to man-caused climate change.โ View the video below, via the Heartland Instituteโs YouTube channel:207โHeartlandโs Jay Lehr Testifies to New York City Council on Sea Level Rise,โ YouTube video uploaded by user โThe Heartland Institute,โ November 2, 2018. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
November 2018
PBS Frontline reported Heartlandโs latest plan to distribute a new set of climate change materials to students. Heartland senior fellow James Taylor said he was editing a new โglobal warming guideโ that presents โbrief summaries of global warming topics.โ While he didnโt provide a title or distribution plan, Taylor did confirm that another mass mailing campaign was under consideration that would target students and teachers.208Katie Worth. โDueling Books Compete to Educate Kids on Climate Change,โ Frontline, November 2, 2018. Archived November 6, 2018. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/38LvF
โWeโre very excited about it,โ said Taylor. โWhat weโre looking to do is present the science in a format that is accessible and digestible for educators and students.โ
Also reporting in early November, Undark examined the actions of another group that has been working to modify the teaching of climate science and other topics in classrooms: the Florida Citizensโ Alliance. The group was behind a Florida textbook bill, HB989, that was signed into law in 2017. The Heartland Institute had reportedly worked with the Florida Citizensโ Alliance in the runup to that bill by posting an analysis of Florida textbooks on their website, and โamplifying the organizationโs attempt to remove โimproper and unbalanced propaganda from the school system.โ209Steve Vernon. โIn Americaโs Science Classrooms, the Creep of Climate Skepticism,โ Undark, November 2, 2018.
September 13, 2018
The Heartland Institute live-streamed a panel discussion designed to counter the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco, as promoted by press release at Watts Up With That. Panelists included Stanley B. Goldenberg, Richard Keen, Tom Harris, Jay Lehr, and was moderated by James Taylor. The event took place at Independent Institute headquarters.210Anthony Watts. โHeartland Institute to Livestream Global Climate Action Summit Rebuttals,โ Watts Up With That? September 11, 2018. Archived September 17, 2018. Archive.is URL: https://archive.fo/aNRLT
โWhile Global Climate Action Summit speakers attempt to make the case for heavy-handed government action to restrict carbon dioxide, The Heartland Institute will host interactive panel discussions fact-checking the summit presentations and pointing out the scientific and economic data supporting climate realism,โ The press release claimed.
The panelists denied any connection between extreme weather events and climate change. During the first day of the panel, Richard Keen went as far as to say that Arctic sea ice loss might not be a bad thing:211โRebutting Alarmism at the Global Climate Action Summit โ Day 1,โ YouTube video uploaded by user โThe Heartland Institute,โ September 13, 2018. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
โSomehow people seem to dread the loss of Arctic sea ice. I frankly donโt see that as particularly a bad thingโฆor a good thing. And itโs happened in the past with no ill effectsโ Keen said.
Tom Harris described modern CO2 rise as โpeanutsโ compared to past concentrations (SkepticalScience discusses this common climate change myth here), while Jay Lehr broke in that โthereโs nothing bad about carbon dioxide. The more the better.โ212โRebutting Alarmism at the Global Climate Action Summit โ Day 1,โ YouTube video uploaded by user โThe Heartland Institute,โ September 13, 2018. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
Lehr later reiterated a common frame put forward by industry suggesting that renewable energy is damaging for the poor:213โRebutting Alarmism at the Global Climate Action Summit โ Day 1,โ YouTube video uploaded by user โThe Heartland Institute,โ September 13, 2018. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
โWe cannot have a world run by wind and solar and renewable energy. What weโre talking about is making sure that the poor people in this world never advance their standard of living with inexpensive energy.โ Lehr said.
See video the first day of the event, titled โRebutting Alarmism at the Global Climate Action Summit,โ below.214โRebutting Alarmism at the Global Climate Action Summit โ Day 1,โ YouTube video uploaded by user โThe Heartland Institute,โ September 13, 2018. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
Video of the second day of the event below
June 7, 2018
Heartland Institute president Tim Huelkamp addressed a letter to Scott Pruitt supporting his prior statement that human emissions of carbon dioxide are not โa primary contributor to the global warming that we see.โ215Tim Huselkamp. โLetter From the Heartland Institute to EPA Administrator Scott Pruittโ The Heartland Institute. June 7, 2018. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog. The letter offered materials to counter a Freedom of Information Act request by the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility ( PEER) demanding the release of โ EPA documents that support the conclusion that human activity is not the largest factor driving global climate change.โ216Scott Waldman. โJudge Orders EPA to Produce Science behind Pruittโs Warming Claims,โ Scientific American, June 5, 2018. Archived June 12, 2018. Archive.is URL: https://archive.li/XpVr
โWe have no doubt that PEER, with the assistance of the judge, is trying to box you in and embarrass you,โ Huelskamp wrote. โFortunately, you do not have to look far to find โdocuments that support the conclusion that human activity is not the largest factor driving global climate change.'โ217Tim Huselkamp. โLetter From the Heartland Institute to EPA Administrator Scott Pruittโ The Heartland Institute. June 7, 2018. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
For these documents, Huelskamp pointed to โClimate Change Reconsidered,โ a report compiled by Heartlandโs Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change ( NIPCC) in partnership with the Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change. โHeartland has submitted these volumes in digital form during EPA comment periods in the past, and we are certain physical copies were also sent to the agency,โ he said.218Tim Huselkamp. โLetter From the Heartland Institute to EPA Administrator Scott Pruittโ The Heartland Institute. June 7, 2018. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
Among numerous other claims, Huselkamp stated that the NPCC reportโwhich he included a copy of in the letter to Pruittโcontained scientific evidence that:219Tim Huselkamp. โLetter From the Heartland Institute to EPA Administrator Scott Pruittโ The Heartland Institute. June 7, 2018. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- โSummarizes the research of a growing number of scientists who say variations in solar activity, not greenhouse gases, are the true driver of climate changeโ โ See SkepticalScience myth #2.
- โChallenges the IPCCโs claim that CO2-induced global warming is harmful to human healthโ โ SkepticalScience Myth #42.
- โExplains how the sun may have contributed as much as 66% of the observed twentieth century warming, and perhaps moreโ โ SkepticalScience myth #2.
Huselkamp described Climate Change Reconsidered as the work of a โโRed Teamโ that has been working to critique and correct the work of ideological alarmists on the โBlue Team'โ for more than a decade. โFeel free to cite this material, which contains more than 10,000 footnotes, in your response to the judge or in any other public setting,โ Huelskamp concluded.220Brendan DeMelle. โHeartland Institute โRed Teamโ Climate Lists Revealed, And Science Deniers Are Upset With Pruitt,โ DeSmog. October 25, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.li/qfvb5
May 26, 2018
Emails released to the Environmental Defence Fund and the Southern Environmental Law Centre, who had sued to enforce a Freedom of Information Act request, revealed the Heartland Institute was working closely with the Environmental Protection Agency. Huelskamp said in a statement:221โSenior EPA officials collaborated with climate change denial group, emails show,โ The Guardian, May 26, 2018. Archived May 26, 2018. Archive.is URL: https://archive.li/ 76L8K
โOf course The Heartland Institute has been working with EPA on policy and personnel decisions. They recognised us as the pre-eminent organisation opposing the radical climate alarmism agenda and instead promoting sound science and policy.โ
John Konkus, EPA deputy associate administrator for public affairs, reached out multiple times to Heartland in the emails, The Guardian reported. In one email, Konkus reached wrote to Heartlandโs then-president Joe Bast: โIf you send a list, we will make sure an invitation is sent,โ requesting recommendations for scientists and economics to attend the EPAโs public hearing on science standards. Followup emails included invitees from climate change denial groups such as Plants Need CO2, The Right Climate Stuff, and Junk Science.222โSenior EPA officials collaborated with climate change denial group, emails show,โ The Guardian, May 26, 2018. Archived May 26, 2018. Archive.is URL: https://archive.li/ 76L8K
EPA spokesperson Lincoln Ferguson said their communications with the Heartland Institute was just among many working relationships with other groups in order to โensure the public is informed.โ223โSenior EPA officials collaborated with climate change denial group, emails show,โ The Guardian, May 26, 2018. Archived May 26, 2018. Archive.is URL: https://archive.li/ 76L8K
โIt demonstrates the agencyโs dedication to advancing President Trumpโs agenda of environmental stewardship and regulatory certainty,โ he said.
View the full searchable FOIA documents here ( PDF) and below:
May 8, 2018
A new set of documents released to the Natural Resource Defense Council ( NRDC) as part of a Freedom of Information Act ( FOIA) request revealed details of Pruittโs plan to engage in a โred team, blue teamโ expertise on climate change. The documents showed communications between the EPA and a number of corporate-funded conservative think tanks with views that run counter to established science on climate change including the Heartland Institute, the Manhattan Institute, and the CO2 Coalition.224โPruittโs Plan for Climate Change Debates: Ask Conservative Think Tanks,โ The New York Times, May 8, 2018. Archived May 14, 2018. Archive.is URL: https://archive.li/onsj5
View the original FOIA documents here.225โPruittโs Plan for Climate Change Debates: Ask Conservative Think Tanks,โ The New York Times, May 8, 2018. Archived May 14, 2018. Archive.is URL: https://archive.li/onsj5
According to Benjamin D. Santer, a climate researcher at the Energy Departmentโs Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, โThe idea that the Heartland Institute should be dictating what E.P.A. does on climate science is crazy.โ He added, โThey do not have scientific expertise.โ
The emails also suggest that the EPAโs Office of Research and Development, which normally does most of the science work of the Agency, was not active in the discussions. In one email, a program analyst in the office, Christina Moody, wrote: โWe are not involved. The Administrator is the one who wants to do this and Iโm guessing his folks are putting it together.
Joe Bast denied that the Heartland Institute holds views outside of the mainstream scientific consensus:
โOur view is that the causes and consequences of climate change are very complex and future climate conditions are probably impossible to forecast,โ Bast said in a statement.
April 23, 2018
The Heartland Institute, represented by Tim Huelskamp, was among 22 groups signed on to an open letter asking President Trump to ignore recent criticism of EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt.226โDear Mr. Presidentโ ( PDF) retrieved from the Heartland Institute. Archived .pdf file at DeSmog.
In a speech to the U.S. Senate, a group of Democratic senators identified the organizations as front groups for the Koch Brothers and other wealthy donors, nicknamed the โWeb of Deceit.โ The senators outlined how, in addition to funding from the Koch network, many of the groups use untraceable โdark moneyโ funneled through groups like Donors Capital Fund and Donors Trust to influence legislation, particularly with regards to climate and pollution.
Senator Whitehouse outlined it as โa web of deceit conceived and bankrolled by the Koch brothers and other self-interested billionaires to advocate for very selfish and unpatriotic policies.โ Whitehouse added: โThis web of deceit has infiltrated and populated the Trump administration, and it is swamping the interests of everyday Americans.227Senator Whitehouse. โTime to wake up: Web of Deceitโ April 23, 2018. Archive.is URL: https://archive.li/HzIsa
The full list of pro-Pruitt signatories and their respective organizations is as follows:
- Saulius โSaulโ Anuzius โ 60 Plus Association
- Fred Birnbaum โ Idaho Freedom Foundation
- L. Brent Bozell III โ Media Research Center
- Amy Oliver Cooke โ Independence Institute
- Wesley Denton โ Conservative Partnership Institute
- Viv Forbes โ The Carbon Sense Coalition
- Frank J Gaffney โ Center for Security Policy
- Steve Goreham โ Climate Science Coalition of America
- Phil Kerpen โ American Commitment
- Andrew Langer โ Institute for Liberty
- Lisa B. Nelson โ American Legislative Exchange Council
- Rick Manning โ Americans for Limited Government
- Jenny Beth Martin โ Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund
- William Perry Pendley โ Mountain States Legal Foundation
- Thomas Pyle โ American Energy Alliance
- George Rasley โ ConservativeHQ.com
- Sandy Rios โ American Family Association
- Craig Richardson โ Energy & Environment Legal Institute
- Craig Rucker โ Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow ( CFACT)
- Dr Jameson Taylor โ Missisippi Center for Public Policy
- Kyle Wingfield โ Georgia Public Policy Foundation
January 3, 2018
Heartland President Joe Bast appeared on an episode of the Heartland Instituteโs Daily Podcast with H. Sterling Burnett to discuss the past and future of the Heartland Institute including his stepping down as President and CEO and his planned departure from the organization. Bast outlined some of the Instituteโs early work on climate change:228โJOSEPH BAST: LOOKING BACK AND LOOKING AHEAD AT THE HEARTLAND INSTITUTEโS TRIUMPHS AND PROSPECTS,โ The Heartland Institute, January 3, 2018. Archived March 11, 2018. Archive.is URL:https://archive.is/YkxEe
[8:10] HSB: โYou mentioned climate. Letโs get to that. Under your leadership, the Heartland Institute became a leader and has been recognized as such in the realm of climate science, economics, and policy. Why did the Heartland Institute become so deeply involved in this one issue? What did you see that others didnโt about the importance of climate change as an issue, and what impact has Heartlandโs efforts had?โ
JB: โWell, Heartland started addressing climate actually way back, ah, 1994โฆ1995. We did our first book that had a chapter on climate change in it. We addressed it primarily from an economic perspective, arguing that the cost of reducing emissions was really high compared to the sketchy evidence that we had about the cost of harms and offsetting benefits. Nobody listened to us. We did three, four, or five I thought really good policy studies on this topic looking specifically for example, at a carbon tax on agriculture, and the studies got almost no attention.
โIt turns out the reason they got no attention is because people were afraid of catastrophic climate change. When the building is on fire, people donโt argue or negotiate the price of fire extinguishers; theyโre all too busy running for the doors, and so we concluded that we had to put the fire out before we can get a reasonable conversation to take place here. Weโve got to address this underlying fear of catastrophic climate change. So we did a deep dive in 2007; we said, where is this fear coming from? Is it based on sound science? Who are the scientists who are in this debate? Do they need our help? Why arenโt they getting a better hearing? And why arenโt Cato, and Heritage, and AEI, and other think tanks engaged in this part of the debate?
โAnd what we learned was that virtually none of the free market think tanks were addressing the science. They werenโt doing that because they felt it wasnโt their job. Theyโre mostly economists and lawyers and they didnโt want to start getting into the physics of climate change. I respect that. But the result was a gap: there was no free market voice on the climate science debate that was taking place, and that was a critical error on the part of free market activists. Unless we address the science, we are going to lose this debate.
โSo we recruited scientists from all around the country. We ended up producing the series called Climate Change Reconsidered for the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change. We had a tremendous impact. I mean, itโs quite remarkable. That book, that series of books, has been cited over 100 times in peer-reviewed articles. The Chinese Academy of Sciences thought so highly of it that it translated it into Chinese and published a condensed volume of Climate Change Reconsidered.
Bast also claimed credit to the Heartland Institute for both defeating cap and trade proposals, and for President Donald Trumpโs views on climate change:
โWe, I think weโre responsibleโone of two or three groups that could genuinely claim responsibility for defeating cap and trade and carbon tax proposals at the national level for a ten year period, pretty much from 2007 until today.
I think weโre the reason President Trump discovered, or concluded that climate change is not a real problem and not a crisis facing the country, and that by running on thatโby defending coal miners for exampleโhe could appeal to a very big base in the United States. People who expected all along that global warming was junk science, that they would rather have good jobs and inexpensive energy than pursue some liberal dream of, you know, replacing all fossil fuel with wind and solar power.โ
โSo Trump ran on that. He won, and itโs been remarkable: for the last year, heโs been implementing many of the promises that he made as a candidate.โ
Bast said he was โanxious about the futureโ given the possibility that Hillary Clinton could have won the election, but that Trumpโs victory gave the country โa second chance at freedomโ:
โNow Donald Trump wasnโt the first choice for most of us. He might not even have been the final choice, but the alternative was truly scary. You know, Hillary Clinton was committed to finishing what Barack Obama started, and that was pretty much destroying the local decentralized education system in Americaโreplacing it with a centralized curriculum. Destroying the decentralized health care system that used to depend primarily on private insurance companies and doctors in private practice. So replacing that with Obamacare, destroying the financial sector.
โI mean all the commanding heights of a free society, President Obama targeted and did major damage for eight years, and for whatever reasons Congress and the courts didnโt seem able to stop him. Hillary Clinton was committed to waging that war for another four years. Iโm not sure we could have recovered from that. So we got a second chance at freedom with the election of Donald Trump. Incidentally I decided to step down, now, before the election of Donald Trump, so if anyone is wondering if that influenced my decision it didnโt. But it was a second chance we probably didnโt deserve to preserve freedom in America. Itโs very precarious. It is perched on an edge. And so Iโm very anxious about the future of freedom,โ Bast said.
Finally, Bast said that the Institute needs more money to grow:
โWhat will Heartland Instituteโs role be in that? I am optimistic. I think Heartland is going to grow. Thereโs a much bigger niche for what we do than what I was able to raise money for to fill. You know, I raised about six million dollars a year for the Heartland Institute. We should be at eight or ten [million]. We should have twenty, twenty five guys working in our, just in our government relations office, working with state legislators, giving them the information that they need, testifying when they need testimony, helping them draft legislation. I mean, this is all exciting stuff that theyโre asking us to do and we donโt have the staff to do it.
So I think under Tim Huelskampโs leadership weโre going to raise that money. Weโre going to expand the staff and fill that niche. So Heartland should be doing well in future years. I only hope and pray that freedom in the United States is going to continue rising while the Heartland Institute is performing its job.โ
March 2, 2018
At LibertyCon 2018, Heartland Institute Research Director Edward Hudgins told an attendee (in a conversation recorded at Heartland Instituteโs conference booth)
โOne of the reasons the Trump Administration pulled out of the Paris Accord was because of our materialsโฆ Now when Obama was in there, nobody wanted to hear from us. Fortunately, we donโt have him in there and of course members of congress we give this stuff to all the time.โ
February 7, 2018
Heartland Institute research fellow Isaac Orr was featured as part of the Heartland Instituteโs โThe Patriotโs Toolbox Speaker Series,โ an event promoting their same-titled new book. Orr also wrote the second chapter of the book.229โThe Patriotโs Toolbox Speaker Series: The Story of Americaโs Energy Renaissance,โ YouTube video uploaded by user โThe Heartland Institute,โ February 7, 2018. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
During his speech, Orr argues against CAFE (Corporate Average Fuel Economy) standards to improve fuel efficiency in cars, claiming that this reduces safety. He also claims biofuels cannot replace oil, that wind and solar get much higher subsidies than coal, natural gas, and oil, and that โglobal warming is not a crisis.โ230โThe Patriotโs Toolbox Speaker Series: The Story of Americaโs Energy Renaissance,โ YouTube video uploaded by user โThe Heartland Institute,โ February 7, 2018. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
Orr said that the Clean Air Act was very successful in combatting air pollution. He also says that he tends โto believe the numbers that theyโre posting here โ when it comes to pollutants. โWeโve been incredibly successful,โ Orr said. โThe clean air act has done a really good job.โ231โThe Patriotโs Toolbox Speaker Series: The Story of Americaโs Energy Renaissance,โ YouTube video uploaded by user โThe Heartland Institute,โ February 7, 2018. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
February 4, 2018
Heartland endorsed a letter co-authored by Willie Soon and Scott Armstrong urging the Natural History Museum to resist calls to remove board member Rebekah Mercer. Mercerโs involvement with the Museum had been widely criticized by environmentalists for her ties to climate science denial.232Willie Soon, J. Scott Armstrong. โPetition letter to Natural History Museum concerning Rebekah Mercer,โ Heartland.org, February 4, 2018. Archived July 25, 2019. Archive.is URL: http://archive.is/ ZWJxI. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
In the letter, Soon and Armstrong suggested a politically motivated, anti-science bias was behind the calls for Mercerโs ouster:
โMake no mistake, the agitators are not defending science from quackeryโquite the contrary! They demand that the Museum support a party line, thinly disguised as science.โ
Co-signers of the letter also included:
- Jan Breslow
- Walter Cunningham
- Freeman Dyson
- Christopher Essex
- Ivar Giaever
- William Happer
- Ralph Alexander
- Tim Ball
- Joe Bastardi
- Charles Battig
- Calvin Beisner
- H. Sterling Burnett
- Ian Clark
- Russell Cook
- Susan Crockford
- Joseph DโAleo
- Donn Dears
- David Dilley
- Harold Doiron
- John Droz
- Geoffrey Duffy
- David Evans
- Bruce Everett
- Viv Forbes
- Laurence Gould
- Kesten Green
- Tom Harris
- Howard Hayden
- Victor Manuel Velasco Herrera
- Douglas Hoyt
- Craig Idso
- Albert Jacobs
- Wibjรถrn Karlรฉn
- Richard Keen
- Madhav Khandekar
- William Kininmonth
- Douglas Leahey
- David Legates
- Jay Lehr
- Joe Leimkuhler
- Michael Limburg
- Horst-Joachim Lรผdecke
- Henri Masson
- Steve Milloy
- Patrick Moore
- Nils-Axel Morner
- Joanne Nova
- Cliff Ollier
- Albert Parker
- Timothy Patterson
- Mikko Paunio
- Peter Ridd
- Art Robinson
- Fritz Vahrenholt
- Anthony Watts
- Thomas Wysmuller
- Benjamin Zycher
February 1, 2018
Heartlandโs Tim Huelskamp discussed the controversial โEnergy Freedom Scorecardโ in a short Heartland Institute video:233โTwo Minutes with Tim โ Energy Freedom Scorecard (Ep. 8),โ YouTube video uploaded by The Heartland Institute, February 1, 2018. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
โThe media went a little nuts about it, because the presume President Trump had this list in his hands all through his first year in the White House,โ Huelskamp said, adding โMaybe he did, maybe he didnโt.โ
Huelskamp went on to describe a few of the items on the scorecard, including Trumpโs approval of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines. Other items Huelskamp mentions include the cancelling of the Clean Energy Plan, which he claims, โthe latest climate science shows is not remotely justified,โ rolling back restrictions on fracking, opening up land to oil and gas drilling.
He describes the Paris Climate Agreement as โNothing more than a scheme to redistribute the wealth of the west to third-world kleptocrats at the UNโ and the Social Cost of Carbon as โanother trick of the left to destroy the fossil fuel industry and hamstring the United States.โ
Huelskamp adds Trumpโs decision to open the Arctic Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling is โsensible policy.โ
January 2018
The Heartland Institute came to the defense of former marketing director Eugene Koprowski after he faced legal action over allegedly stalking a woman who worked with him. โHeartlandโs contrarian skepticism on policy issues has extended to sexual harassment itself,โ Huffpost reported, noting that Heartland had also defended Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain against harassment accusations in 2011.234Alexander C. Kaufman. โClimate Denial Group Protected Former Executive Charged With Stalking Colleague, Ex-Staffers Say,โ HuffPost, January 18, 2018. Archived January 19, 2018. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/rHs0h
The 2011 Heartland article was titled โWomen Crying โSexual Harassmentโ Should โMan Up.โโ In 2017, Heartland also republished a Newsman op-ed that accused female employees at Fox News of making โdisingenuousโ sexual harassment allegations.235Maureen Martin. โWomen Crying โSexual Harassmentโ Should โMan Upโ,โ Heartland Institute, November 2, 2011. Archived January 19, 2018. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/ S7omF
Heartlandโs Joe Bast released a statement claiming no wrongdoing on the part of Heartland:236Alexander C. Kaufman. โClimate Denial Group Protected Former Executive Charged With Stalking Colleague, Ex-Staffers Say,โ HuffPost, January 18, 2018. Archived January 19, 2018. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/rHs0h
โThe Heartland Institute is being targeted because our mission is fighting for a smaller, less-intrusive government and advancing free markets and greater individual liberty,โ Bast said. โOur opponents in this debate cannot win on the merits of their arguments, so they stoop to circulate lies about our dedicated staff. Shame on them, and no, we will not stop until freedom is rising again.โ
December 27, 2017
Writing at The Heartland Instituteโs blog,237Joe Bast. โHeartland Institute Responds to, Corrects Inside Climate News Story,โ Heartland Institute, December 27, 2017. Archived December 28, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/3dn7q Joe Bast made a number of โcorrectionsโ to a story written by Neela Banerjee at Inside Climate News titled โHow Big Oil Lost Control of Its Climate Misinformation Machine.โ Firstly, according to Bast, the billboard campaign Heartland released in 2012 featuring an image of Ted Kaczynski and the text โI still believe in Global Warming. Do You?โ was actually a success.238โHow Big Oil Lost Control of Its Climate Misinformation Machine,โ Inside Climate News, December 22, 2017. Archived December 28, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/ ELcwo
When Heartland introduced the campaign in 2012, their release included with the following statement:239โOur Billboards,โ 7th International Conference on Climate Change. Archived May 3, 2012. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/0csXJ
โThe people who still believe in man-made global warming are mostly on the radical fringe of society. This is why the most prominent advocates of global warming arenโt scientists. They are murderers, tyrants, and madmen.โ
Heartland pulled the billboard after an outcry from supporters and opponents alike. It had run for โexactly 24 hours.โ240โHeartland Institute Ends Experiment with โUnabomberโ Global Warming Billboard,โ The Heartland Institute, May 4, 2012. Archived May 21, 2012. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/ F3pc6
โThis provocative billboard was always intended to be an experiment. And after just 24 hours the results are in: It got peopleโs attention,โ Bast wrote in the 2012 Heartland press release announcing the cancellation of the billboard.241โHeartland Institute Ends Experiment with โUnabomberโ Global Warming Billboard,โ The Heartland Institute, May 4, 2012. Archived May 21, 2012. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/ F3pc6
โWe know that our billboard angered and disappointed many of Heartlandโs friends and supporters, but we hope they understand what we were trying to do with this experiment. We do not apologize for running the ad, and we will continue to experiment with ways to communicate the โrealistโ message on the climate,โ Bast wrote in 2012.โ242โHeartland Institute Ends Experiment with โUnabomberโ Global Warming Billboard,โ The Heartland Institute, May 4, 2012. Archived May 21, 2012. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/ F3pc6
Following the campaign, a number of corporations begant to cut their ties with Heartland, and numerous critics denounced Heartland.243Brendan DeMelle. โWill Heartland Instituteโs Corporate Funders Tacitly Endorse Comparing Climate Realists to bin Laden and the Unabomber?โ DeSmog, May 4, 2012. Shortly after, at the Heartlandโs 2012 International Conference on Climate Change, Joe Bast announced that Heartland would not be holding any more conferences and was struggling to pay its bills. Heartland has held several more ICCCs since then.244Brendan DeMelle. โJoe Bast Announces the Death of Denial-a-Palooza at Final Heartland ICCC Conference,โ DeSmog, May 23, 2012.
Writing in 2017, Bast claimed the billboard had actually been a success:
โThe billboard hit its target hard, as good satire does. It broke a news blackout that environmentalists and the legacy media had imposed on Heartland and other groups that challenged the Gore-Obama dogma on global warming. Far from hurting Heartland, as Banerjee claims, it saved us: 2012 was a breakthrough year for us with record funds raised, record media attention, and record attendance at our events.โ245Joe Bast. โHeartland Institute Responds to, Corrects Inside Climate News Story,โ Heartland Institute, December 27, 2017. Archived December 28, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/3dn7q
โThat year also marked the moment Heartlandโs views on climate change moved from marginal to mainstream.โ
Bast then claimed that Banerjeeโs statement โisnโt trueโ that โHundreds of millions of dollars from corporations such as ExxonMobil and wealthy individuals such as the billionaires Charles and David Koch have supported the development of a sprawling network, which includes Heartland and other think tanks, advocacy groups and political operatives.โ
โExxonMobil did contribute around $50,000 a year to Heartland for about a decade,โ Bast added, but it was โnever more than 5% of our annual budget.โ
November 21, 2017
Heartlandโs CEO and former president Joe Bast spoke with Michael Bastasch of The Daily Caller,246Michael Bastasch. โThe Real Story Behind The Heartland Instituteโs Role In The Trump Admin,โ The Daily Caller. November 21, 2017. Archived November 28, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/tCDXt followingThe Washington Postโs reporting on Heartlandโs closed-door meeting in Houston, Texas.247โThis group thinks Trump hasnโt done enough to unravel environmental rules. Hereโs its wish listโ The Washington Post, November 15, 2017. Archived November 18, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/ 9JPgH
Bastasch said that Jim Lakely, Heartlandโs communication director, had claimed the article was an effort to delegitimize Heartland and its work.
โThe tone of it is that the climate realist right isnโt happy with Trumpโs progress,โ Lakely told the Daily Caller News Foundation. โNothing could be further from the truth.โ248Michael Bastasch. โThe Real Story Behind The Heartland Instituteโs Role In The Trump Admin,โ The Daily Caller. November 21, 2017. Archived November 28, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/tCDXt
Bast had similar comments, saying โthe left demonizes usโ while pointing to the publishing of Heartlandโs leaked 2012 budget documents as an example. According to Bast, Heartland also never specifically told the EPA who to pick as part of a climate โRed Team.โ249Michael Bastasch. โThe Real Story Behind The Heartland Instituteโs Role In The Trump Admin,โ The Daily Caller. November 21, 2017. Archived November 28, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/tCDXt
โI have never met Scott Pruitt,โ Bast said. โWeโve always tried to remain armโs length from politics. Itโs never been a priority for us to engage in politics.โ
โThe real way we measure our impact is through public opinion surveys,โ Bast said, referring to Heartlandโs surveys on public global warming attitudes.
However, Bast did admit to a relationship with former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, telling Bastasch that he talked frequently with Bannon regarding orders to combat climate policies, like urging Trump to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement.250Michael Bastasch. โThe Real Story Behind The Heartland Instituteโs Role In The Trump Admin,โ The Daily Caller. November 21, 2017. Archived November 28, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/tCDXt
โSteve was an important channel for us to the White House,โ Bast said. โ[..] Itโs changed with Steve Bannon leaving.โ
Bast also said that Heartlandโs new president, Tim Huelskamp, โhas been invaluable to finding new allies in the administration,โ Bastasch wrote.251Michael Bastasch. โThe Real Story Behind The Heartland Instituteโs Role In The Trump Admin,โ The Daily Caller. November 21, 2017. Archived November 28, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/tCDXt
November 15, 2017
The Washington Post obtained an โEnergy Freedom Scorecard,โ that was distributed at a closed-door meeting at a Houston hotel. At the private meeting, sponsored by the Heartland Institute, activists discussed the actions of the Trump administration to roll back environmental regulations.252โThis group thinks Trump hasnโt done enough to unravel environmental rules. Hereโs its wish listโ The Washington Post, November 15, 2017. Archived November 18, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/ 9JPgH
The scorecard lists several items as โdoneโ including withdrawing implementation of the Waters of the U.S. rule, โDramatically reduce government funding of environmental advocacy groups,โ โWithdraw from the Paris Accordโ and also withdrawal from the Clean Power Plan.253โThis group thinks Trump hasnโt done enough to unravel environmental rules. Hereโs its wish listโ The Washington Post, November 15, 2017. Archived November 18, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/ 9JPgH
David Schnare noted that they work working to place allies in key White House positions and other areas that guide federal policy:254โThis group thinks Trump hasnโt done enough to unravel environmental rules. Hereโs its wish listโ The Washington Post, November 15, 2017. Archived November 18, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/ 9JPgH
โThere are ways to get names in, and weโve used every door and window and crack in the wall we can use,โ Schnare.
Heartland Institute spokesman Jim Likely confirmed that they had created the scorecard.
Items listed as โnot doneโ include completely removing federal tax credits for wind and solar producers, withdrawing from the UNโs Framework Convention on Climate Change, and ending funding for โthe United Nationโs Biased Climate Change Programs, in particular the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.โ255โThis group thinks Trump hasnโt done enough to unravel environmental rules. Hereโs its wish listโ The Washington Post, November 15, 2017. Archived November 18, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/ 9JPgH
View the original at The Washington Post:
Energy Freedom Score Card | |
Mission Statement: Affordable, reliable, and plentiful energy enables us to protect the environment while also creating jobs and the goods and service she need. Expensive and unreliable energy, like the kind produced by ethanol and commercial wind and solar companies, destroys jobs and harms the environment. Fossil fuels are the foundation of economic growth and prosperity. Taxing them or making them more scarce causes economic growth to slow, makes food and other essential goods more expensive, and many of the good things we take for granted are lost. We owe it to future generations to leave the world a better place than we found it. Renewable energies donโt protect the environment. They actually harm it by being less efficient and more land-intrusive than fossil fuels. | |
Status |
Recommendation |
1. Rein in EPARepeal unnecessary regulations affecting air and qater quality and energy production, end the abuse of science, end subsidies to leftist groups. | |
DONE |
Withdraw implementation of the Waters of the U.S. rule. |
DONE |
Dramatically reduce government funding of environmental advocacy groups, including funds delivered to such groups through the โsue and settleโ scam. |
STARTED |
Roll back recent EPA regulations on ozone, small particles, and other air pollutants that are based on discredited epidemiology and toxicology. |
STARTED |
End conflicts of interest on scientific review boards. |
STARTED |
Formally end the use of the โlinear no-threshold assumptionโ in determining safe levels of exposure to pollutants. |
STARTED |
Roll back Corporate Average Fuel Economy ( CAFE) standards, which result in the deaths of thousands of car and truck passengers every year, needlessly increase the price of new cars, and favor foreign car manufacturers |
NOT DONE |
End the use of โsecret scienceโ by EPA and other regulatory agencies. |
NOT DONE |
End reliance on near-zero risk ratios. |
NOT DONE |
Enforce the Data Quality Act with respect to the junk sicence promoted and funded by EPA on air pollution and toxicology. |
NOT DONE |
Congress should repeal the Delaney clause, which essentially commits the FDA and other government agencies to an impossible zero risk standard. |
2. Repeal Global Warming Regulations | |
DONE |
Withdraw from the Paris Accord and stop funding the Green Climate Fund. |
DONE |
Retract and rescind โsocial cost of carbonโ estimates and stop including them in required cost-benefit analysis of new regulations |
DONE |
Withdraw/repeal the Clean Power Plan |
STARTED |
Create a Presidentโs Council on Climate Change charged with cutting through the politics and bias that infected climate science and policymaking during the Obama administration and advising the President on what policies to repeal and what policies to pursue. |
STARTED |
Dramatically reduce goverment funding of climate research pending the findings of the new Presidentโs Council on Climate Change. When funding for such research resumes, require that equal amounts go to studying natural and man-made climate change. |
NOT DONE |
Withdraw from the UNโs Framework Convention on Climate Change |
NOT DONE |
Stop basing military planning and strategies on the predictions of flawed climate models. |
NOT DONE |
Support legislation repealing Obamaโs Executive Order 13693, which requires the Department of Defense to create a number of climate change programs and policies |
NOT DONE |
End funding for the United Nationsโ biased climate change programs, in particular the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC). |
3. End Climate ProfiteeringEnd subsidies, tax credits, feed-in tariffs, regulatory carve-outs, and mandates that benefit wind, solar, and ethanol producers yet produce no environmental benefits. | |
STARTED | Repeal state Renewable Power Mandates ( RPMs) where they exist and oppose their option in states that donโt currently have them. |
STARTED* |
Have FERC grant higher rates to coal generation to recognize the important role they play in provide base-load energy. |
STARTED |
Remove regulatory obstacles to the expansion of nuclear power and open the nuclear waste storage facility at Yucca Mountain. |
STARTED |
Abolish the Renewable Fuels Standard ( RFS) program, which mandates that refiners add ethanol to gasoline. |
NOT DONE |
End federal tax credits to wind and solar producers. |
NOT DONE |
Convice state PUCs not to implement โzombieโ Obama-era regulations and subsidies that lead to the premature closing of coal-powered generation |
NOT DONE |
Hold solar and wind power producers to the same environmental protection standards as are applied to coal and natural gas power generators. |
4. Use It, Donโt Lost ItAchieve โenergy dominanceโ by maximizing U.S. production of fossil fuels. End excessive restrictions of exploration, development, and production of fossil fuels on public lands as well as private lands. | |
DONE | Approve Keystone XL and other pipelines blocked by President Obama. |
STARTED Some restrictions have been withdrawn, Interior is reducing size of some national monuments. | Roll back unnecessary regulations on hydraulic fracturing, mining, and oil and gas exploration offshore and on federal lands. |
STARTED Trump ended an Obama-era anti-fracking rule, states are debating restrictions on fracking. | Repeal unnecessary restrictions and state bans on fracking. |
STARTED | Expand U.S. exports of coal, liquefied natural gas, and oil as a way to reduce the reliance of allies and other countries on energy imports from Russia and other bad actors in the international community. |
November 9, 2017
The Heartland Institute hosted the โAmerica First Energy Conferenceโ at the Marriott Hotel in Houston, Texas.256โAbout,โ America First Energy. Archived October 11, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/8bTTJ
In a fundraising letter obtained by DeSmog, Fred Palmer said the event would โreview the scientific and economic evidence that exposes the fraud inherent in the Obama-era regulation regimeโ while discussing โthe overwhelming benefits of fossil fuels to us all.โ With an anticipated 300 to 400 attendees, it would be โsimilar to the attendance at [the Heartland Instituteโs] popular International Conferences on Climate Change.โ257October 2017 Fundraising letter by Fred Palmer. On file at DeSmog.
โIn particular, we are inviting state legislators, think tank leaders, energy executives, Trump administration political appointees and staff, and policy analysts who write and speak on environment and energy topics,โ Palmer said in the letter.
As reported at the Houston Chronicle, speakers notably included two Trump Administration officials: Richard W. Westerdale II of the State Department and Vincent DeVito of the Department of Interior. David Bernhardt, deputy secretary of the Interior Department, was also formerly listed as a Heartland conference speaker, but apparently withdrew.258James Osborne. โTrump officials to appear at Houston event hosted by climate skeptics,โ Houston Chronicle, November 2, 2017. Archived November 20, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/ XPtYc
The Climate Investigations Center put up a parody of the America First Energy conference website, complete with profiles on the individual speakers and highlighting their corporate funding and ties to groups such as the Cooler Heads Coalition ( CHC).259โAmerica First Energy Conference Stacked with Climate Change Deniers,โ Climate Investigations Center, November 6, 2017. Archived November 20, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/mISrd
Listed speakers included current and former industry representatives such as Heath Lovell, VP of Public Policy for Alliance Coal, former Peabody Energy senior VP Fred PalmerICCC speakers like Jim Inhofe (who, while not there in person, gave a video address to the conference), Craig Idso, and Joe Bast; and former Trump Transition team members Myron Ebell and David Schnare.260โSpeakers,โ America First Energy Conference. Archived November 20, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/3Trix
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt also gave a video address to the conference, saying โwe want to celebrate whatโs been going on this last year with respect to the changes that have taken place in Washington D.C.โ He goes on to list off the โtremendous change with respect to regulatory reformโ under Trump:261โScott Pruitt,โ America First Energy Conference. Archived November 20, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/ X4F6m
โJust to update you a little on what weโve been doing: weโve been providing clarity, regulatory reform in areas that matter. Weโve withdrawn the Clean Power Plan and weโre providing, you know, certainty and clarity there. Weโve withdrawn the Waters of the United States rule, that very terrible rule that created uncertainty across the marketplace [โฆ]โ
โI want to say to you at the Heartland Institute,โ Pruitt said. โThanks for what youโre doing to advance energy, thank you for what youโre doing to advance natural resources. Weโve been blessed immensely as a country. To whom much is given, much is required. And when you have tremendous natural resources from coal, to natural gas, to oil, to generate electricity in a very cost-effective way, we should celebrate that and be good stewards. And thatโs something we ought to embrace.โ
The full list of speakers is posted on the eventโs website, Americafirstenergy.org:262โSpeakers,โ America First Energy Conference. Archived November 20, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/3Trix
Name | Title | Organization |
Joe Leimkuhler | ||
Joseph Bast | CEO | The Heartland Institute |
Roger Bezdek | President | MISI |
H. Sterling Burnett | The Heartland Institute | |
Clyde Wayne Crews* | Vice President for Policy | Competitive Enterprise Institute |
Kevin Dayaratna | Senior Statistician | The Heritage Foundation |
Hal Doiron | Co-founder, The Right Climate Stuff | TRCS |
Paul Driessen | Senior Fellow | Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow |
John Dale Dunn | Physician, Policy Advisor | The Heartland Institute |
Myron Ebell | Director of Energy Policy | Competitive Enterprise Institute |
James Enstrom | President | Scientific Integrity Institute |
Alex Epstein | President and Founder | Center for Industrial Progress |
Jennifer Fielder | CEO | American Lands Council |
Jason Funes | Special Assistant, OIEA | U.S. Department of the Interior |
Tim Huelskamp | President | The Heartland Institute |
Peter Hartley | Professor of Economics, Energy Studies | Rice University |
Kenneth Haapala | President | President, Science and Environmental Policy Project |
Craig Idso | Founder and Former president | CO2 Science |
Mark Krumenacher | Senior Vice President | GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc. |
Jeff Landry | Attorney General | State of Louisiana |
Jim Lakely | Director of Communications | The Heartland Institute |
David Legates | Professor of climatology | University of Delaware |
Jay Lehr | Science Director | The Heartland Institute |
Nick Loris | Herbert and Joyce Morgan fellow | The Heritage Foundation |
Anthony Lupo | Associate Professor | University of Missouri -Columbia |
Ross Mckitrick | Professor of Economics | University of Guelph |
Steve Milloy | Author, Founder of JunkScience.com | JunkScience.com |
Todd Myers | Director of the Center for the Environment | Washington Policy Center |
John Nothdurft | Director of Government Relations | The Heartland Institute |
Isaac Orr | Research Fellow | The Heartland Institute |
Frederick Palmer | Senior Fellow | The Heartland Institute |
Robert Phalen | Professor of Medicine | University of California, Irvine |
David Schnare | Director | Free-Market Environmental Law Clinic |
Aaron Stover | Policy Analyst | The Heartland Institute |
Richard Trzupek | Principal Consultant | Trinity Consultants, LLC |
Richard Burton Belzer | Independent Consultant | Economics, Risk, and Information Quality |
Alan Chamberlain | Chief Geologist | Cedar Strat Corp. |
Vincent Devito | Counselor for Energy Policy | U.S. Department of the Interior |
Bette Grande | Senior Fellow | The Heartland Institute |
Thomas B. Hayward | Admiral, United States Navy (retired) | Former Chief of U.S. Naval Operations |
Jim Inhofe | United States Senator | Oklahoma |
Heath Lovell | Vice President for Public Affairs | Alliance Coal |
Harry W. Macdougald | Attorney | Caldwell, Propst & DeLoach, LLP |
Scott Pruitt | Administrator | Environmental Protection Agency |
Lamar Smith | Chairman, House Committee | Science, Space, and Technology |
Michelle Smith | Vice President, Land | The Quiat Companies |
David Stevenson | Director, Center for Energy Competitiveness | Caesar Rodney Institute |
Richard W. Westerdale Ii | Senior Advisor, Energy | U.S. Department of State |
Bud Weinstein | Associate Director, Maguire Energy Institute | Southern Methodist University |
- *Name since removed. Originally posted on October, 2017 speakerโs list.263โSPEAKERS,โ America First Energy. Archived October 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/ OJWeX
The following sponsors were listed as of November 2017:264โSPONSORS,โ America First Energy Conference. Archived November 20, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/sgF18
September 28, 2017
The Heartland Institute held closed door meetings to identify candidates for EPA Administrator Scott Pruittโs โred teamโ exercise on climate change, an email from Joe Bast revealed. As E&E News reported, the email and notes provided โa broad look at skepticsโ policy playbook under the Trump administration while exposing stark suspicions about Pruitt.โ265โSkeptics suspicious of Pruitt plan to press him on red team,โ E&E News, October 16, 2017. Archived October 17, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/aolE0
โ EPA Administrator Scott Pruittโs proposal for a Red Team-Blue Team exercise is vague, probably would not be effective, and is unlikely to come about,โ Bast wrote in the email. โMore likely to occur is a similar exercise directed by the head of another department ( NASA, NOAA, or OSTP) with more interest than Pruitt has shown in the scientific debate and more likely to stick around to see the results.โ
View Bastโs complete email below:
According to the notes, those present at the meeting included David Shnare who โdescribed how policy can be changed from โinside the swampโ via seven โlegal points of entryโ such as legal challenges under the Information Quality Act and violations of peer review,โ Heartland president Tim Huelskamp, David Legates, Harry MacDougald, and Jim Lakely.
July 2017
Scott Pruittโs EPA began initial moves to assemble a โred teamโ designed to combat mainstream climate change science. The administration reached out to the Heartland Institute, the Washington Examiner reported.266John Siciliano. โTrump administration lining up climate change โred teamโ,โ Washington Examiner, July 24, 2017. Archived August 15, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/3SiNq
โThe White House and the Environmental Protection Agency have reached out to the Heartland Institute to help identify scientists who could constitute a red team, and weโve been happy to oblige,โ Jim Lakely, the Heartland Instituteโs communications director, told the Washington Examiner.
โThis effort is long overdue,โ he said. โThe climate scientists who have dominated the deliberations and the products of the IPCC have gone almost wholly without challenge. That is a violation of the scientific method and the publicโs trust.โ
The Heartland Institute has been a long proponent of a red team โto critically examine what has become alarmist dogma rather than a sober evaluation of climate science for many years,โ Lakely said. โIn fact, Heartland has worked closely with a red team that has been examining the science for several years: the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change, or NIPCC.โ
According to Climatewire, a senior administration official said that EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt โbelieves that we will be able to recruit the best in the fields which study climate and will organize a specific process in which these individuals [โฆ] provide back-and-forth critique of specific new reports on climate science.โ267Emily Holden. โPruitt will launch program to โcritiqueโ climate science,โ E&E News, June 30, 2017. Archived August 15, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/wyjPz
The official added that the program will use โred team, blue teamโ exercises to conduct an โat-length evaluation of U.S. climate science.โ Climate scientists expressed concern that the โred team, blue teamโ concept could further politicize research and โdisproportionately elevate the views of a relatively small number of experts who disagree with mainstream scientists,โ Climatewire also reported.268Scott Waldman. โโRed teamsโ gain prominence to question climate scienceโ E&E News, June 29, 2017.
June 29, 2017
The Heartland Institute announced that Joe Bast would be stepping down as president, to be replaced by Kansas Rep. Tim Huelskamp starting July 2017. Bast said he would remain with Heartland as CEO until some time in 2018.269โPRESS RELEASE: HEARTLAND INSTITUTE NAMES FORMER CONGRESSMAN TIM HUELSKAMP INCOMING PRESIDENT,โ The Heartland Institute, June 29, 2017. Archived June 30, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/mzEuW
According to reporting by The Hill, as the new president of Heartland, Huelskamp would continue โpushing for eliminating Environmental Protection Agency regulations and challenging โclimate change alarmistsโ like former President Obama and former Vice President Al Gore; advocate for school choice and voucher programs; and offer assistance to states navigating ObamaCare and the current healthcare fight.โ270Scott Wong. โTea Party favorite to lead conservative think tank,โ The Hill, June 29, 2017. Archived June 30, 2017. Archive.is URL: https:archive.is/oEYwk
โI have big shoes to fill given the tremendous leadership of Joe Bast and the Heartland team,โ Huelskamp said in a phone interview with The Hill.
Huelskamp is former chairman of the Tea Party Caucus and a member of the far-right House Freedom Caucus.271Scott Wong. โTea Party favorite to lead conservative think tank,โ The Hill, June 29, 2017. Archived June 30, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/oEYwk
June, 2017
The Heartland Institute sent out mass mailings to grade school teachers suggesting that there is debate in climate change science. The Heartland package included a free, unsolicited book entitled Why Scientists Disagree About Global Warming, and an 11-minute DVD, plus a cover letter from Heartland.272Sharon Kelly. โ US Senators: Heartland Institute Mailings to Grade School Science Teachers โPossibly Fraudulentโ,โ DeSmog, June 10, 2017.
โHow do you teach global warming?โ the letter begins. โI am writing to ask you to consider the possibility that the science in fact is not โsettled.โ If thatโs the case, then students would be better served by letting them know a vibrant debate is taking place among scientists on how big the human impact on climate is and whether or not we should be worried about it.โ273Sharon Kelly. โ US Senators: Heartland Institute Mailings to Grade School Science Teachers โPossibly Fraudulentโ,โ DeSmog, June 10, 2017.
The โeducationalโ materials were sent to tens of thousands of teachers, with 25,000 planned to go out every two weeks, Joe Bast told PBS in March.274Katie Worth. โClimate Change Skeptic Group Seeks to Influence 200,000 Teachers,โ PBS Frontline, March 28, 2017. Archived July 12, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/Run4g
While a Heartland spokesperson told Buzzfeed News that some teachers received the materials positively, others were more skeptical.275โโAlternativeโ Climate Science Is Being Mailed to Teachers Nationwide,โ Buzzfeed News, June 7, 2017. Archived July 12, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/ftBkd
โItโs just loaded with citations,โ Cheryl Manning, a Colorado science teacher at Evergreen High School who received the mailing told Buzzfeed. โBut itโs circular. Itโs all self-citations. Citing their own stuff instead of citing other peopleโs work.โ
Another science teacher from Georgia wrote an open letter to her colleagues after concluding it contained misleading arguments and logical fallacies:276โAn Open Letter to Teachers on the Heartland Institute Mailings,โ The Sustainable Schoolteacher, April 5, 2017. Archived July 12, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/ VNvUF
โAs someone who has taught college-level (Advanced Placement) environmental science for nine years, served on the Board for the Georgia Science Teachers Association, and has inspired dozens of my students to pursue scientific careers,โ she wrote, โI do not take the condition of our planet, the tremendous importance of science education, or the accuracy of the information I purvey in my classroom lightly.โ
The mailings prompted a response by Senators Sheldon Whitehouse, Elizabeth Warren, Edward Markey, and Brian Schatz:277Sharon Kelly. โ US Senators: Heartland Institute Mailings to Grade School Science Teachers โPossibly Fraudulentโ,โ DeSmog, June 10, 2017.
โThe Heartland Institute has disseminated โalternative factsโ and fake science at the behest of its industry funders for decades,โ the four senators wrote in a June 7 letter to Betsy DeVos, President Donald Trumpโs recently appointed Secretary of Education.
โIn the 1990s, it teamed up with Phillip Morris to challenge facts about the health risks of tobacco,โ they wrote. โThe tobacco industryโs conduct was found to be fraudulent. Using the same strategies, with funding from the Koch family foundations, ExxonMobil, and other fossil fuel interests, the Heartland Institute now seeks to undermine the scientific consensus about climate change.โ278Sharon Kelly. โ US Senators: Heartland Institute Mailings to Grade School Science Teachers โPossibly Fraudulentโ,โ DeSmog, June 10, 2017.
The senators wrote that over 200,000 kindergarten through grade 12 teachers were targeted by the campaign, a number that Heartlandโs Joe Bast disputed, saying there are โconsiderably less than 200,000โ public school science teachers in the U.S. โDidnโt anyone on your staffs fact-check this letter before it was circulated?โ Bast wrote.279Sharon Kelly. โ US Senators: Heartland Institute Mailings to Grade School Science Teachers โPossibly Fraudulentโ,โ DeSmog, June 10, 2017.
According to the National Science Teachersโ Association, which counts roughly 300,000 โscience educatorsโ on its mailing lists, the U.S. has over 150,000 high school and middle school science teachers โ plus about 1.6 million elementary school teachers who teach science as well as other topics.280โAbout NSTA,โ National Science Teachers Association. Archived July 12, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/UhSyT
โWe knew the other side, the alarmist side, was already being discussed so our goal was to try to get both sides discussed by having something from more of the realist side in the discussion,โ said Lennie Jarratt, who has managed the bookโs distribution for Heartland. โI believe it ended up being a little over 250,000 that went out to teachers,โ he added.
Drew Ising, a biology and environmental science teacher who received the Heartland materials, spoke with KCUR:281Sam Zeff. โThink Tank Wants To Influence Climate Change Discussion In Kansas Classrooms,โ KCUR 89.3, September 19, 2017. Archived September 26, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/ QJYrj
โWe have our science expertise. We have our familiarity with sound teaching,โ Ralph said. โAnd so itโs really frustrating to think that thereโs a group of people out there investing time and money to try and create discord in our profession, because by and large science teachers know better than this.โ
June 1, 2017
According to The Illinois Review, Joe Bast was attended the Rose Garden event for Donald Trumpโs announcement his decision to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement:282Nancy Thorner. โ THORNER: RADICAL ENVIRONMENTALISTS BLAME HEARTLAND INSTITUTE FOR TRUMPโS PARIS ACCORD DECISION,โ Illinois Review, June 12, 2017. Archived June 19, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/ 5VOa9
โAlthough The Heartland Institute has been subject to many attacks from so-called global alarmists, after Joe Bastโs presence was spotted in the Rose Garden an effort was made to harm President Trump by attacking Heartlandโs Joe Bast,โ The Illinois Review wrote.283Nancy Thorner. โ THORNER: RADICAL ENVIRONMENTALISTS BLAME HEARTLAND INSTITUTE FOR TRUMPโS PARIS ACCORD DECISION,โ Illinois Review, June 12, 2017. Archived June 19, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/ 5VOa9
Bast, writing at the Heartland Instituteโs blog, said โI was honored to be invited, and view it as a sign that our efforts for the past 20 years on the climate change issue have not gone unnoticed. But the left noticed my attendance as well, and so this week they tried to hurt President Trump by attacking me.โ284Joe Bast. โFour Liberal U.S. Senators Attack Heartland, and We Reply,โ Heartland Institute, June 9, 2017. Archived June 19, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/4Ap56
In the article, Bast also penned a response to four U.S. senators who had mailed U.S. Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos285โDear Secretary DeVos,โ United States Senate, June 7, 2017. Retrieved from Heartland.org. asking for correspondence between the Heartland Institute and her department.
Bastโs June 8 letter reads:286โRe: Your recent shameful conduct with regard to our communications with the Trump administrationโ ( PDF), The Heartland Institute, June 8, 2017.
โFor the record, The Heartland Institute has contacted nearly all members of the Trump cabinet. We have sent extensive information to more than 100 members of the administration explaining who we are, enclosing multiple publications (including books, policy studies, and videos) of most relevance to their positions, and offering to make our extensive network of some 370 policy experts available to provide further assistance. Some have gotten back to us.โ287โRe: Your recent shameful conduct with regard to our communications with the Trump administrationโ ( PDF), The Heartland Institute, June 8, 2017.
May 26, 2017
Writing at the Heartland Instituteโs blog Somewhat Reasonable, Joe Bast makes a few recommendations on โgood short references to the climate debate to share with family and friends over the Memorial Day holiday.โ Bastโs article, titled โHappy Memorial Day, You Stupid, Arrogant, Liberal Global Warming Alarmist!โ288โHappy Memorial Day, You Stupid, Arrogant, Liberal Global Warming Alarmist!โ Somewhat Reasonable, May 26, 2017. Archived May 27, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/oVnPF
Bast points to an outdated 1922 article on Arctic ice as a good โconversation starterโ and โa good way to poke a stick in the eye of your global warming alarmist friends.โ
โGlobal warming alarmists often claim the recent Arctic warming is unprecedented or must be due to the human presence. On its face, the 1922 article makes those claims dubious. Closer study reveals they havenโt made the case,โ Bast wrote.
Among the โshort referencesโ listed by Bast include work by Craig Idso, Robert Carter, S. Fred Singer, Joe Bast (himself), Anthony Watts, and the Heartland Instituteโs newsletter.289โHappy Memorial Day, You Stupid, Arrogant, Liberal Global Warming Alarmist!โ Somewhat Reasonable, May 26, 2017. Archived May 27, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/oVnPF
May 8, 2017
The Heartland Institute, represented by Joe Bast, is listed on an open letter to President Donald J. Trump urging him โto withdraw fully from the Paris Climate Treaty and to stop all taxpayer funding of UN global warming programs.โ290โDear Mr. Presidentโ ( PDF), retrieved from Competitive Enterprise Institute. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
DeSmog reported that the 40 groups represented in the letter, including the Competitive Enterprise Institute ( CEI), The Heartland Institute, and the Heritage Foundation, have received a combined total of millions of dollars from the Koch Brothers, ExxonMobil, and other industry groups.291Graham Readfearn. โConservative Groups Pushing Trump To Exit Paris Climate Deal Have Taken Millions From Koch Brothers, Exxon,โ DeSmog, May 10, 2017.
Analysis also showed that the groups accepted about $80 million through Donors Capital Fund and Donors Trust, two groups that have been confirmed is a key financial source for key U.S-based climate change denial groups.292Susanne Goldberg. โConservative groups spend up to $1bn a year to fight action on climate change,โ The Guardian, December 20, 2013. Archived May 12, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/ TB2yy
February 17, 2017
In their quarterly performance report (first quarter, 2017), Joseph Bast writes that โThe Heartland Instituteโs primary goal over the next four years is to win the global warming war.โ293Joe Bast. โ WINNING THE GLOBAL WARMING WAR,โ The Heartland Institute, February 17, 2017. Archived March 21, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/f47K8
The full report features a prominent image of Rosie the Riveter.294โQPR: Winning the Global Warming Warโ ( PDF), The Heartland Institute, February 2017. PDF archived at DeSmog. DeSmog noted that while โBastโs litany of commonly debunked arguments against the science and threat of climate change isnโt notable, Heartlandโs choice of imagery is proving to be.โ295Ashley Braun. โWhy Is โRosie the Riveterโ Being Appropriated for a War Against Climate Science?โ DeSmog, March 16, 2017.
โTo me, it seems like an obscene appropriation of feminist iconography, and I find it, frankly, offensive,โ Sarah Myhre, University of Washington ocean and climate scientist, told DeSmog. โAnd I looked for a mention of women or womenโs lives and thereโs no mention of women in the article whatsoever.โ296Ashley Braun. โWhy Is โRosie the Riveterโ Being Appropriated for a War Against Climate Science?โ DeSmog, March 16, 2017.
โBastโs article fails to make a single connection to women among his claims of โfake scienceโ and the scientific community being โdeeply divided and unsure over the causes and consequences of climate changeโ,โ DeSmogโs Ashley Braun writes.297Ashley Braun. โWhy Is โRosie the Riveterโ Being Appropriated for a War Against Climate Science?โ DeSmog, March 16, 2017.
โThose are the classic tropes that are used to inflame skepticism around the science that underlies climate change, so as to not have to look directly at the very difficult and challenging nature of economic change that is necessary to respond to the science,โ Myhre told DeSmog. โI feel like Iโve read this little blurb a thousand times in other places.โ298Ashley Braun. โWhy Is โRosie the Riveterโ Being Appropriated for a War Against Climate Science?โ DeSmog, March 16, 2017.
According to Joe Bast, โGlobal warming isnโt just one of many public policy debates that free-market advocates need to win. It is a war, the most important and most consequential war of our era.โ The report goes on to claim that there is no consensus on climate change:299โQPR: Winning the Global Warming Warโ ( PDF), The Heartland Institute, February 2017. PDF archived at DeSmog.
โMost scientists donโt believe computer models can predict future weather patterns or tell us whether global warming is a threat. Real peer-reviewed science shows the human impact on climate is probably too small to measure and not worth trying to prevent or undo,โ the report claims.
The report cites Heartlandโs own book, Why Scientists Disagree About Global Warming, claiming it โzeroes in on the false โconsensusโ claim and utterly demolishes it.โ300โQPR: Winning the Global Warming Warโ ( PDF), The Heartland Institute, February 2017. PDF archived at DeSmog.
Heartland says that, in the coming months, it plans to โmeetings with elected officials in 20 states, building on the success of past meetings and capitalizing on the new possibilities for passing legislation thanks to the results of the 2016 elections.โ301โQPR: Winning the Global Warming Warโ ( PDF), The Heartland Institute, February 2017. PDF archived at DeSmog.
With Trumpโs announcement of abolishing the EPA, Heartland plans to โhost a competition later this year for the best ideas for replacing EPA.โ302โQPR: Winning the Global Warming Warโ ( PDF), The Heartland Institute, February 2017. PDF archived at DeSmog.
The report concludes with a call to action for donors303:โQPR: Winning the Global Warming Warโ ( PDF), The Heartland Institute, February 2017. PDF archived at DeSmog.
โTogether, we can win the most important public policy battle of our era. The stakes could not be higher, or the opportunity greater. I hope you will join us.โ
January 12, 2017
Joseph Bast of the Heartland Institute was a signatory to a January 12, 2017 official letter of support ( PDF) for Scott Pruitt, in which numerous groups, including The Heartland Institute, American Energy Alliance ( AEA), and others, declared that the Senate should โswiftly approve his nominationโ for Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA).
Other signatories of the letter included:304โDear Senators,โ ( PDF), Competitive Enterprise Institute, January 12, 2017. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- Thomas Pyle, American Energy Alliance
- Michael Needham, Heritage Action for America
- Grover Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform
- Kent Lassman, Competitive Enterprise Institute
- Adam Brandon, FreedomWorks
- David McIntosh, Club for Growth
- Phil Kerpen, American Commitment
- Craig Richardson, Energy and Environment Action Team
- David Williams, Taxpayers Protection Alliance
- Harry Alford, National Black Chamber of Commerce
- Jim Martin, 60 Plus
- Andrew Langer, Institute for Liberty
- Heather Higgins, Independent Womenโs Voice
- Independence Institute
- Richard Martin, Americans for Limited Government
- Coalition Opposed to Additional Spending and Taxes ( COAST)
- Brett Healy, MacIver Institute
- George Landrith, Frontiers of Freedom
- Randy Eminger, Energy Policy Network
- Paul Gessing, Rio Grande Foundation
- Mike Nasi, Balanced Energy for Texas
- Brent Mead, Montana Policy Institute
- Forest Thigpen, Mississippi Center for Public Policy
January 9, 2017
The Heartland Institute announced305โFREDERICK D. PALMER,โ Heartland Institute. Archived January 11, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/shv71 that Frederick D. Palmer, Peabody Energyโs Senior Vice President of Government Relations, would be joining Heartland as a senior fellow on energy and climate.306โPRESS RELEASE: FRED PALMER JOINS THE HEARTLAND INSTITUTE AS SENIOR FELLOW,โ Heartland Institute, January 9, 2017. Archived January 11, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/ 8T9MP
Prior to working for Peabody Energy, Palmer was the CEO and general counsel of the Western Fuels Association, and also represented Western Fuels on the board of directors of the National Mining Association.307โPRESS RELEASE: FRED PALMER JOINS THE HEARTLAND INSTITUTE AS SENIOR FELLOW,โ Heartland Institute, January 9, 2017. Archived January 11, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/ 8T9MP
December 29, 2016
The Heartland Institute announced that climate change denier Art Robinson, founder of the Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine ( OISM) and man behind the infamous โOregon Petition,โ would join its board of directors. The press release notes that Heartland had also named its Arthur B. Robinson Center on Climate and Environmental Policy in honor of Robinson in 2015.308(Press Release). โArthur B. Robinson Joins Board of Directors of The Heartland Institute,โ PRWeb, December 29, 2016. Archived February 22, 2018. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/ FM6EE
Heartland Institute President Joseph L. Bast commented, โArt Robinson is as bold and brave a person as I have ever met. Having him join Heartlandโs Board of Directors honors us and sends a signal to the world that we will continue to โspeak truth to powerโ on the important issue of climate change as well as the need for educational choice, repealing Obamacare, and other issues as well.โ309(Press Release). โArthur B. Robinson Joins Board of Directors of The Heartland Institute,โ PRWeb, December 29, 2016. Archived February 22, 2018. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/ FM6EE
November 1, 2016
The Heartland Institute promoted a new report by the Pacific Research Institute ( PRI) that criticizes President Obamaโs Clean Power Plan.310โThe Clean Power Planโs Economic Impact by Income Group and Local Area,โ Heartland Institute, November 1, 2016. Archived November 3, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/Cp5Ce
โUnder President Obamaโs Clean Power Plan, the poorest households could see their electricity costs rise by more than 10 percent of their income,โ the Heartland Institute release notes.
Wayne Winegarden, report author and PRI Senior Fellow writes:311โThe Clean Power Planโs Economic Impact by Income Group and Local Area,โ Heartland Institute, November 1, 2016. Archived November 3, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/Cp5Ce
โPoor communities will be hit hard by the Clean Power Plan. Working-class neighborhoods across the nation could see rising power costs if the Obama Administrationโs plan is implemented. I hope that Americaโs next President will review our findings very carefully when charting our countryโs energy future, and pursue free-market policies that will alleviate the problem of energy poverty.โ
View the full report here (.pdf).312โThe Clean Power Planโs Economic Impact by Income Group and Local Areaโ ( PDF), Pacific Research Institute. Retrieved from heartland.org. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
August 31, 2016
The Heartland Institute hosted a debate between its Science Director Jay Lehr and Professor Scott Denning of Colorado State University who debated film clips from Al Goreโs An Inconvenient Truth. The debate was to โdetermine how the movie has fared through the test of time on its 10th anniversary,โ writes Nancy Thorner writes at the Heartland Instituteโs blog.313Nancy Thorner. โPart 2: Al Goreโs movie, โAn Inconvenient Truth,โ Debated on its 10th Anniversary at Heartland,โ Heartland Institute, September 12, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/ TL0Dr
View the entire 1.5-hour-long debate below:314โDEBATE: Global Warming Then and Now,โ YouTube Video uploaded by user The Heartland Institute, August 31, 2016.
July 12, 2016
The Heartland Institute, represented by Joseph Bast, was among 22 groups represented in a โCoalitionโ open letter pushing back against what the Heartland Institute describes as an โaffront to free speech.โ The groups are responding to the recent Web of Denial Resolution brought up in the Senate, calling out fossil fuel industry-funded groups denying climate change.315Jim Lakely. โ#WebOfDenial Push by Senate Dems Exposes Their Hatred of Free Speech,โ Somewhat Reasonable (Heartland Institute Blog), July 12, 2016. Archived July 14, 2016. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/eFCkh
According to the Climate Investigations Center, all but one of the open letterโs signatory organizations have taken money (totalling at least $92 million since 1997) from the โclimate denial webโ including Koch Brothersโ various foundations, ExxonMobil, and two โDark Moneyโ organizations, Donors Trust and Donors Capital Fund.316Cindy Baxter. โFront Groups Attacking #WebofDenial Senate Action Took Over $92M in Dark, Dirty Money,โ DeSmog, July 14, 2016. Originally posted at Climate Investigations Center.
Championed by Senators Whitehouse, Markey, Schatz, Boxer, Merkley, Warren, Sanders, and Franken, the resolution condemns what they are calling the #WebOfDenial โ โinterconnected groups โ funded by the Koch brothers, major fossil fuel companies like ExxonMobil and Peabody Coal, identity-scrubbing groups like Donors Trust and Donors Capital, and their allies โ developed and executed a massive campaign to deceive the public about climate change to halt climate action and protect their bottom lines.โ317Brendan Demelle. โSenators Launch Resolution, Speech Blitz Calling Out #WebOfDenial Blocking Climate Action,โ DeSmog, July 11, 2016.
The open letter addresses the senators, calling them โtyrantsโ:
โWe hear you. Your threat is clear: There is a heavy and inconvenient cost to disagreeing with you. Calls for debate will be met with political retribution. Thatโs called tyranny. And, we reject it.โ318Coalition Letter to Senate Web of Denial Resolution ( PDF). Retrieved from the Heartland Institute. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
The full list of signatories and their respective organizations is as follows:
- Grover Norquist โ Americans for Tax Reform
- Lisa B. Nelson โ American Legislative Exchange Council
- John A. Charles, Jr. โ Cascade Policy Institute
- David Rothbard โ Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow
- Kent Lassman โ Competitive Enterprise Institute
- Nicole Neily โ Franklin Center for Government and Policy Integrity
- Benita Dodd โ Georgia Public Policy Foundation
- Bridgett Wagner โ The Heritage Foundation
- Fred Birnbaum โ Idaho Freedom Foundation
- Joseph Bast โ The Heartland Institute
- J. Robert McClure III โ James Madison Institute
- Brett Healy โ The John K. MacIver Institute for Public Policy
- Kory Swanson โ John Locke Foundation
- Dave Trabert โ Kansas Policy Institute
- Jason Hayes โ Mackinac Center for Public Policy
- Brent Mead โ Montana Policy Institute
- Sharon J. Rossie โ Nevada Policy Research Institute
- Sally Pipes โ Pacific Research Institute
- Kevin Kane โ Pelican Institute for Public Policy
- Paul J. Gessing โ Rio Grande Foundation
- Lynn Taylor โ Virginia Institute for Public Policy
- Carol Platt Liebau โ Yankee Institute for Public Policy
June 21, 2016
The Heartland Institute hosted an event titled โFueling Freedom: Exposing the Mad War on Energyโ featuring Stephen Moore and Kathleen Hartnett White who โmake an unapologetic case for fossil fuels.โ The video description reads as follows (video below):319โFueling Freedom: Exposing the Mad War on Energy,โ YouTube video uploaded by The Heartland Institute, June 21, 2016.
โFossil fuel energy is the lifeblood of the modern world. Before the Industrial Revolution, humanity depended on burning wood and candle wax. But with the ability to harness the energy in oil and other fossil fuels, quality of life and capacity for progress increased exponentially. Thanks to incredible innovations in the energy industry, fossil fuels are as promising, safe, and clean an energy resource as has ever existed in history. Yet, highly politicized climate policies are pushing a grand-scale shift to unreliable, impractical, incredibly expensive, and far less efficient energy sources. Today, โfossil fuelโ has become such a dirty word that even fossil fuel companies feel compelled to apologize for their products. In Fueling Freedom, energy experts Stephen Moore and Kathleen Hartnett White make an unapologetic case for fossil fuels, turning around progressivesโ protestations to prove that if fossil fuel energy is supplanted by โgreenโ alternatives for political reasons, humanity will take a giant step backwards and the planet will be less safe, less clean, and less free.โ
June 16, 2016
The Heartland Institute was one of the think tanks listed in subpoenas to ExxonMobil organized by a coalition of 17 attorneys general.320Ben Jervey. โState Investigations Into What Exxon Knew Double, and Exxon Gets Defensive,โ DeSmog, April 1, 2016. Joseph Bast responded to the subpoena,321โHeartland Institute Fires Back At Liberal AGโs Suit to Halt Climate Change Dissent,โ Newsmax, June 16, 2016. Archived June 24, 2016. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/pfLaF calling it a First Amendment right violation, a claim earlier echoed by ExxonMobilโs own legal team.322Steve Horn. โExxonโs Lawyer in Climate Science Probe Has History Helping Big Tobacco and NFL Defend Against Health Claims,โ DeSmog, May 10, 2016.
โThis is not only a violation of our First Amendment rights but a clear attempt to discourage funding from businesses of organizations that donโt accept the Obama administrationโs take on climate change as absolute truth,โ Bast said.
June 3, 2016
Isaac Orr, a Research Fellow for the Heartland Institute, suggests that hydraulic fracturing (fracking) makes air cleaner. According to Orr, โ[โฆ] the small, spherical grains of frac sand mined in the Upper Midwest are helping to bring cleaner air to the entire country.โ323Isaac Orr. โHeartland Institute fellow: Frac sand mining contributing to cleaner air,โ The Oklahoman, June 3, 2016. Archived November 8, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/Mu2uh
June 2016
The Heartland Institute was among organizations named in a Massachusetts subpoena looking for communications between ExxonMobil and organizations denying climate change, reports The Washington Times.324Valerie Richardson. โExxon fights Mass. AGโs โpoliticalโ probe into climate change dissent,โ The Washington Times, June 15, 2016. Archived June 24, 2016. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/FYZix
Organizations named in the Massachusetts subpoena include the following:325Valerie Richardson. โExxon fights Mass. AGโs โpoliticalโ probe into climate change dissent,โ The Washington Times, June 15, 2016. Archived June 24, 2016. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/FYZix
- The Centre for Industrial Progress
- The Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty
- The American Enterprise Institute
- Americans for Prosperity
- The American Legislative Exchange Council
- The American Petroleum Institute
- The Beacon Hill Institute at Suffolk University
- The George C. Marshall Institute
- The Heartland Institute
- Mercatus Center at George Mason University
This latest inquiry by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey is one in a series of investigations into what ExxonMobil knew about climate change and when, started by a coalition of attorneys general in the US.326Ben Jervey. โState Investigations Into What Exxon Knew Double, and Exxon Gets Defensive,โ DeSmog, April 1, 2016.
March 9, 2016
Authors of the latest NIPCC report, โWhy Scientists Disagree About Global Warming,โ convened at the Heartland Instituteโs new Andrew Breitbart Center for Freedom. According to the Heartland Instituteโs event description, โCraig D. Idso, Robert M. Carter and S. Fred Singer offer a detailed analysis of one of todayโs most controversial topics: climate changeโ and โmake a compelling case against claims of a scientific consensus.โ
โProbably the most widely repeated claim in the debate over global warming is that โ97% of scientists agreeโ that climate change is man-made and dangerous,โ the authors write. โThis claim is not only false, but its presence in the debate is an insult to science.โ327โWhy Scientists Disagree About Global Warming: Joseph Bast,โ Heartland Institute, March, 2016. Archived March 21, 2016. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/VjiUU
Notably, the โ97% consensusโ is supported by the Academies of Science from 80 countries and over 200 worldwide scientific organizations.328โScientific consensus: Earthโs climate is warming,โ NASA. Archived May 26, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/FSxzG 329โThe 97% consensus on global warming,โ SkepticalScience. Accessed March 21, 2016.
View the video below:
March 1, 2016
The Heartland Instituteโs president Joseph Bast announced the Andrew Breitbart Center for Freedom, a โpublic meeting spaceโ that would be located at the Heartland Instituteโs new headquarters in Arlington Heights, Illinois.330Peter Montgomery. โUnintentional Heartland Humor At CPAC,โ Right Wing Watch, March 4, 2016. Archived March 4, 2016. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/5ilwa
The launch included a poster honouring the late Andrew Breitbart, describing him as a โfearless defender of freedom and enemy of biased, lying mainstream media,โ Right Wing Watch reports.331Peter Montgomery. โUnintentional Heartland Humor At CPAC,โ Right Wing Watch, March 4, 2016. Archived March 4, 2016. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/5ilwa
Breitbart News faced controversy during 2016 election season, nicknamed โTrumpbartโ by detractors. The Daily Beast writes โit is widely seen as a credulous purveyor of [Donald] Trumpโs angry populist, anti-immigration, anti-Muslim message, and as an enthusiastic booster of the reality show billionaireโs candidacy.โ332Lloyd Grove. โHow Breitbart Unleashes Hate Mobs to Threaten, Dox, and Troll Trump Critics,โ The Daily Beast, February 29, 2016. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/iphap
Right Wing Watch notes that Glenn Beck accused Breitbart News of โhaving turned itself into an arm of the Trump campaign and likening its executive chairman, Steve Bannon, to Hitlerโs propagandist Joseph Goebbels.โ333Kyle Mantyla. โGlenn Beck Accuses Breitbart Of Acting As The โGoebbelsโ To Donald Trumpโs โBrownshirtsโ,โ Right Wing Watch, February 24, 2016. Archived March 4, 2016. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/OUQ27
Video of Joseph Bast announcing the new Freedom Center below:
The Heartland Instituteoffers the following description on their website:
โAndrew Breitbart was a genuine American hero. He inspired millions of people to stand up and speak the truth about what is happening in America,โ said Joseph Bast, president of The Heartland Institute. โWe could not be more pleased to have his name forever affixed to The Heartland Institute. We are honored that his family and friends believe this connection is a suitable addition to his legacy.โ334โAndrew Breitbart Freedom Center,โ Heartland Institute. Archived March 4, 2016. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/wz9IC
The Heartland Institute also plans a โdedication ceremonyโ in summer of 2016 which will feature a screening of โHating Breitbart,โ a documentary โabout Andrew Breitbartโs enormous impact on the media and the culture that was released one year after his death.โ335โAndrew Breitbart Freedom Center,โ Heartland Institute. Archived March 4, 2016. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/wz9IC
November 30, 2015
On the first day of the United Nationsโ twenty first conference of the parties ( COP21) in Paris, the Heartland Instituteโs Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change ( NIPCC) published a book that โemphatically rejects claims of a โscientific consensusโ on the causes and consequences of climate change,โ reads the Heartland press release.336(Press Release). โFrom The Heartland Institute: โWhy Scientists Disagree about Global Warming,โ The NIPCC Report on Consensus,โ PRWeb, November 30, 2015. Archived December 1, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/kmDpN
The NIPCC book is titled โWhy Scientists Disagree about Global Warming: The NIPCC Report on Consensus.โ Contrary to the bookโs premise, multiple studies and surveys have shown that 97 percent or more of actively publishing climate scientists agree that climate warming trends over the past century are due to human activities ( NASA, for example).337โScientific consensus: Earthโs climate is warming,โ NASA. Archived December 1, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/8ADdO
The bookโs authors include Craig D. Idso of the Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change ( CSCDGC), Robert M. Carter of the Institute for Public Affairs ( IPA), and S. Fred Singer of the Science and Environmental Policy Project ( SEPP). The NIPCC itself is sponsored by the CSCDGC, SEPP, and the Heartland Institute.338(Press Release). โFrom The Heartland Institute: โWhy Scientists Disagree about Global Warming,โ The NIPCC Report on Consensus,โ PRWeb, November 30, 2015. Archived December 1, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/kmDpN
CSDGC, IPA, and SEPP are all secretive about their funding sources. Still, available data shows they have received significant funding from ExxonMobil, Donors Capital Fund, Scaife, and Koch-related Foundations. Below is a brief summary based on data collected from ExxonSecrets and the Conservative Transparency Project:
CSCDGC | IPA | SEPP | Total | |
Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation | $90,000 | $229,000 | $319,000 | |
Donors Capital Fund | $283,800 | $283,800 | ||
Exxon Mobil | $100,000 | $20,000 | $120,000 | |
John M. Olin Foundation | $119,000 | $119,000 | ||
Sarah Scaife Foundation | $100,000 | $100,000 | ||
Heartland Institute | $15,000 | $15,000 | ||
Claude R. Lambe Charitable Foundation | $5,000 | $5,000 | ||
Deramus Foundation | $1,000 | $1,000 | ||
Grand Total | $574,800 | $348,000 | $40,000 | $962,800 |
August 25, 2015
The Heartland Institute co-sponsored the โAffordable Energy Summit 8.0โ with the Libertarian Party of Nevada in Las Vegas, where James Taylor was a speaker.339โSpeakers,โ Affordable Energy Summit 8.0. Archived September 3, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/iiBhz According to the Affordable Energy Summitโs โEventsโ webpage, the purpose of the summit was to โdiscuss the costs of climate change, as well as the fiscal and environmental impact of the so-called โClean Power Plan.'โ340โEvents,โ Affordable Energy Summit 8.0. Archived September 3, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/THVSU
The โEventsโ page of the Affordable Energy Summitโs website goes on to state that the speakers at the National Clean Energy Summit, which took place just one day earlier, โbelieve that evidence of man-made global warming is enough to justify any action intended to solve the problem, without regard for effectiveness and without any regard for the expense.โ341โEvents,โ Affordable Energy Summit 8.0. Archived September 3, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/THVSU
James Taylor wrote in Forbes that, โUnlike the Clean Energy Summit, the Affordable Energy Summit will present the full picture on energy, economics, and the environment.โ Taylor asserts that wind and solar power initiatives are โnot only prohibitively expensive, but they produce worse environmental damage than the conventional power Obama and Reid seek to vilify.โ342James Taylor. โWhat The Clean Energy Summit Doesnโt Want You To Know,โ Forbes, August 24, 2015. Archived September 3, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/u7guf
March 3โ4, 2015
The Heartland Institute issued statements in defense of Willie Soon in the wake of his recently published paper titled โWhy Models Run Hot: Results From an Irreducibly Simple Climate Model,โ published in January 2015 in Chinaโs Science Bulletin Journal. Co-authors of the paper included Lord Christopher Monckton, Professor David Legates, and Dr. William Briggs.
James M. Taylorโs defense of Soon is available here, and one by Robert M. Carter here.343Robert M. Carter. โStatement Regarding Allegations Concerning Dr. Willie Soon,โ The Heartland Institute, March 3, 2015. Archived July 28, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/F7hIc Bob Carter is an expert or advisor to over 10 climate skeptic organizations including the Global Warming Policy Foundation, International Climate Science Coalition, Science and Public Policy Institute, Australian Climate Science Coalition, and New Zealand Climate Science Coalition. His background is in geology.344James M. Taylor. โIn Defense of Dr. Willie Soon from Politically Motivated Attacks.โ The Heartland Institute, March 4, 2015. Archived July 28, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/B47s3
Shortly after the Science Bulletin paperโs release, a number of sources reported on Soonโs connection to fossil fuel funding, including 11 papers he published since 2008 in which ommited disclosure of a potential conflict of interest. In their February 21 article titled Deeper Ties to Corporate Cash for Doubtful Climate Researcher, The New York Times reports how โin at least eight of those cases, he appears to have violated ethical guidelines of the journals that published his work.โ345Justin Gillis and John Schwartz. โDeeper Ties to Corporate Cash for Doubtful Climate Researcher,โ The New York Times, February 21, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/X47Ymk
As of 2001, the Climate Investigations Center found that Soon had received $1,573,270 in funding, with โknown fossil fuel fundingโ tabulated at $1,248,471. Coal electricity generator Southern Company, Exxon, Donors Trust, the Charles G. Koch Foundation and the American Petroleum Institute have all contributed.346Kert Davies. โWillie Soon Scandal: Corporate Funding Year By Year,โ Climate Investigations Center. February 27, 2015. Archived July 28, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/y5CeB
Soon released his own statement ( PDF) on March 2, which was published on the Heartland Instituteโs website.347Willie Soon. โStatement by Dr. Willie Soonโ (PDF), Heartland Institute, March 2, 2015. Archived July 28, 2015. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
April 27/28, 2015
The Heartland Institute sent a team to the Vatican City where they held a press conference in order to โinform Pope Francis of the truth about climate scienceโ and claims to set out a โcase explaining why climate science does not justify the Holy See putting its faith in the work of the United Nationsโ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC).โ
Lord Christopher Monckton, Dr Calvin Beisner of the Cornwall Alliance, and Marc Morano from CFACT all spoke at the conference, and the event was further covered by DesMog UKโs Brendan Montague, who attended.348Brendan Montague. โPope Francis Should Answer to ExxonMobil Rather Than God, Imply Climate Deniers,โ DeSmog, April 27, 2015.
Nine journalists made up the audience at Heartlandโs press conference. Photo by Brendan Montague.
Monckton encouraged the Pope not to make a statement on climate change, saying โYou will be kicking the poor in the teeth. Stand back, listen to both sides, and do not take sides in politics.โ Heartland stated their intent was to โdissuade Pope Francis from lending his moral authority to the politicized and unscientific climate agenda of the United Nations.โ349(Press Release).โWorldโs Leading Scientific โSkepticsโ of Man-Caused Global Invite Public and Press to Open Events April 27 and 28 Just Outside the Vatican,โ The Heartland Institute, April 24, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/SUbrM
Heartland President Joe Bast claims that Pope Francis is being โmisled by โexpertsโ at the United Nations who have proven unworthy of his trust,โ and that โHumans are not causing a climate crisis on Godโs Green Earth โ in fact, they are fulfilling their Biblical duty to protect and use it for the benefit of humanity.โ
The Heartland Instituteโs event included presentations from the following:
- E. Calvin Beisner, Ph.D., national spokesman for the Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation
- Hal Doiron, former NASA Skylab and Space Shuttle engineer
- Richard Keen, Ph.D., meteorology instructor at the University of Colorado
- Christopher Monckton, chief policy advisor to the Science and Public Policy Institute ( SPPI)
- Marc Morano, executive editor and chief correspondent, ClimateDepot.com
- Tom Sheahen, Ph.D., vice chairman of the Science and Environmental Policy Project Board of Directors
- Elizabeth Yore, J.D., former General Counsel at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in Virginia
Joe Bast has also stated โCatholics who would put โsustainabilityโ ahead of human freedom are out of step with the most important teachings of their faith.โ350Joe Bast. โCatholics Should Put Freedom Above Sustainability Fad,โ Somewhat Reasonable, April 28, 2015. Archived July 28, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/LiPiz
The Heartland Instituteโs campaign included a series of presentations and press conferences in Rome. Searches for Pope Francis and Climate Change reveal they have also bid on AdWords to direct searches to the Heartland Institute website (see below).
Screenshot taken from Google, May 21, 2015.
July 2014
At the American Legislative Exchange Councilโs ( ALEC) annual meeting in Dallas, Heartland Institue President Joseph Bast led a workshop where he argued the following (as reported by the Centre for Media and Democracy):351โ5 ways ALEC denies the facts of climate changeโ ( PDF), Forecastthefacts.org (Centre for Media and Democracy), September 25, 2014. Archived June 10, 2015. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- โThere is no scientific consensus on the human role in climate change.โ
- โThere is no need to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and no point in attempting
- to do so.โ
- โCarbon dioxide has not caused weather to become more extreme, polar ice and
- sea ice to melt, or sea level rise to accelerate. These were all false alarms.โ
- The International Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC) โis not a credible source of
- science or economics.โ
- โThe likely benefits of manยญmade global warming exceed the likely costs.โ
The Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow ( CFACT) led a workshop at the same meeting called โClimate change talking points 2014.โ
October 29, 2014
The Heartland Instituteโs โenergy and environment expertsโ commented on the ruling by the Health Board of Brown County, Wisconsin, declaring wind turbines a โhuman health hazard.โ352โHeartland Institute Experts Comment on Wind Turbines Being a โHuman Health Hazardโ,โ PRWeb, October 29, 2014. Archived November 4, 2014. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/7PFoF Tom Harris wrote that โwithout taxpayer funded subsidies, large wind turbine projects are not economically viable โฆ However, the government funds them regardless because of the appearance that their use helps โfight climate change.'โ353โDuke Energyโs Shirley Wind Turbines Declared โHuman Health Hazardโ,โ Brown County Citizens for Responsible Wind Energy. Archived November 4, 2014. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/JeZZ0
Harris continued:
โMore importantly, the hypothesis that carbon dioxide emissions from human activity is damaging the climate has been thoroughly debunked by reports such as those of the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change. So, the main reason the government funds wind power is no longer valid.โ
September 26, 2014
The Heartland Institute releases a post in their policy and commentary blog, Somewhat Reasonable, titled, โAlex Epstein Loves Fossil Fuels, Mixing it Up with Climate Marchers in NYC,โ describing Alex Epsteinโs โcourageousโ visit to the Peopleโs Climate March. Within the post, Heartland encourages viewers to watch all four of Epsteinโs videos from the Peopleโs Climate March, share the videos with friends, โcheck out Alex Epsteinโs organization [Center for Industrial Progress], and read the first chapter of his new book,โ which is titled, The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels.354Jim Lakely. โAlex Epstein Loves Fossil Fuels, Mixing it Up with Climate Marchers in NYC,โ Heartland Institute, September 26, 2014. Archived November 26, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/wip/8fnxP
August 2014
The Heartland Instituteโs President Joseph Bast testified at a Travis County Texas court hearing regarding the Texas Taxpayersโ Savings Grant Programs (โ TTSGPโ). The court questions Bastโs credibility as a witness ( PDF, p. 335 โ 336):
โMr. Joseph Bast, president and CEO of the Heartland Institute, testified for the Intervenors regarding the Texas Taxpayersโ Savings Grant Programs (โ TTSGPโ), a school voucher bill that failed in the 82nd Legislative Session. As a threshold matter, this Court finds that Mr. Bast is not a credible witness and that he did not offer reliable opinions in this matter. While Mr. Bast described himself as an economist, he holds neither undergraduate nor graduate degrees in economics, and the highest level of education he completed was high school. Mr. Bast testified that he is 100% committed to the long-term goal of getting government out of the business of educating its own voting citizens. Further, his use of inflammatory and irresponsible language regarding global warming, and his admission that the long term goal of his advocacy of vouchers is to dismantle the โsocialistโ public education system further undermine his credibility with this Court.โ355โThe Texas Taxpayer & Student Fairness Coalition et al. vs Williams et al. (pdf),โ D-1- GN-11-003130, (District Court of Travis County Texas 2014), 335 to 336. Original also on DocumentCloud. Archived June 9, 2015.
July 2014
Jay Lehr, science director and senior fellow, writes a Policy Brief for the Heartland Institute entitled, โReplacing the Environmental Protection Agency,โ which he describes in the abstract as a โplan to replace the United States Environmental Protection Agency with a Committee of the Whole of the 50 state environmental protection agencies, utilizing a phased five-year transition period.โ356Jay Lehr. โReplacing the Environmental Protection Agencyโ (Policy Brief โ PDF), The Heartland Institute, July, 2014. Archived July 28, 2015.
Within the Policy Brief, Lehr writes that the ten years following the establishment of the EPA in 1971 he โhelped write a significant number of legislative bills that were to make up a true safety net for our environment,โ including, โWater Pollution Control Act (later renamed the Clean Water Act), Safe Drinking Water Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Surface Mining and Reclamation Act (which, surprisingly, covered deep mines as well), Clean Air Act, Federal Insecticide, Rodenticide, and Fungicide Act, and Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (which we now know as Superfund).โ
Following Lehrโs ten-year period of legislative bill writing, he notes in the brief that โaround 1981, liberal activist groups recognized EPA could be used to advance their political agenda by regulating virtually all human activities regardless of their impact on the environment โฆ Since that time, not a single environmental law or regulation has been passed that benefitted either the environment or society โฆ Today, EPA is all but a wholly owned subsidiary of liberal activist groups.โ
Lehr concludes the Policy Brief by writing โitโs time for the national EPA to go,โ and that โthe path forward is now clear and simple: A five-year transition from a federal government bureaucracy to a Committee of the Whole composed of the 50 state environmental protection โฆ All that is missing is the political will.โ
June 2014
The Heartland Institute sponsored an advertorial section in the Washington Times where they offer the chance for anyone to publish a challenge to the science behind climate change (at the cost of $10,000 for the right to be published.)357Farron Cousins. โHave $10,000? Then You Can Join Heartlandโs Climate Denial Machine!โ DeSmog, June 25, 2014. Lindsay Abrams reports in a Salon article titled โAttention, climate deniers: For just $10,000, your Op-Ed can be featured in the Washington Times.โ358Lindsay Abrams. โAttention, climate deniers: For just $10,000, your Op-Ed can be featured in the Washington Times,โ Salon, June 20, 2014. Archived July 28, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/iFZEL
Below is the email originally sent around by The Washington Times:
As you may know, The Heartland Institute is hosting a Washington Times Special section to showcase organizations and scientists from around the world who question whether โman-made global warmingโ will be harmful to plants, animals, or human welfare. This section will be featured prominently at the 9th International Conference on Climate Change next week.
With this, you are invited to be a part of this special print and digital section with an op-ed in print and digital formats.
You can support the section and have the chance to write an edit and compliment the issue with a full page, full color display ad for your organization for just $10,000. The section will appear online at www.washingtontimes.com and will be advertised with over a million impressions online and with over 500,000 emails.
SPACE IS LIMITED and we are closing space on the issue very soon โ Deadline is END OF DAY FRIDAY for a reservation and next Monday to coordinate details/edit/Ad.
Anyway, please call or email as soon as possible if you would like to participate.
Thanks and look forward to our discussion.
Joe Corbe
The Washington Times
April 30, 2014
At a mining conference in Denver, CO, Republic Report, cross-posted on DeSmog, spoke to Heartland Instituteโs president, Joseph Bast, about his past support for the tobacco industry. When first asked by Republic Report, Bast denied that he had ever dismissed concerns about the risks of smoking.359Nick Surgey and Lee Fang. โ VIDEO: Heartland Institute Reluctantly Stands by Denial of Cigarette Smoking Risks,โ Republic Report, April 30, 2014. Archived August 7, 2014. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/jpVA6
In a report entitled, โPlease Donโt Poop in My Salad,โ ( PDF) released by Heartland and written by Bast in July of 2006, Bast was quoted on page 57 (pg. 65 in PDF format), โA fourth lie is that even moderate smoking is deadly. Several experts (including two who are very anti-smoking) have told me that smoking fewer than seven cigarettes a day does not raise a smokerโs risk of lung cancer.โ360Joseph Bast. โPlease Donโt Poop in My Saladโ (PDF), Heartland Institute, July, 2006. Archived November 24, 2015. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
Reporter Lee Fang captured Bastโs response to the statement:361โHeartland Instituteโs tobacco denial,โ YouTube video uploaded by user โEvidence Squared,โ April 18, 2017.
โIn 1998, you wrote in a Heartland op-ed that smoking cigarettes has little to no adverse health effects,โ we noted. โDo you stand by that?โ
โNo, I never wrote that,โ replied Bast. โWhy would I have written something like that?โ Bast asked to see the op-ed, and promised to โcontestโ it. Later, Republic Report returned and read Bastโs op-ed to him.
March 31, 2014
The Heartland Institute released their latest NIPCC (Non Intergovernemntal Panel on Climate Change) Report. As reported by Kert Davies at the Climate Investigations Center (โ CIC Briefing: Craig Idso Heartland Institute NIPCC Climate Denialโ) and in a repost at DeSmog, much of the reportโs messaging (the idea that more CO2 is beneficial) can be traced back to Craig Idso, who is also one of the lead authors.362Kert Davies. โ CIC Briefing: Craig Idso Heartland Institute NIPCC Climate Denial,โ Climate Investigations Center, April 8, 2014. Archived November 24, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/KPQXu
The Heartland Institute NIPCC report concludes that โrising temperatures and atmospheric CO2 levels are causing โno net harm to the global environment or to human health and often finds the opposite: net benefits to plants, including important food crops, and to animals and human health,'โ as reported on the Heartland Institute press release. The full report, titled Climate Change Reconsidered II: Biological Impacts can also be viewed here ( PDF), and the Summary for Policy Makers ( PDF) here.363Joseph Bast. โReport Finds Global Warming Causes โNo Net Harmโ to Environment or Human Health,โ The Heartland Institute, March 31, 2014. Archived June 10, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/GmtQm
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Contributing Authors and Reviewers
- David J. Barnes
- Raymond A. Cloyd
- Susan Crockford
- Weihong Cui
- Kees DeGroot
- Robert G. Dillon
- John Dale Dunn
- Ole Henrik Ellestad
- Fred Goldberg
- Barry Goldman
- H. Dickson Hoese
- Morten Jรธdal
- Madhav Khandekar
- Miroslav Kutilek
- Steven W. Leavitt
- Howard Maccabee
- Jennifer Marohasy
- Cliff Ollier
- Jim Petch
- Robert J. Reginato
- Paul Reiter
- Tom Segalstad
- Gary Sharp
- Walter Starck
- David Stockwell
- Mitchell Taylor
- Gerd Weber
- Bastow Wilson
- Raphael Wust
Editors
- Diane Carol Bast
- S.T. Karnick
August 8, 2013
As reported by the Centre for Media and Democracy, the American Legislative Exchance Council ( ALEC) teamed up with the Heartland Institute to hose a session on Climate Change. The workshop cost $40,000 to sponsor and featured Heartland President Joseph Bast.364Lisa Graves. โA Side of Climate Change Denial with Your Coffee? ALEC Dishes up Some Hard to Swallow Spin with the Heartland Institute,โ The Centre for Media and Democracyโs PR Watch, August 8, 2-13. Archived June 10, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/scqyD
June 11, 2013
The Heartland Institute released a statement detailing how the Chinese Academy of Sciences ( CAS) had translated two volumes of its NIPCC reports โ Climate Change Reconsidered.365Joseph Bast, Craig Idso, S. Fred Singer, Robert M. Carter. โChinese Translation of Climate Change Reconsidered,โ The Heartland Institute. Archived July 30, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/WfA8V
The main contributors to the reports, Craig Idso, Fred Singer, and Australia-based Robert Carter, were due to fly to Beijing to launch the report, Heartland said.
On June 12, Jim Lakely, Heartlandโs communications director, reported on Heartlandโs blog Somewhat Reasonable under the headline โChinese Academy of Sciences publishes Heartland Institute research skeptical of Global Warming.โ Lakely wrote that CASโs translation now placed โenormous scientific heftโ behind the โquestionable notion that man is responsible for catastrophically warming the planet.โ
Lakely quotes Heartland President Joseph Bast as saying: โThis is a historic moment in the global debate about global warming.โ366Joseph Bast Craig Idso S. Fred Singer Robert M. Carter. โChinese Academy of Sciences Publishes Heartland Institute Research Skeptical of Global Warming,โ The Heartland Institute, June 12, 2013. Archived July 30, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/2KLlf
Joseph Bast also commented that Chinaโs previous refusal to sign a deal was now justified because CAS had translated the Heartland book and this โindicates the countryโs leaders believe their position is justified by science and not just by economics.โ Robert Carter told Lakely that Chinese companies would soon leave their Western counterparts in the competitive dust becuase, he said, they were still โhindered by the IPCCโs leaden and outdate global warming ideology.โ
Anthony Watts also ran a post on his blog, WUWT, with the title โHeartlandโs NIPCC report to be accepted by Chinese Academy of Sciences in special ceremony.โ367Anthony Watts. โHeartlandโs NIPCC report to be accepted by Chinese Academy of Sciences in special ceremony,โ Watts Up With That, June 12, 2013. Archived July 12, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/Mvn18
The Lanzhou Branch of the National Science Library of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, which carried out the translation, later released a statement in response:368โHeartland Instituteโs Chinese Academy of Sciences Fantasy,โ ThinkProgress, June 16, 2013. Archived July 30, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/7Flkm
โโฆThe Heartland Institute published the news titled โChinese Academy of Sciences publishes Heartland Institute research skeptical of Global Warmingโ in a strongly misleading way on its website, implying that the Chinese Academy of Sciences ( CAS) supports their views, in contrary to what is clearly stated in the Translatorsโ Note in the Chinese translation. The claim of the Heartland Institute about CASโ endorsement of its report is completely false.
In fact, the translation was โpurely non-official academic activities [of] the group of translatorsโ and โthey do not represent, nor they have ever claimed to represent, CAS or any of CAS institutes.โ
The above fact was made very clear in the Translatorsโ Note in the book, and was known to the NIPCC report authors and the Heartland Institute before the translation started. The false claim by the Heartland Institute was made public without any knowledge of the translator group. Since there is absolutely no ground for the so called CAS endorsement of the report, and the actions by the Heartland Institute went way beyond acceptable academic integrity, we have requested by email to the president of the Heartland Institute that the false news on its website to be removed.
We also requested that the Institute issue a public apology to CAS for the misleading statement on the CAS endorsement. If the Heartland Institute does not withdraw its false news or refuse to apologize, all the consequences and liabilities should be borne by the Heartland Institute. We reserve the right for further actions to protect the rights of CAS and the translators group.โ
The overarching Chinese Academy of Sciences also issued a statement urging the public to ignore Heartlandโs โmisleading informationโ. Heartland promptly deleted all pages and Joseph Bast issued an apology: 369Jim Lakely.โHeartland Institute Statement on Chinese Edition of โClimate Change Reconsideredโ,โ The Heartland Institute, June 14, 2013. Archived July 30, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/1xQ3P
โSome people interpreted our news release and a blog post describing this event as implying that the Chinese Academy of Sciences endorses the views contained in the original books. This is not the case, and we apologize to those who may have been confused by these news reports. To be clear, the release of this new publication does not imply CAS and any of its affiliates involved with its production โendorseโ the skeptical views contained in the report. Rather, as stated in the translatorโs preface of the book, โThe work of these translators, organizations and funders has been in the translation and the promotion of scientific dialogue, does not reflect that they agree with the views of NIPCC.โ
2012 โ Proposed Projects
Global Warming Curriculum
The Heartland Institute proposes to fund a โGlobal Warming Curriculumโ for K-12 schools. They claim that there is an absence of educational materials that are not โalarmist or overtly political,โ and that teachers are โheavily biased toward the alarmist perspectiveโ (see p. 18, โ2012 Fundraising Planโ).
Heartland tentatively plans to pay climate change skeptic David Wojick (whose main work has been as a policy analyst) $5,000 per module in 2012, with the first $100,000 pledged by the Anonymous Donor.
The modules would cover how โwhether humans are changing the climate is a major scientific controversy,โ how climate modelsโ โreliability is controversial,โ and โwhether CO2 is a pollutant is controversial. It is the global food supply and natural emissions are 20 times higher than human emissions.โ
For grades 7-9, Wojick would examine how โenvironmental impact is often difficult to determine. For example, there is a major controversy over whether or not humans are changing the weather.โ
Hydraulic Fracturing Project
Another project proposed by Heartland for 2012, The Hydraulic Fracturing Project (p. 18 โ 19, โ2012 Fundraising Planโ) would โraise funds from businesses with a financial interest in frackingโ by โapproach[ing] dozens of companies and trade associations that are actively seeking allies in this battle.โ
While Heartland claims that โFracking has been safely used for more than 50 years,โ our recent DeSmog report Fracking the Future suggests otherwise.
The Heartland Institute has already identified itself as โone of the most outspoken defenders of fracking in the U.S., using Environment & Climate News, its Web sites, and its PR and GR operations to comment repeated on the issue and reach large audiences.โ
Weather Stations Project
Heartland proposes to fund a new web site by Anthony Watts devoted to accessing temperature data from the National Aeronautics and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA) and โconverting them into easy-to-understand graphs that can be easily understood by weathermen and the general interested publicโ (p.18, Heartlandโs 2012 โFundraising Planโ).
According to Heartland, examples of when temperature records are broken in the U.S. are โoften used by environmental extremistsโ as evidence of climate change. Presumably Wattsโs new site, which will be โpromoted heavily at WattsUpWithThat.com,โ would portray temperature data in a way to counteract this.
Heartland agreed to help Watts raise $88,000 from the project in 2011, and the Anonymous Donor pledged $44,000 so far in 2012. According to Heartland, they have previously supported and promoted Wattsโ past work โexposing flaws in the current network of temperature stations.โ
November 2009
In February 2009, hundreds of emails from climate change experts at the University of East Anglia were unlawfully obtained through hacking a server. The Climate Research Unit hacking incident became known as Climategate by global warming skeptics, a term used extensively by the Heartland Institute.
The Heartland Institute published the illegally hacked documents in an attempt to discredit the scientists who were researching the man-made connection to global warming. At the time, Heartland President Joseph Bast wrote:
โThe release of these documents creates an opportunity for reporters, academics, politicians, and others who relied on the IPCC to form their opinions about global warming to stop and reconsider their position. The experts they trusted and quoted in the past have been caught red-handed plotting to conceal data, hide temperature trends that contradict their predictions, and keep critics from appearing in peer-reviewed journals. This is new and real evidence that they should examine and then comment on publicly.โ370Joseph Bast. โClimategate: An Opportunity to Stop and Think,โ The Heartland Institute, November 23, 2009. Archived June, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/KeoOM
Some accused the Heartland Institute of hypocrisy when they responded to documents revealing their 2012 plans and budget. (โI still canโt get over how hypocritical Heartland Institute is being about this, given how it delighted in seeing climate scientistsโ e-mails hacked in the 2009 โClimategateโ non-scandal,โ wrote Tyler Hamilton at The EnergyCollective.)371Tyler Hamilton. โMy thoughts on the Peter Gleick/Heartland Institute Scandal,โ The EnergyCollective, February 28, 2012. Archived June 10, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/IS0JJ
In 2012, Heartland had this response to their own leaked documents:
โโฆhonest disagreement should never be used to justify the criminal acts and fraud that occurred in the past 24 hours. As a matter of common decency and journalistic ethics, we ask everyone in the climate change debate to sit back and think about what just happened.
Those persons who posted these documents and wrote about them before we had a chance to comment on their authenticity should be ashamed of their deeds, and their bad behavior should be taken into account when judging their credibility now and in the future.โ372Jim Lakely. โHeartland Institute Responds to Stolen and Fake Documents,โ The Heartland Institute, February 15, 2012. Archived June 10, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/20i1g
March 2009
The Heartland Institute released their โSkepticโs Handbook,โ printing 150,000 copies for distribution across the US including 850 journalists, 26,000 schools, โ19,000 leaders and politicians.โ The mass printing was funded by an โAnonymous Donor.โ373โSkeptics Handbook spreads en masse: 150,000 copies!โ joannenova.com, March 22, 2009. Archived July 28, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/9gg5q
In 2008, the Center for Media and Democracy reports how the Heartland Institute also sent out โmore than 11,000 brochures and DVDs to Canadian schools urging them to teach their students that scientists are exaggerating how human activity is the driving force behind global warming.โ374Judith Siers-Poisson. โHeartland Takes their Skepticism North of the Border,โ The Centre for Media and Democracyโs PR Watch, May 7, 2008. Archived June 10, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/GcezD
2008
The Heartland Institute and an โanonymous donorโ funded a video, produced by the Idea Channel, titled โUnstoppable Solar Cycles: Rethinking Global Warming.โ
One subject interviewed, Rie Oldenburg, curator of the Narsaq Museum, claims that she was tricked into participating. She said she had been told she was contributing to a video on Norse history, and was shocked to learn that the DVD denied the human contribution to climate change.375Richard Littlemore. โHeartland Institute Tricked Video Subject in โUnstoppable Solar Cyclesโ,โ DeSmog, May 5, 2008.
A version of the video was distributed to schools by the advocacy organization Izzit.org, and included a โTeacherโs Guideโ ( PDF) and lesson plan.376โUnstoppable Solar Cycles: Rethinking Global Warmingโ ( PDF), Izzit.org. Archived July 28, 2015. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
HIโs description of Unstoppable Solar Cycles questions manโs influence on climate change:
โThe best available records of temperature and atmospheric CO2 over the past 650,000 years indicate that the earthโs temperature always rises first, followed by a rise in carbon dioxide. If a warmer earth leads to increased levels of CO2-and not the other way around-can humansโ use of fossil fuels be the cause of global warming? Shouldnโt this critical question remain open to scientific inquiry?โ377โUnstoppable Solar Cycles: Rethinking Global Warming,โ Heartland Institute โPolicy Document.โ Archived November 24, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/UuLEZ
Note that this specific argument has been debunked, with a summary available at SkepticalScience.
September 2007
The Heartland Institute promoted a list of โ500 Scientists with Documented Doubts of Man-Made Global Warming Scares,โ originally produced by Dennis Avery for the Hudson Institute.
DeSmog contacted 122 of the scientists, and 45 replied in outrage. They said that their research did not support Averyโs conclusions, and demanded that their names be removed from the list.
In response to the complaints, the Heartland Institute changed the title of the document to โ500 Scientists Whose Research Contradicts Man-Made Global Warming Scares,โ but refused to remove any names from the list.
They responded, saying that the authors, โhave no right โ legally or ethically โ to demand that their names be removed from a bibliography composed by researchers with whom they disagree,โ and that โWe did not ask for those authorsโ permission, nor do we seek their permission now.โ378Dennis Avery. โStatement on List of 500 Authors,โ The Heartland Institute, December 18, 2009. Archived July 28, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/wD2cF
Joseph Bast concluded that the โcomplaining scientists have crossed the line between scientific research and policy advocacy.โ379Joseph Bast. โControversy Arises Over Lists of Scientists Whose Research Contradicts Man-Made Global Warming Scares,โ The Heartland Institute, May 5, 2008. Archived July 28, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/QLkuc
April 2, 2007
The Heartland Institute promoted challenges by Lord Christopher Monckton and Dennis Avery to debate Al Gore on global warming.380Joseph Bast. โWhy Wonโt Al Gore Debate?โ The Heartland Institute, June 27, 2007. Archived July 28, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/2eBBP
Heartland ran advertisements in the New York Times and other media promoting the requested debate.
January 15, 2007
Heartland published a โGuidebook for State Legislatorsโ which, among other advice, suggests that legislators โshould oppose unnecessary and costly global warming programs.โ381Joseph L. Bast and Sandy Liddy Bourne. โEnergy Policy for America: A Guidebook for State Legislators,โ The Heartland Institute, January 2007. Archived July 11, 2008. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/Rcxmb
Bast has also published his own โLegislative Principles Seriesโ ( PDF), which was โwritten especially for elected officials and other opinion leaders.โ382Joseph L. Bast. โTen Principles of Energy Policyโ ( PDF), The Heartland Institute. Archived July 28, 2015. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
November 2006
Heartland sponsored a talk by Fred Singer and Dennis Avery titled โUnstoppable Global Warming Every 1500 Years.โ
Scientists at Realclimate reported and responded with a point/counterpoint discussion.383โAvery and Singer: Unstoppable hot air,โ RealClimate, November 20, 2006. Archived July 28, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/uosUy
August 2, 2002
The Heartland Institute wrote to President Bush, discouraging him from attending the UN Summit on Sustainable Development. Bush did not attend.
Representatives from other right-wing organizations including Americans for Tax Reform, the American Enterprise Institute, and the Competitive Enterprise Institute also contributed to the letter.384(Press Release) โAfrica: Corporate-funded Lobbyists Aimed to Sabotage Johannesburg Summit,โ AllAfrica.com, August 19, 2002. Archived July 28, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/Ns6bo
October 3, 2000
According to ExxonSecrets, Heartland filed a lawsuit against President Clinton for increasing funding for a report on climate change by the US Global Change Research Program.385โInhofe Joins Lawsuit Against Clinton โClimate Changeโ Report,โ Competitive Enterprise Institute, October 5, 2000. Archived April 3, 2014. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/nw2HG
April 2, 1996
Heartland published โEarth Day โ96,โ (PDF) a compilation of articles on environmental topics. The publication, distributed on college campuses, featured โAdventures in the Ozone Layerโ by S. Fred Singer, and โthe Cold Facts on Global Warmingโ by Sallie Baliunas. The articles denied the serious nature of ozone depletion and global warming.386The Heartlander, April 2, 1996 ( PDF). Retrieved from Greenpeace research documents. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
1990s โ Defending Tobacco
The Heartland Institute has consistently defended the tobacco industry, and has received funding from numerous tobacco companies including Philip Morris and RJ Reynolds.
Reproduced below is a 1999 letter from Joseph Bast to Roy Marden of Phillip Morris courtesy of the Legacy Tobacco Documents Library (see original PDF) that illustrates Heartlandโs stance on tobacco (Emphasis Added). Note that John Mashey refers to this letter in his report (p. 44) as potential evidence of Heartlandโs role as a lobbying organization.
July 27, 1999
Mr. Roy Marden
Manager of Industry Affairs
Philip Morris Management Cos.
120 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10017Dear Roy:
Thank you for inviting me to request renewed general operating support for The Heartland Institute for 1999. I note that Philip Morris contributed $5,000 last August (for a Gold Table at our annual benefit) and $25,000 in October (general operating support). It also has allowed you to serve on our Board of Directors, which has produced many positive results for the entire organization.
Because Heartland does many things that benefit Philip Morrisโ bottom line, things that no other organization does, I hope you will consider boosting your general operating support this year to $30,000 and once again reserve a Gold Table for an additional $5,000.
We genuinely need your financial support. Maybe by the end of this letter youโll agree that we merit even greater support; I certainly hope so!
Working with State Elected Officials
Unlike any other free-market think tank, Heartlandโs primary audience is the nationโs 7,500 state elected officials. We reach them more often, and generate from them more requests for research, than any other think tank in the country.
- PolicyFax, Heartlandโs free fax-on-demand information service for journalists and elected officials, received approximately 700 calls a month from state legislators and members of their staffs during 1998
- Over 110 elected state officials now serve on the PolicyFax Advisory Board, meaning they have volunteered to help choose documents and topics to feature on the service. Among pro-market groups, only ALEC has more state legislators involved in their programs.
- Every state and national elected official in the U.S. receives a steady stream of publications from Heartland โ four periodicals and less regular mailings of policy studies and other documents โ that have been designed to fill their information needs. Heartland is one of very few organizations that treats elected officials as customers, not opponents.
Supporting State-Based Think Tanks
- Heartland works with ALEC and the State Policy Network to support conservative and freemarket think tanks around the country. Heartland does as much as either of these organizations to support the state-based think tank movement. For example:
- PolicyFax features 6,000 documents from some 300 think tanks and advocacy groups, including all of the members of State Policy Network. PolicyFax is free for both the users and the groups that provide documents, and Heartland reports back to the publisher each month with information about how often its documents were ordered.
- Heartlandโs Intellectual Ammunition is the only magazine sent to all 8,000 state and national elected officials featuring the work of free-market policy analysts on the staffs of Heritage, NCPA, CEI, the Tax Foundation, Reason Foundation, Center for the Study of American Business, and other think tanks.
- Issues of three Heartland publications โ the bimonthly Intellectual Ammunition and monthly School Reform News and Environment News โ contain directories of freemarket groups and feature the work of other think tanks. Heartland is the only organization in the country that regularly promotes the work of other think tanks.
Work on Tobacco-related Issues
Heartland has devoted considerable attention to defending tobacco (and other industries) from what I view as being an unjust campaign of public demonization and legal harassment. Weโre an important voice defending smokers and their freedom to use a still-legal product.
- Tobacco is well represented on PolicyFax and in the quarterly PolicyFax Updates. In recent months we posted Brillโs Contentโs expose of EPAโs corrupt science on secondhand smoke and essays by Patrick Reilly for Capital Research Center, Jacob Sullum for Reason Foundation, Matt Kibbe for CSE,. J.D. Foster for the Tax Foundation, and Sean Paige for Insight. Some 21 articles on tobacco are available through PolicyFax.
- Intellectual Ammunition has carried two articles defending the tobacco industry since last October: the cover story of the March/April 1999 issue (โLifting the Skirts of โProgressiveโ Demonizersโ) and my essay, โDear Melissa: A Civil Libertarianโs Perspective on the War against Smoking.โ
- The Heartlander, our monthly newsletter for members, has called attention to the dangerous legal precedents and discriminatory taxes that are part of the campaign against tobacco in cover essays appearing in the October, November, and June issues.
- Recent and past Heartland publications on tobacco, including a Heartland Policy Study and several Perspectives, and the 21 documents on the subject available from PolicyFax, are all available on Heartlandโs Web site. Particularly popular are two of my essays, titled โFive Lies About Tobaccoโ and โJoe Camel is Innocent.โ
Coming Up
We expect to continue publishing School Reform News, Environment News, Intellectual Ammunition, and The Heartlander in the months ahead. Changing PolicyFax from a fax-on-demand service to an Internet-based service begins this week with the conversion of all 6,000 documents available from PolicyFax into a format that will enable them to be viewed or downloaded directly from the Web site.
We are also revamping our Web site to bring together into one place all the material on tobacco โ the policy study, op-eds, PolicyFax documents, and Heartlander essays โ and identify it as the โSmokerโs Loungeโ on the homepage. And we have discussed producing an Instant Expert Guide to Tobacco Litigation and reproducing an analysis done of the effect of a federal lawsuit against the tobacco industry on the level of payments states can expect to receive. Both of these projects are likely to come about in the coming months (though the latter only if it is still timely).
Funding Request
Roy, please consider renewing Philip Morrisโ general operating support of The Heartland Institute at the slightly higher level of $30,000. We rely heavily on companies like yours to produce a program that is every bit as ambitious and perhaps more effective than anything produced by a Washington D.C.-based group.
Please donโt hesitate to give me a call if you have questions or advice. I hope to hear from you soon.
Sincerely,
Joseph L. Bast
President
Heartland Institute Contact & Address
As of May, 2016, the Heartland Instituteโs address and contact information was listed as follows:387โAbout,โ The Heartland Institute. Archived May 28, 2016. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/VrMIx
The Heartland Institute
3939 North Wilke Road
Arlington Heights, Illinois 60004
Phone: 312/377-4000
Fax: 312/275-7942
Email: think@heartland.org
Related Organizations
Some of Heartland connections:
- โAssociate Member,โ State Policy Network.
- Member of the Cooler Heads Coalition.
- Formerly sponsored and hosted www.climatesearch.org.
- โClimateWikiโ is listed under โHeartland sitesโ on Heartlandโs website. www.climatesearch.org originally redirected to ClimateWiki, and appears to be defunct.
Publications
The Heartland Institute publishes six newspapers:
They also publish a monthly newsletter titled The Heartlander and there is also an online Heartlander Magazine that appears to cover similar issues to their six individual newspapers.
Possibly most notable among these newspapers is Environment & Climate News ( E&CN) which frequently features topics skeptical of climate change, and has a history of posting articles in favor of tobacco.
John Mashey devotes a large portion of his report (see p.82) to analysis of Environment and Climate News from June 2011 through January 2012 (approximately 1700 pages).
Social Media
- @HeartlandInst on Twitter.
- โHeartland Instituteโ on Facebook.
- โThe Heartland Instituteโ on LinkedIn.
Resources
The following Heartland Institute documents (apart from the IRS Form 990, which is a public document) were released by an anonymous source on February 14, 2012 (climate scientist Peter Gleick has since come forward as the source of the release):
- January 2012 Confidential Memo: 2012 Heartland Climate Strategy **
- Minutes of January 17 board meeting (.doc)
- Agenda for January 17, 2012 Board Meeting
- Board Meeting Package January 17, 2012
- Binder 1 (maybe overlap with above documents)
- 2012 Heartland Budget
- 2012 Heartland Fundraising Plan
- 2010 Heartland IRS Form 990 (public document)
**The Heartland Institute disputes the authenticity of the 2012 climate strategy, claiming the document is a โfake,โ and has threatened DeSmog with legal action. However, the organization has yet to provide concrete evidence to support these allegations.
Mashey Report
John Mashey published the following report, also on February 14, 2012, that examines the finances of the Heartland Institute and two other like-minded organizations:
- John R. Mashey. โFake Science, fakesperts, funny finances, free of tax: SEPP, Heartland, CSCDGC, allies & DONORSโ ( PDF), February 14, 2012.
Other Resources
- โHeartland Institute,โ SourceWatch entry.
- Steve Connor. โTobacco and oil pay for climate conference,โ The Independent, May 3, 2008. Archived July 28, 2015.
- โThe climate change smokescreen,โ The Sydney Morning Herald, August 2, 2008. Archived July 28, 2015.
- Greenpeace research documents on the Heartland Institute.
- โThe Heartland Institute,โ Wikipedia entry.
- McKnight, David. โThe climate change smokescreen,โ Sydney Morning Herald, August 2, 2008. Archived July 28, 2015.
Resources
- 1โSmoke, Mirrors & Hot Air: How ExxonMobil Uses Big Tobaccoโs Tactics to Manufacture Uncertainty on Climate Science ( PDF),โ Union of Concerned Scientists, January 2007. Archived July 26, 2015.
- 2โExxonMobil cuts off funding to (some) climate deniers,โ The Christian Science Monitor, May 29, 2008. Archived July 8, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/yVKMW
- 3โDavid H. Padden,โ The Heartland Institute. Archived March 2, 2005. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/fokqx
- 4โJames M. Taylor,โ The Heartland Institute. Archived September 7, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/4XefX
- 5Mark Ames. โRadicals for Corporate Pollution: The Koch Cartel & The Heartland Institute,โ The Exiled, February 15, 2012. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/zvCH4
- 6โHeart of the matter,โ Nature, 475 (July 28, 2011), Page 423โ424. Archived July 26, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/u2fAW
- 7Sam Bright. โNigel Farage Helps to Launch U.S. Climate Denial Group in UK,โ DeSmog, December 19, 2024.
- 8Lee Fang. โ COAL GIANT PROVIDED SECRET FINANCING TO GROUP CHALLENGING CLIMATE LAWSUITS,โThe Intercept, December 17, 2019. Archive.ph URL: https://archive.ph/hUjRt
- 9Scott Waldman. โMurray Energy a major funder of climate denial groups,โ E&E News, December 17, 2019. Archived December 20, 2019. Archive.ph URL: https://archive.ph/wip/WrDuT
- 10.Lisa Friedman. โA Coal Baron Funded Climate Denial as His Company Spiraled Into Bankruptcy,โ The New York Times, December 17, 2019. Archived December 20, 2019. Archive.ph URL: https://archive.ph/ujTS6
- 11Justin Gillis and Leslie Kaufman. โLeak Offers Glimpse of Campaign Against Climate Science,โ The New York Times, February 15, 2012. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/pQM80
- 12Richard Littlemore. โHeartland Insider Exposes Instituteโs Budget and Strategy,โ DeSmog, February 14, 2012.
- 13โToxic shock: A climate-change sceptic is melting,โ The Economist, May 26, 2012. Archived July 26, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/ovibH
- 14Brendan DeMelle. โWill Heartland Instituteโs Corporate Funders Tacitly Endorse Comparing Climate Realists to bin Laden and the Unabomber?โ DeSmog, May 4, 2012.
- 15Maureen Martin and Joseph Bast. โWelcome to Heartlandโs Smokerโs Lounge!โ The Heartland Institute, April 20, 2007. Archived July 26, 2015. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/TiLZ0
- 16โFive Lies about Tobacco: The Tobacco Bill Wasnโt about Kids,โ The Heartlander, July 1998. Archived at Scribd.com by user lhfang. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 17Nick Surgey and Lee Fang. โ VIDEO: Heartland Institute Reluctantly Stands by Denial of Cigarette Smoking Risks,โ Republic Report, April 30, 2014. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/HtjZt
- 18โPRESS RELEASE: HEARTLAND INSTITUTE NAMES FORMER CONGRESSMAN TIM HUELSKAMP INCOMING PRESIDENT,โ The Heartland Institute, June 29, 2017. Archived June 30, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/mzEuW
- 19Dan Miller. โHeartland Institute Announces Board Changes,โ The Heartland Institute, August 8, 2008. Archived July 26, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/92xzr
- 20โJoe Camel Is Innocent!โ The Heartland Institute, August 21, 1996. Archived July 26, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/MbN67
- 21
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- 348Brendan Montague. โPope Francis Should Answer to ExxonMobil Rather Than God, Imply Climate Deniers,โ DeSmog, April 27, 2015.
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- 350Joe Bast. โCatholics Should Put Freedom Above Sustainability Fad,โ Somewhat Reasonable, April 28, 2015. Archived July 28, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/LiPiz
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- 352โHeartland Institute Experts Comment on Wind Turbines Being a โHuman Health Hazardโ,โ PRWeb, October 29, 2014. Archived November 4, 2014. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/7PFoF Tom Harris
- 353โDuke Energyโs Shirley Wind Turbines Declared โHuman Health Hazardโ,โ Brown County Citizens for Responsible Wind Energy. Archived November 4, 2014. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/JeZZ0
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- 361โHeartland Instituteโs tobacco denial,โ YouTube video uploaded by user โEvidence Squared,โ April 18, 2017.
- 362Kert Davies. โ CIC Briefing: Craig Idso Heartland Institute NIPCC Climate Denial,โ Climate Investigations Center, April 8, 2014. Archived November 24, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/KPQXu
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- 367Anthony Watts. โHeartlandโs NIPCC report to be accepted by Chinese Academy of Sciences in special ceremony,โ Watts Up With That, June 12, 2013. Archived July 12, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/Mvn18
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- 373โSkeptics Handbook spreads en masse: 150,000 copies!โ joannenova.com, March 22, 2009. Archived July 28, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/9gg5q
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- 387โAbout,โ The Heartland Institute. Archived May 28, 2016. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/VrMIx