Heritage Foundation
Background
The Heritage Foundation is a conservative think tank founded in 1973 by Paul Weyrich to โformulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense.โ1โAbout Heritage,โ Heritage Foundation. Archived April 19, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/s9HcE
The Heritage Foundation has been a fervent opponent of the Kyoto Protocol and its online database of โpolicy expertsโ includes many climate change skeptics such as Patrick Michaels, Sallie Baliunas, Thomas Gale Moore, Robert Balling, and Fred Singer.2ExxonSecrets Factsheet: Heritage Foundation. Archived June 7, 2019. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/hqSo0 3โPolicy Experts,โ PolicyExperts.org. Archived April 20, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/d0aiz
The Heritage Foundation has had considerable influence over Republican politicians. It is estimated that two-thirds of the policy recommendations it made in 1981 were adopted by the Reagan Administration. The Heritage Foundation has been described as โthe most effective media operation in American politics.โ4Carl Deal. The Greenpeace guide to anti-environmental organizations. Odonian Press, Emeryville, Calif. Distributed through Publishers Group West, 1993. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/ucmdl 5Norman Solomon. โThe Media’s Favorite Think Tank,โ Extra!โ July/August 1996. Archived October 14, 2005. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmogBlog. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/SM1B0
Jim DeMint, former South Carolina Republican Senator, became Heritage Foundation president in 2013. According to The New York Times, this marked a shift in the foundation: โLong known as an incubator for policy ideas and the embodiment of the party establishment, it has become more of a political organization feeding off the rising populism of the Tea Party movement.โ6Jennifer Steinhauer and Jonathan Weisman, โIn the DeMint Era at Heritage, a Shift From Policy to Politics,โ New York Times, February 23, 2014. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/dHred
Heritage is a former member of the Cooler Heads Coalition (as of 2004).7โThe Cooler Heads Coalition,โ GlobalWarming.org. Archived April 12, 2004. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/lWnpt Thomas A. Roe, a member of the board of trustees of the Heritage Foundation, founded the State Policy Network in 1991 as a way to promote conservative policies at the state level.8โAbout SPN,โ State Policy Network. Archived November 24, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/3EQAV
It was also behind the right-wing news website Townhall.com. In 2005,ย Townhall.com split from The Heritage Foundation โin order to expand the scope of Townhall.com’s mission to inform, empower and mobilize citizens for political change.โ In 2006, it was acquired by Salem Communications.9โTownhall.com – the Leading Conservative and Political Opinion Website,โ TownHall.com. Archived November 24, 2016. ย Archive.is URL:ย https://archive.is/5Nl0E
The Heritage Foundation has been a member of the Atlas Network, a group that has been described as “The Johnny Appleseed of antiregulation groups,”10โAtlas Economic Research Foundation,โ SourceWatch profile. for as long as the Atlas Network has shared its membership directories.11“Global Directory: United States,” Atlas Network. Archived January 8, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/5Igb4
Donald Trump’s โShadow Transition Teamโ
Politico reports that the Heritage Foundation has emerged as one of the most influential forces behind Donald Trump‘s transition team.12Katie Glueck. โTrumpโs shadow transition team,โ Politico, November 22, 2016. Archived November 24, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/AdrXn
โPart gatekeeper, part brain trust and part boots on the ground, Heritage is both a major presence on the transition team itself and a crucial conduit between Trumpโs orbit and the once-skeptical conservative leaders who ultimately helped get him elected,โ Politco’s Katie Glueck writes.
Three sources with conservative groups said that Heritage employees were tracking resumes, looking to staff Trump’s administration with conservative appointees. One source described the effort as a โshadow transition teamโ and โan effort to have the right kind of people in there.โ13Katie Glueck. โTrumpโs shadow transition team,โ Politico, November 22, 2016. Archived November 24, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/AdrXn
The transition team is being assisted from Heritage officials including: 14Katie Glueck. โTrumpโs shadow transition team,โ Politico, November 22, 2016. Archived November 24, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/AdrXn
- Becky Norton Dunlop, distinguished fellow at Heritage
- Ed Meese, distinguished fellow emeritus
- James Carafano, Heritage national security expert
- Ed Feulner, founding trustee
- Rebekah Mercer, Heritage board member
A source reported that Rebekah Mercer had also been working with Heritage to recruit appointees for positions at the undersecretary level and below.15Katie Glueck. โTrumpโs shadow transition team,โ Politico, November 22, 2016. Archived November 24, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/AdrXn
Stance on Climate Change
2016
โ[C]limate change [โฆ] is a contentious and unproven scientific theory.โ โ Hans von Spakovsky, Senior Legal Fellow and manager of the Election Law Reform Initiative at The Heritage Foundation.16Hans von Spakovsky. โThe Left’s Climate Inquisitionโs New Target,โ The Daily Signal, April 8, 2016. Archived April 20, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/6ElPn
โRegardless of oneโs opinions on the degree to which climate change is occurring, regulations associated with the Paris accord will have no meaningful impact on the planetโs temperature.โ17Nicolas Loris. โTop 5 Reasons Congress Should Reject Obamaโs Climate Change Treaty,โ The Daily Signal, April 19, 2016. Archived April 20, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/FYmpk
2010
โWhat I conclude from a policy standpoint is that global warming is clearly not a crisis and should not be addressed as one โฆ None of the scary stuff about global warming is true, and what is true about global warming, what the science actually tells us about man’s role in changing the climate, is far from terrifying.โ โ Ben Lieberman, Senior Policy Analyst for Energy and Environment at The Heritage Foundation.18Ben Lieberman.โThe Economics of Global Warming Policy,โ The Heritage Foundation, June 16, 2010. Archived April 20, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/TPGCH
2009
โGlobal warming will not hurt the U.S. economy.โ19Conn Carroll. โStudy Shows Global Warming Will Not Hurt U.S. Economy,โ The Daily Signal, January 6, 2009. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/whGeJ
On Carbon Emissions
2016
โI think the serious people, the economists that have looked at this, understand there is a cost to reducing carbon emissions, because CO2 is a necessary byproduct of their most affordable and reliable energy sources, which are the natural resources of coal, natural gas, and petroleum. To take that choice away from people forces them to more expensive sources of energyโ โ David Kreutzer, research fellow in energy economics and climate change at The Heritage Foundation.20Chris Woodward. โThere’s a cost to reducing carbon emissions,โ OneNewsNow.com, April 18, 2016. Archived April 20, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/hnG0F
Funding
The following is based on data compiled by the Conservative Transparency Project. Note that not all funding information has been verified by DeSmog.21โThe Heritage Foundation,โ Conservative Transparency. Data retrieved May 28, 2016.
View the attached spreadsheet for additional information on The Heritage Foundation’s funding by year (.xlsx).
Donor | Total |
Sarah Scaife Foundation | $27,535,000 |
Howard Charitable Foundation | $19,300,000 |
The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation | $16,507,202 |
The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation | $15,000,000 |
DeVos Urban Leadership Initiative | $13,300,000 |
Herrick Foundation | $12,530,000 |
National Christian Charitable Foundation | $11,148,999 |
Diana Davis Spencer Foundation | $9,049,250 |
John M. Olin Foundation | $8,620,835 |
Lillian S. Wells Foundation | $7,242,428 |
Claude R. Lambe Charitable Foundation | $5,262,571 |
Schwab Charitable Fund | $4,718,796 |
Castle Rock Foundation | $3,098,760 |
The Carthage Foundation | $2,544,000 |
The Richard and Helen DeVos Foundation | $2,200,000 |
Mercer Family Foundation | $2,000,000 |
Searle Freedom Trust | $1,925,000 |
The Roe Foundation | $1,831,000 |
DonorsTrust | $1,826,755 |
Jaquelin Hume Foundation | $1,725,000 |
F.M. Kirby Foundation | $1,595,000 |
Armstrong Foundation | $1,370,000 |
Allegheny Foundation | $1,350,000 |
Aequus Institute | $1,266,827 |
Barney Family Foundation | $1,240,000 |
Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation | $1,206,630 |
William E. Simon Foundation | $1,187,500 |
Deramus Foundation | $1,100,000 |
Philip M. McKenna Foundation | $1,025,000 |
The Galbraith Foundation | $1,000,000 |
Robert S. and Star Pepper Foundation | $970,000 |
Charles M & Gloria F Parrish Foundation | $950,000 |
Adolph Coors Foundation | $950,000 |
John Templeton Foundation | $930,821 |
Richard Seth Staley Educational Foundation | $880,795 |
John Dawson Foundation | $725,400 |
Exxon Mobil | $725,000 |
Scaife Family Foundation | $702,640 |
The Thirteen Foundation | $700,000 |
Stuart Family Foundation | $657,500 |
Holman Foundation | $656,971 |
William H. Donner Foundation | $614,500 |
Albert and Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation | $502,000 |
Robert and Audrey Zinser Charitable Foundation | $429,707 |
Lovett and Ruth Peters Foundation | $400,000 |
Walton Family Foundation | $385,000 |
Pew Charitable Trusts | $350,000 |
Peter G. Peterson Foundation | $350,000 |
Bill and Berniece Grewcock Foundation | $345,000 |
Fairchild-Martindale Foundation | $320,000 |
Sidney A. Swensrud Foundation | $299,812 |
Donors Capital Fund | $296,000 |
Dorothy D. and Joseph A. Moller Foundation | $260,000 |
Pierre F. and Enid Goodrich Foundation | $245,000 |
PhRMA | $240,000 |
Stiles-Nicholson Foundation | $232,700 |
National Philanthropic Trust | $215,243 |
The TWS Foundation | $200,000 |
JM Foundation | $185,000 |
Same Line Foundation | $170,250 |
Dodge Jones Foundation | $167,500 |
The Vernon K. Krieble Foundation | $153,400 |
Lowndes Foundation | $152,000 |
Orville D. and Ruth A. Merillat Foundation | $150,000 |
John William Pope Foundation | $150,000 |
Dick and Betsy DeVos Family Foundation | $125,000 |
The Challenge Foundation | $120,000 |
The Weiler Foundation | $120,000 |
Joyce and Donald Rumsfeld Foundation | $116,000 |
Apex Foundation | $105,000 |
The McWethy Foundation | $100,000 |
Thomas W Smith Foundation | $100,000 |
Fairbrook Foundation | $100,000 |
Kantner Foundation | $98,312 |
Ed Uihlein Family Foundation | $85,000 |
Legett Foundation | $81,500 |
Tepper Family Foundation | $79,250 |
The Hamlin Family Foundation | $77,500 |
Robert and Marie Hansen Foundation | $70,000 |
K W Grader Foundation | $68,000 |
The Rodney Fund | $66,000 |
Richard F. Aster Jr. Foundation | $64,000 |
Huizenga Foundation | $64,000 |
The Opportunity Foundation | $57,000 |
The Whitcomb Charitable Foundation | $51,000 |
MyWireless.org | $50,000 |
George Edward Durell Foundation | $50,000 |
Earhart Foundation | $50,000 |
Arthur N. Rupe Foundation | $48,500 |
Leadership Institute | $45,935 |
The Shelby Cullom Davis Foundation | $45,000 |
The A William & Eileen Pratt Foundation | $44,450 |
Bochnowski Family Foundation | $40,000 |
Bradley Impact Fund | $27,000 |
Kickapoo Springs Foundation | $25,000 |
Neal and Jane Freeman Foundation | $20,000 |
The Marcus Foundation | $20,000 |
Eyas Foundation | $17,500 |
Charles and Ann Johnson Foundation | $17,000 |
Edgar and Elsa Prince Foundation | $15,000 |
True Foundation | $14,000 |
Thewes Family Foundation | $14,000 |
Chiavacci Family Foundation | $12,000 |
Charles Koch Institute | $12,000 |
Woodhouse Family Foundation | $12,000 |
Einhorn Family Foundation | $12,000 |
PG Beil Foundation | $11,500 |
Robert and Nina Rosenthal Foundation | $11,000 |
Wodecroft Foundation | $10,500 |
Floyd Foundation | $10,000 |
Chase Foundation of Virginia | $10,000 |
Eric Javits Family Foundation | $8,250 |
The Randolph Foundation | $5,000 |
Barbara and Barre Seid Foundation | $5,000 |
Whatley Foundation | $4,500 |
Cato Institute | $2,500 |
John P & Kathryn G Evans Foundation | $2,500 |
Bradey Education Foundation | $2,000 |
It Takes A Family Foundation | $1,035 |
Dunn’s Foundation for the Advancement of Right Thinking | $1,000 |
Logos Charitable Fund | $500 |
Foundation for Economic Education | $300 |
Betcher Family Foundation | $250 |
Gilder Foundation | $100 |
Grand Total | $197,793,674 |
ExxonMobil Funding
According to ExxonSecrets, Heritage Foundation has received $780,000 from ExxonMobil since 1998.22ExxonSecrets Factsheet: Heritage Foundation. Archived June 7, 2019. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/hqSo0
Koch Funding
According to Greenpeace, The Heritage Foundation received $6,130,201 from Koch foundations from 1997 to 2017.23โThe Heritage Foundation: Koch Industries Climate Denial Front Group,โ Greenpeace USA. Archived March 14, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/p3KBb
Year | Claude R. Lambe Charitable Foundation | Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation | Charles Koch Institute | Grand Total |
*1986 | $5,000 | $5,000 | ||
*1987 | $5,000 | $5,000 | ||
*1991 | $5,000 | $5,000 | ||
*1992 | $10,000 | $10,000 | ||
*1995 | $50,000 | $50,000 | ||
*1996 | $64,000 | $64,000 | ||
1997 | $265,000 | $3,000 | $268,000 | |
1998 | $65,000 | $65,000 | ||
1999 | $75,000 | $75,000 | ||
2001 | $150,000 | $150,000 | ||
2002 | $385,000 | $385,000 | ||
2003 | $405,000 | $405,000 | ||
2004 | $465,000 | $465,000 | ||
2005 | $465,000 | $465,000 | ||
2006 | $465,000 | $465,000 | ||
2007 | $465,000 | $465,000 | ||
2008 | $225,000 | $225,000 | ||
2009 | $618,571 | $618,571 | ||
2010 | $500,000 | $500,000 | ||
2012 | $650,000 | $11,274 | $661,274 | |
2013 | $300,000 | $300,000 | ||
2014 | $200,000 | $200,000 | ||
2015 | $3,480 | $3,480 | ||
2016 | $206,938 | $206,938 | ||
2017 | $206,938 | $206,938 | ||
2018 | $200,000 | |||
Grand Total | $5,262,571 | $1,206,630 | $12,000 | $6,481,201 |
*Original tax forms prior to 1997 are no longer available for verification.
990 Forms
Key People
View key people by year below, or view the attached spreadsheet for a full list of the Heritage Foundation’s key People (.xlsx) including sources.
Policy Experts
The Heritage Foundation maintains a project of PolicyExperts.org, which maintains a list of US“24“US Experts,” Policy Experts. Archived July 21, 2023. and International “experts.”25“Intl Experts,” Policy Experts. Archived July 21, 2023.
ExxonSecrets noted that Heritage Foundation’s Policy experts have included notable climate change deniers such as:26“FACTSHEET: HERITAGE FOUNDATION, HERITAGE,” ExxonSecrets. Archived July 15, 2016.
View a full, searchable list of Heritage Foundation’s policy experts below, as of 2023:
Actions
November 2023
Axios reported the Heritage Foundation was responsible for orchestrating a “government-in-waiting” via its Project 2025,27Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen. “Behind the Curtain: Trump allies pre-screen loyalists for unprecedented power grab,” Axios, November 13, 2023. Archived November 23, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/tp8c8 which describes the goal of its 2025 Presidential Transition Project as to “collectively, pave the way for an effective conservative administration: a policy agenda, personnel, training, and a 180-day playbook.28“About Project 2025,” Project 2025. Archived November 23, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/erV6J
“Think of it as a transition team set in motion years in advance,” Axios reported. “Former President Trump’s allies are pre-screening the ideologies of thousands of potential foot soldiers, as part of an unprecedented operation to centralize and expand his power at every level of the U.S. government if he wins in 2024, officials involved in the effort tell Axios.”29Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen. “Behind the Curtain: Trump allies pre-screen loyalists for unprecedented power grab,” Axios, November 13, 2023. Archived November 23, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/tp8c8
March 15, 2022
James Carafano, vice president of the Heritage Foundation’s Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy and E. W. Richardson Fellow, was quoted as an “expert” by Fox News in an article claiming “Russia duped Europe into energy dependence by funding ‘rabid environmental groups’.“30Emma Colton. “Russia duped Europe into energy dependence by funding ‘rabid environmental groups’: experts,” Fox News, March 15, 2022. Archived March 21, 2022. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/fIA6h
“The Russians actually fund some of the most rabid environmental groups in Europe because they sic them on the energy projects that arenโt Russian,” Carafano told Fox News in a phone interview.
Fox News also quoted Michael Shellenberger from an earlier interview, where he had suggested “You’re not really an independent nation if you depend on foreign countries so heavily for your energy supplies.”
February 11, 2022
Heritage president Kevin Roberts wrote an op ed in the Sacramento Bee describing โbig techโ companies as an โenemy of the American peopleโ because of their alleged โwoke ideologyโ and โdiscrimination against conservative books and media.โ Robert alleged that this includes the โroutine, partisan deplatforming of โdisinformationโ that often boils down to differences of opinion.โ31Kevin Roberts. “Itโs Time To Win the War Against Big Tech,” The Heritage Foundation, February 11, 2022. Archived April 6, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/4CGAY
The op ed cited a Heritage Foundation report that criticized platforms like YouTube for censoring โcontent that contradicts left-wing orthodoxy.โ32Kara Frederick. “Combating Big Techโs Totalitarianism: A Road Map” (PDF), The Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 3678 (February 8, 2022). Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
May 13, 2021
Mother Jones obtained leaked video provided by watchdog group Documented revealing Heritage Foundationโs potential role in voter suppression laws in Georgia.33Ari Berman and Nick Surgey. “Leaked Video: Dark Money Group Brags About Writing GOP Voter Suppression Bills Across the Country,” Mother Jones, May 13, 2021. Archived May 25, 2021. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/M4lgZ
Jessica Anderson, executive director at Heritage Action for America, a sister organization of the Heritage Foundation, stated in a private meeting that โeight key provisions that Heritage recommendedโ had made their way into the final Georgia law, which was passed on March 25, 2020.34Ari Berman and Nick Surgey. “Leaked Video: Dark Money Group Brags About Writing GOP Voter Suppression Bills Across the Country,” Mother Jones, May 13, 2021. Archived May 25, 2021. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/M4lgZ
The law included limitations on mail ballot drop boxes, additional voter requirements for mail-in ballots, and prohibitions on counties accepting donations from non-profit organizations looking to expand Georgiaโs voting base. The initiative formed part of a wider campaign, which involved spending $24 million over two years in eight battleground states, to restrict voting rights.35Ari Berman and Nick Surgey. “Leaked Video: Dark Money Group Brags About Writing GOP Voter Suppression Bills Across the Country,” Mother Jones, May 13, 2021. Archived May 25, 2021. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/M4lgZ
Mother Jones noted all of those recommendations were part of the Heritage Foundationโs February 2021 report. 36โThe Facts About Election Integrity and the Need for States to Fix Their Election Systems (PDF), The Heritage Foundation factsheet No. 196 (February 1, 2021). Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
During the private meeting with political donors in Tucson, Arizona during April 2021, Anderson reportedly stated she had told the Governor of Georgia: โDo not wait to sign that bill. If you wait even an hour, you will look weak. This bill needs to be signed immediately.โ37โThe Facts About Election Integrity and the Need for States to Fix Their Election Systems (PDF), The Heritage Foundation factsheet No. 196 (February 1, 2021). Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
The Heritage Foundation also drafted three provisions in legislation which Iowa Republicans had adopted prior to Georgiaโs law. Anderson stated: โWe worked quietly with the Iowa state legislature. We got the best practices to them. We helped draft the bills. We made sure activists were calling the state legislators, getting support, showing up at their public hearings, giving testimony.โ38โThe Facts About Election Integrity and the Need for States to Fix Their Election Systems (PDF), The Heritage Foundation factsheet No. 196 (February 1, 2021). Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
Mike Marshall, Executive Director of the Iowa Ethics & Campaign Disclosure Board, opened an investigation into the claims made by Anderson regarding the Heritage Foundationโs role in pushing the aforementioned legislation. An article in EIN Presswire written by Iowaโs State Democrats stated: โThe claims made recently by Heritage Action about their role in secretly pushing voter suppression legislation in Iowa and other states are disturbing.โ39“Iowa Executive Branch launches investigation into Heritage Foundation allegations,” EINPresswire (news provided by Iowa Senate Democrats), May 18, 2021. Archived May 25, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/TE9wb
September 25, 2018
Heritage Foundation Senior Statistician Kevin Dayaratna testified before the Oregon Joint Interim Committee on Carbon Reduction on the economic and climate impacts of proposed carbon regulations being considered by the Oregon State Legislature.40Aubrey Wieber. โStatistician tells lawmakers extreme weather rise is myth,โ Portland Tribune, October 1, 2018. Archived October 24, 2018. Archive.is URL: http://archive.is/e6w6c
Video of the meeting is available at the Oregon State Legislatureโs website.
Dayaratna asserted a proposed cap and trade policy would result in the elimination of thousands of jobs and have little to no effect on the climate.
He responded to questioning about the apparent links between climate change and extreme weather events as โmyths propagated by the mainstream media.โ41Aubrey Wieber. โStatistician tells lawmakers extreme weather rise is myth,โ Portland Tribune, October 1, 2018. Archived October 24, 2018. Archive.is URL: http://archive.is/e6w6c
September 19, 2018
UK Treasury minister Liz Truss met with representatives from the Heritage Foundation during a visit to Washington DC, Greenpeace’s investigative unit, Unearthed, found. The taxpayer-funded trip also included meetings with the Cato Institute, the American Enterprise Institute, Americans for Tax Reform, and the American Legislative Exchange Council.42Lawrence Carter. โLiz Truss met with โdark moneyโ think tanks during taxpayer funded trip to Washington DC,โ Unearthed, December 19, 2018. Archived December 22, 2018. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/onRDJ
January 23, 2018
The Heritage Foundation claimed that the Trump Administration had implemented nearly two-thirds of a list of 334 policy recommendations titled the โMandate for Leadershipโ series. View the full list here.43โTrump Administration Embraces Heritage Foundation Policy Recommendations,โ The Heritage Foundation, January 23, 2018. Archived February 5, 2018. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/B92aO 44โMandate for Leadership Policy Recommendations,โ ScribD document uploaded by user โThe Heritage Foundation.โ Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
โOver the past several months, Heritageโs executive branch relations staff reviewed the 334 policy recommendations and met with senior administration officials in the several agencies. Heritage analysts briefed administration officials on the recommendations, provided additional insight and information, and advocated for reform,โ the Foundation notes.45โTrump Administration Embraces Heritage Foundation Policy Recommendations,โ The Heritage Foundation, January 23, 2018. Archived February 5, 2018. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/B92aO
โExamples of some of the most notable policy recommendations and their adoption or implementation by the Trump administration include:
Leaving the Paris Climate Accord: In August 2017, Trump announced the U.S. was ending its funding and membership in the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.
Repealing Net Neutrality: In December 2017, Trumpโs Federal Communications Commission chairman proposed ending the 2015 network neutrality rules.
Reshaping National Monuments: Heritageโs recommendation to prohibit Land Acquisition (Cap and Reduce the Size of the Federal Estate) was adopted by Trump when he issued two executive orders effectively shrinking the size of national monuments in Utah.
Reinstating the Mexico City Policy: This executive order prevents taxpayer money from funding international groups involved in abortion and ending funding to the United Nations
Population fund. On Jan. 23, 2017, in his first pro-life action, Trump signed an executive order today reinstating the Mexico City Policy.
Increasing Military Spending: Trumpโs budget calls for a $54 billion increase in military spending to improve capacity, capability, and readiness of Americaโs armed forces.Reforming Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (TANF): The Trump administration adopted and is in favor of strengthening existing work requirements in order to receive benefits.
Allowing Development of Natural Resources: The Trump administration opened off-shore drilling and on federal lands. Executive Order 13783 directed Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to commence federal land coal leasing activities.
Reforming Government Agencies: Trump tasked each of his Cabinet secretaries to prepare detailed plans on how they propose to reduce the scope and size of their respective departments while streamlining services and ensuring each department runs more efficiently and handles tax dollars appropriately.
Withdrawing from UNESCO: In October 2017, Trump announced he was putting an end to U.S. membership in the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).โ46โTrump Administration Embraces Heritage Foundation Policy Recommendations,โ The Heritage Foundation, January 23, 2018. Archived February 5, 2018. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/B92aO
May 8, 2017
Heritage Action for America and The Heritage Foundation, represented Michael Needham and Michael Costigan respectively, were 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.โ47โDear 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.48Graham 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.49Susanne 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
Apri, 28, 2017
Several news sources reported that Heritage Foundation president Jim DeMint was being forced out as leader of the group due to internal tensions inside the group. His ouster had been described by a โcoupโ against him, The New York Times reported.50Jeremy W. Peters and Maggie Haberman. โJim DeMint Is Said to Be Out at Heritage Foundation,โ The New York Times, April 28, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/vCkXU
Politico reported that the move was imminent and that additional changes would likely be coming soon, according to a GOP Operative that works with DeMint. There’s massive turmoil over there right now,โ the operative said. President Donald Trump had praised DeMint around the time the news broke, mentioning him by name, calling him โamazingโ and โa real friend.โ51Nancy Cook, Eliana Johnson and Kenneth P. Vogel. โDeMint to be ousted from Heritage Foundation,โ Politico, April 28, 2017. Archived May 2, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/c319y 52John Wagner. โTrump praises Jim DeMint, who soon might be ousted from Heritage Foundation job,โ The Washington Post, April 28, 2017. Archived May 2, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/DETY6
February 22 – 25, 2017
The Heritage Foundation was a Presenting Sponsor of the 2017 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), among a range of other conservative and pro-industry groups.53โCPAC 2017 Sponsors,โ cpac.conservative.org. Archived March 6, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/SKFRU
Heritage reported that they had nine speakers who addressed CPAC over three days including Rob Bluey, Lindsey Burke, Mike Gonzalez, Bruce Klingner, Ana Quintana, Bryan Riley, Grant Strobl, and Bridget Wagner. Jim DeMint, president of Heritage, also spoke at the event.54โHeritage Has Strong Presence at CPAC 2017,โ The Heritage Foundation, February 22, 2017. Archived March 9, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/krXa4
January 12, 2017
Michael Needham of Heritage Action for America, an affiliate of the Heritage Foundation, 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:55โDear Senators,โ (PDF), Competitive Enterprise Institute, January 12, 2017. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- Thomas Pyle, American Energy Alliance
- 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
- Joseph Bast, Heartland 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
December 8, 2016
The Heritage Foundation is a co-sponsor of the Texas Public Policy Foundation‘s โAt the Crossroads III: Energy and Climate Policy Summit.โ The event, describing itself as โthe premier energy-and-climate policy event in America,โ has historically attracted a range of prominent climate change deniers. The event description invites attendees to โJoin national policymakers, leading energy experts, and the fieldโs most innovative minds to explore whatโs next in energy policy, whatโs coming in climate science, and how you may affect both.โ Note the full video is now listed as “private” on YouTube.56โAt the Crossroads III: Energy and Climate Policy Summit,โ The Heritage Foundation. Archived November 24, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/KTgct
The agenda listed the following speakers:
- Brooke Rollins, President, Texas Public Policy Foundation
- Becky Norton Dunlop, Ronald Reagan Distinguished Fellow, The Heritage Foundation
- The Honorable Mike Lee (R-UT), Member, Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources, and Chairman, Subcommittee on Water & Power
- The Honorable Lamar Smith (R-TX), Chairman, House Committee on Science, Space and Technology
- The Honorable Pete Olson (R-TX), Chairman, Subcommittee on Energy & Power, House Committee on Energy & Commerce
- The Honorable Gary Palmer (R-TX), Member, House Committee on Science, Space and Technology
- Michael Needham, Chief Executive Officer, Heritage Action for America โ Moderator
- The Honorable James Inhofe (R-OK), Chairman, Senate Environment & Public Works Committee
- The Honorable Kathleen Hartnett White, Director, Armstrong Center for Energy & the Environment, TPPF
- Stephen Moore, Distinguished Visiting Fellow, The Heritage Foundation
- Bud Brigham, Chairman, Brigham Resources, and Founder, Anthem Ventures โ Moderator
- David W. Kreutzer, Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow, Center for Data Analysis, The Heritage Foundation
- Patrick J. Michaels, Director, Center for the Study of Science, Cato Institute
- Mark P. Mills, Chief Executive Officer, Digital Power Group; Senior Fellow, The Manhattan Institute; and Faculty Fellow, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, Northwestern University
- Horace Cooper, Adjunct Fellow, National Center for Public Policy Research โ Moderator
- Patrick Forkin, Vice President Strategy & Global Energy Analytics, Peabody Energy
- Allen Gilmer, President, Texas Independent Petroleum Producers Association
- Karen Harbert, President, Institute for 21st Century Energy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce (Invited)
- Nick Loris, The Herbert and Joyce Morgan Fellow, The Heritage Foundation โ Moderator
- Dr. Richard Lindzen, Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Meteorology, MIT
- Dr. Willie Soon, Astrophysicist and Independent Scientist
- Andrew M. Grossman, Co-Founder, Free Speech in Science Project โ Moderator
- Dr. William Happer, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Princeton University
- Dr. Craig Idso, Chairman, Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change
- Dr. Roy Spencer, Principal Research Scientist, University of Alabama in Huntsville
Doug Domenech, director of the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s โFueling Freedomโ project, wrote about the proceedings at The Hill. Domenech outlined the common climate change denial message shared among the speakers: โ Is climate change real? Yes, it has happened in the past and will happen in the future. Is man making an impact on the climate? Perhaps but in very small ways. But the overarching consensus remains the climate change we are experiencing is by no means catastrophic.โ57Doug Domenech. โClimate change: Speaking truth to power,โ The Hill, December 13, 2016. Archived December 21, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/zAEH5
Many of the speakers at the event have close ties to Donald Trump and his transition team. Becky Norton Dunlop, Ronald Reagan Distinguished Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, was deputy to the senior adviser on President-Elect Donald Trump’s transition team for policy and personnel.58Raoul Wootliff. โBacking far-right Swede, Trump proxy shuns top Israeli official,โ The Times of Israel, December 21, 2016. Archived December 22, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/yfI8b
Brooke Rollins, President and CEO of the Texas Public Policy Foundation, is on Trump’s economic advisory council. Two other members of Trump’s โeconomic advisory team,โ are Kathleen Hartnett-White and Stephen Moore. Hartnett-White was also in the running for a top EPA position.59Patrick Svitek. โAs Trump Struggles, Texas Republicans Stand by Him,โ The Texas Tribune, August 19, 2016. Archived December 22, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/Q24ZJ
Climate change denier James Inhofe was said to be joining Trump’s National Security Advisory Council. Other connections include David Kreutzer, who is on Trump’s โlanding teamโ and Allen Gilmer, CEO at Drilling Info, Inc., who donated $2,700 to Donald John Trump, Sr. on September 28, 2016 according to disclosures.60(Press Release). โTRUMP CAMPAIGN ANNOUNCES NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL,โ DonaldJTrump.com, October 7, 2016. Archived December 22, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/55x1q 61โAllen Gilmer,โ Relationship Science. Archived December 22, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/2EPUZ
During his presentation, Richard Lindzen said โthe only meaningful question would be whether we are seeing anything sufficiently unusual to warrant concern and the answer to this is unambiguously no.โ62Doug Domenech. โClimate change: Speaking truth to power,โ The Hill, December 13, 2016. Archived December 21, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/zAEH5
Corbin Robertson of Quintana Resources said, โI’m gonna start out with a confession, I’m guilty. I’m guilty of providing goods and services and clean affordable energy to the world’s growing population and now the environmentalists and the media want to convict me for my services to humanity.โ63Doug Domenech. โClimate change: Speaking truth to power,โ The Hill, December 13, 2016. Archived December 21, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/zAEH5
July 12, 2016
The Heritage Foundation, represented by Bridgett Wagner, 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.64Jim Lakely. โ#WebOfDenial Push by Senate Dems Exposes Their Hatred of Free Speech,โ Somewhat Reasonable, July 12, 2016. Archived July 14, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/eFCkh
According to the Climate Investigations Center, all but one of the open letter’s signatory organizations have taken money (totalling at least $92 million since 1997) from the โclimate denial webโ including Koch Brothers’ various foundations, ExxonMobil, and two โDark Moneyโ organizations, Donors Trust and Donors Capital Fund.65Cindy 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.โ66Brendan 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.67โCoalition 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 24, 2016
Writing in the Heritage Foundation’s The Daily Signal, Heritage policy analyst Katie Tubb describes the striking down of Wyoming’s Bureau of Land Managementโs hydraulic fracking rule as a โwin for good environmental policy.โ68Katie Tubb. โCourt Says BLM Canโt โBootstrapโ Itself to Regulating Fracking,โ The Daily Signal, June 24, 2016. Archived June 24, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/cUjTx
The regulatory rule would have set federal water, chemical disclosure, and construction requirements for fracking operations on federal and Indian lands.69Katie Tubb. โCourt Says BLM Canโt โBootstrapโ Itself to Regulating Fracking,โ The Daily Signal, June 24, 2016. Archived June 24, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/cUjTx
June 23, 2016
Ted Bromund, senior research fellow at The Heritage Foundation, describes Britain’s exit from the european union (โBrexitโ) as โa victory for all Britons who voted.โ70Ted Bromund. โFor Britain, June 23 Is Independence Day,โ The Daily Signal, June 24, 2016. Archived June 24, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/2aYIf
โIt is a triumph for the simple idea that Britain should be governed by the British people. And it is a tremendous, crushing rebuke for the European Union, and its desire to override the sovereignty of the nations of Europe,โ Bromund writes in The Daily Signal.71Ted Bromund. โFor Britain, June 23 Is Independence Day,โ The Daily Signal, June 24, 2016. Archived June 24, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/2aYIf
June 2016
The Heritage Foundation was listed among organizations named in a Massachusetts subpoena looking for communications between ExxonMobil and organizations denying climate change, reports The Washington Times.72Valerie Richardson. โExxon fights Mass. AGโs โpoliticalโ probe into climate change dissent,โ The Washington Times, June 15, 2016. Archived June 24, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/FYZix
Epstein’s response, writes The Washington Times, was โBuzz off, fascist. [โฆ] Only he didnโt say ‘buzz.’โ Organizations named in the Massachusetts subpoena included the following:73Valerie Richardson. โExxon fights Mass. AGโs โpoliticalโ probe into climate change dissent,โ The Washington Times, June 15, 2016. Archived June 24, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/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.74Ben Jervey. โState Investigations Into What Exxon Knew Double, and Exxon Gets Defensive,โ Desmog, April 1, 2016.
April 13, 2016
Three Heritage Foundation researchers, including Nicolas Loris (formerly of the Charles G. Koch Foundation), claim to have modeled the impact of President Obama’s plans to combat climate change based on the 2015 UN Climate Change Conference in Paris and found it to have โessentially zero environmental benefits.โ75โNicolas Loris,โ The Heritage Foundation. Archived April 20, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/lyk3r 76Kevin D. Dayaratna, Nicolas Loris, and David W. Kreutzer. โConsequences of Paris Protocol: Devastating Economic Costs, Essentially Zero Environmental Benefits,โ The Heritage Foundation, April 13, 2016. Archived April 20, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/I6lrp
According to the authors, โrestricting energy production to meet targets like those of the Paris agreement will significantly harm the U.S. economy.โ They contend that โ Policymakers should therefore make every effort possible to prevent implementation of these harmful environmental regulations.โ77Kevin D. Dayaratna, Nicolas Loris, and David W. Kreutzer. โConsequences of Paris Protocol: Devastating Economic Costs, Essentially Zero Environmental Benefits,โ The Heritage Foundation, April 13, 2016. Archived April 20, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/I6lrp
Shortly after the โbackgrounderโ was released, Nicolas Loris published a similarly-themed article in The Heritage Foundation’s The Daily Signal entitled โTop 5 Reasons Congress Should Reject Obama’s Climate Change Treaty.โ78Nicolas Loris. โTop 5 Reasons Congress Should Reject Obamaโs Climate Change Treaty,โ The Daily Signal, April 19, 2016. Archived April 20, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/FYmpk
March 4, 2016
Research fellows Salim Furth and David W. Kreutzer of The Heritage Foundation argue against Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards, calling them a โcostly mistake.โ79โFuel Economy Standards Are a Costly Mistake,โ The Heritage Foundation, March 4, 2016. Archived April 20, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/kvF2K
They cite a research article by prominent economist Richard Tol and claim that a 2.5 degree Celsius increase in average world temperature would increase world gross domestic product (GDP) by up to 2.3 percent.80โFuel Economy Standards Are a Costly Mistake,โ The Heritage Foundation, March 4, 2016. Archived April 20, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/kvF2K
February 2, 2016
<[>Steven Groves, Bernard and Barbara Lomas Senior Research Fellow at The Heritage Foundation, testified before the Committee on Science, Space, & Technology of the United States House of Representatives on why he believes the Paris Climate agreement is โA bad deal for America.โ 81Steven Groves. โParis Climate Promise: A Bad Deal for America,โ The Heritage Foundation, February 2, 2016. Archived April 20, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/js013
Groves recommends that Congress should โBlock funding for the Paris Agreementโ because he contends the agreement is โillegitimate.โ His other recommendations include โWithhold funding for the UNFCCCโ and to โTake prophylactic legislative measures [โฆ] to ensure that no adaptation funding committed under the Paris Agreement is authorized.โ82Steven Groves. โParis Climate Promise: A Bad Deal for America,โ The Heritage Foundation, February 2, 2016. Archived April 20, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/js013
July 7, 2015
The Heritage Foundation’s Nicolas Loris published a research report titled โThe Many Problems of the EPAโs Clean Power Plan and Climate Regulations: A Primer,โ one month prior to President Obama’s and the EPA‘s announcement of the Clean Power Plan.83โThe Many Problems of the EPAโs Clean Power Plan and Climate Regulations: A Primer,โ Heritage Foundation, July 7, 2015. Archived April 20, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/VU0D5 84โClean Power Plan,โ EPA, August 3, 2015. Archived April 20, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/xklfq
In the report’s abstract, Loris writes the โObama Administrationโs proposed climate-change regulations will exact a high price on Americans and have a negligible impactโif anyโon global temperatures.โ85โThe Many Problems of the EPAโs Clean Power Plan and Climate Regulations: A Primer,โ Heritage Foundation, July 7, 2015. Archived April 20, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/VU0D5
Loris continues, stating that โHigher energy bills for families, individuals, and businesses will destroy jobs and strain economic growthโand it will all be for naught.โ86โThe Many Problems of the EPAโs Clean Power Plan and Climate Regulations: A Primer,โ Heritage Foundation, July 7, 2015. Archived April 20, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/VU0D5
July 7โ9, 2015
The Heritage Foundation was a co-sponsor of The Heartland Institute’s Tenth International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC10) in Washington, DC.87โSponsors,โ ICCC10. Archived July 15, 2015. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/Uyj2K
July 7-9, 2014
The Heritage Foundation is listed as an official Co-sponsor of the Heartland Institute‘s Ninth International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC9).88โICCC9 CoSponsors,โ Heartland Institute. Archived September 23, 2015. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/8JFQL 89โReturn of Climate Denial-a-Palooza: Heartland Institute Hitches Anti-Science Wagon to Vegas FreedomFest,โ DeSmog, July 7, 2014.
August 28, 2012
The Heritage Foundation’s Nicolas Loris published a research report titled โHydraulic Fracturing: Critical for Energy Production, Jobs, and Economic Growth.โ90โHydraulic Fracturing: Critical for Energy Production, Jobs, and Economic Growth,โ Heritage Foundation, August 28, 2012. Archived September 23, 2015. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/J80r6
Within the report, Loris states that much of the โpublic concernโ over hydraulic fracturing โhas been over the possibility of contaminated drinking water, the chemicals used in fracking, the potential to create earthquakes, and wastewater management.โ91โHydraulic Fracturing: Critical for Energy Production, Jobs, and Economic Growth,โ Heritage Foundation, August 28, 2012. Archived September 23, 2015. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/J80r6
Loris then lists what he refers to as the โfour most prevalent mythsโ about hydraulic fracturing:
โMyth #1: Hydraulic fracturing threatens underground water sources and has led to the contamination of drinking water.
Myth #2: The chemicals used in the fracking process are foreign chemicals that industry hides from the public.
Myth #3: Wastewater from hydraulic fracturing is dangerous and unregulated.
Myth #4: Fracking causes earthquakes.โ92โHydraulic Fracturing: Critical for Energy Production, Jobs, and Economic Growth,โ Heritage Foundation, August 28, 2012. Archived September 23, 2015. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/J80r6
May 21โ23, 2012
The Heritage Foundation is listed as an official Co-sponsor of the Heartland Institute‘s Seventh International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC7).93โCosponsors,โ 7th International Conference on Climate Change. Archived May 10, 2012. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/VAY3r 94โSeventh International Conference on Climate Change: Sponsored by the Heartland Instituteโ (PDF), the Heartland Institute. Archived August 15, 2015. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
November 16, 2011
The Heritage Foundation’s Nicolas Loris, who was formerly an associate at the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation, published a report in the Heritage Foundation’s โEnergy and Environmentโ section of its website titled, โNew EPA Inspector General Report: One More Reason to Reject Climate-Change Regulation.โ95โNew EPA Inspector General Report: One More Reason to Reject Climate-Change Regulation,โ The Heritage Foundation, November 16, 2011. Archived September 22, 2015. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/WXFEM
Loris writes that โCongress should vote to prevent the EPA from regulating greenhouse-gas emissions, and foster a transparent debate about the EPAโs endangerment finding and climate change generally.โ Citing Richard Lindzen as a โrespected climatologist,โ Loris continues by stating โthere has been plenty of dissent among the scientific community on the causes and magnitude of climate change.โ96โNew EPA Inspector General Report: One More Reason to Reject Climate-Change Regulation,โ The Heritage Foundation, November 16, 2011. Archived September 22, 2015. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/WXFEM
June 30โJuly 1, 2011
The Heritage Foundation was a sponsor of The Heartland Institute’s Sixth International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC6) in Washington, DC.97Sixth International Conference on Climate Change Conference Program (PDF), the Heartland Institute. Archived July 25, 2015. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
DeSmog concluded that 17 of the 43 sponsors of the Heartland Institute’s 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.
October 1, 2010
The Heritage Foundation claimed that the Royal Society had โsignificantly softened its position on global warming,โ but Greenpeace’s Polluterwatch reports that this was a misrepresentation of the Royal Society’s actual position.98โU.S. Could Learn from U.K.โs Global Warming Reversal,โ The Daily Signal, September 30, 2010. Archived April 20, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/LbFsN 99Connor Gibson. โHeritage Foundation Cuts and Pastes to Upend Scientific Report,โ Polluterwatch, October 19, 2010. Archived April 20, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/canXc
Heritage selectively edited the report in a way that manufactured doubt about man-made climate change by editing out 10 pages and 48 paragraphs of text that had provided context in the report.100Dan Lashof. โHeritage Gate,โ Switchboard, October 1, 2010. Archived April 17, 2012. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/zpFgO
The Royal Society’s view that man-made climate change is a problem is evidenced in the report summary: โ[This report] shows that there is strong evidence that over the last half century, the earth’s warming has been caused largely by human activity.โ101โRoyal Society launches new short guide to the science of climate change,โ The Royal Society, September 30, 2010. Archived April 20, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/Z5EGR
Nicolas Loris, the author of Heritage’s controversial post, is a former associate of the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation.102โNicolas Loris,โ The Heritage Foundation. Archived April 20, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/lyk3r
May 16โ18, 2010
The Heritage Foundation was a sponsor of The Heartland Institute’s Fourth International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC4) in Chicago, IL.103โ4th International Conference on Climate Change: Sponsored by the Heartland Instituteโ (Conference Program – PDF), The Heartland Institute, May, 2010. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
DeSmog found that ExxonMobil, Koch Foundations, and Scaife Family Foundations had contributed a combined total of over $40 million to co-sponsors of The Heartland Institute’s ICCC4.104Brendan DeMelle. โDenial-a-palooza Round 4: ‘International Conference on Climate Change’ Groups Funded by Exxon, Koch Industries,โ DeSmog, May 13, 2010.
June 2, 2009
The Heritage Foundation was a sponsor of The Heartland Institute’s Third International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC3) in Washington, DC.105โCo-Sponsors,โ Third International Conference on Climate Change. Archived July 14, 2010. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/7M3LQ
May 4, 2009
Heritage held a panel titled โBusting the Myth of Green Jobs" that aimed to โexplore the lessons of Spain, and examine some of the fundamental flaws in the green jobs-as-an-economic-salve line of argument.โ106โBusting the Myth of Green Jobs,โ The Heritage Foundation, May 4, 2009. Archived April 20, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/Y2ZGa
Media Matters found that the entire Heritage panel had received money from ExxonMobil.107โHeritage Foundation Green Jobs Panel – Bought and Paid For By ExxonMobil,โ politicalcorrection.org, May 4, 2009. Archived April 20, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/oGj5w
The Heritage Foundation’s senior policy analyst Ben Lieberman joined Robert Murphy, an economist at the Institute for Energy Research (IER), on a panel to discuss the study on renewable energy sources (PDF) done by economist Gabriel Calzada that suggested green jobs were harmful to the economy.108โStudy of the effects on employment of public aid to renewable energy sources (PDF), Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, March, 2009. PDF archived at DeSmog.
Calzada’s study has been debunked on numerous occasions.109Pete Altman. โImported Lies: Debunking the Spanish Green Jobs Smear,โ NRDC, April 16, 2009. Archived April 19, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/2tHMB
March 8โ10, 2009
The Heritage Foundation was a sponsor of The Heartland Institute’s Second International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC2) in New York.110โCo-Sponsors,โ The 2009 International Conference on Climate Change. Archived April 28, 2011. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/8pEf7
DeSmog researched the funding behind Heartland’s Second International Conference on Climate Change and found that sponsor organizations had received over $47 million in funding from energy companies and conservative foundations.111โHeartland Institute’s 2009 Climate Conference in New York: funding history of the sponsors,โ DeSmog.
November 5, 2008
In a โWebMemoโ published on by the Heritage Foundation, Dr. Donald Kreutzer claimed that policy initiatives to advance green investment hurt economic growth and employment.112Robert Pollin. โGreen Investments and Jobs: A Response to the Heritage Foundation,โ Center for American Progress, November 7, 2008. Archived February 9, 2009. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/g8zG2
Kreutzer claimed to have found three studies that had made false claims that green investment can promote job creation. Robert Pollin, the co-author of one of the studies (โGreen Recoveryโ) responded here. See a PDF version of his response here.113Robert Pollin. โGreen Investments and Jobs: A Response to the Heritage Foundation,โ Center for American Progress, November 7, 2008. Archived February 9, 2009. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/g8zG2
1990s
The Heritage Foundation reportedly encouraged conservatives to work together to โStrangle the environmental movementโ as โIt’s the greatest single threat to the American economy.โ114Andrew Rowell. Green Backlash: Global Subversion of the Environmental Movement. Page 52. Routledge; 1 edition (Sep 24 1996)
This originally presented in a blueprint for policy in the 1990s and published in its journal โPolicy Review.โ115Andrew Rowell. Green Backlash: Global Subversion of the Environmental Movement. Page 52. Routledge; 1 edition (Sep 24 1996)
Heritage Foundation Contact & Location
The Heritage Foundation lists the following contact information on their website:116โContact Us,โ The Heritage Foundation. Archived May 28, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/dWYUe
The Heritage Foundation
214 Massachusetts Ave NE
Washington DC 20002-4999Phone: 202.546.4400
Email: [email protected]
Related Organizations
- Atlas Network โ Member as recently as 2021. The Atlas Network no longer shares its list of members online.117“Global Directory: United States,” Atlas Network. Archived January 8, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/5Igb4
- Townhall.comย โ Former project of The Heritage Foundation (Split off in 2005).118โTownhall.com – the Leading Conservative and Political Opinion Website,โ TownHall.com. Archived November 24, 2016. ย Archive.is URL:ย https://archive.is/5Nl0E
- Cooler Heads Coalition โ Past Member.119โThe Cooler Heads Coalition,โ GlobalWarming.org. Archived April 12, 2004. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/lWnpt
- PolicyExperts.Org
- The Foundry (Now The Daily Signal)120โThe Foundry,โ Archived February 24, 2011. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/qLD6U 121โAbout The Daily Signal,โ The Daily Signal. Archived April 20, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/pIY6d
Social Media
- @Heritage on Twitter.
- โThe Heritage Foundationโ on Facebook.
- โThe Heritage Foundationโ on LinkedIn.
Other Resources
- โHeritage Foundation,โ SourceWatch profile.
- Greenpeace research documents on the Heritage Foundation (Page A), (Page B).
- Pete Altman. โHeritage Foundation Fools Itself on Carbon Taxes,โ Switchboard, April 2, 2009.
Resources
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