The Outrageous Statements of Obama’s EPA Nominee
Today the Senate held a confirmation hearing for Gina McCarthy, President Obama’s nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Heritage has provided its own… Read More
Carbon Tax: Still a Bad Idea
An anti-carbon tax amendment will likely be considered as the Senate attempts to pass its first budget in four years. While it has been made… Read More
Obama to Lead on Climate Change, but Only Through Back Door
During his 2013 inaugural address, President Obama told Americans that the United States “will respond to the threat of climate change” and will take the… Read More
Morning Bell: Obama’s Second Inaugural Address, Translated
Members of Congress—who are about to debate raising the debt ceiling tomorrow—should have paid attention yesterday. The President was very clear that he sees no… Read More
Global Warming Alarmists Pick and Choose Data to Support Theory
The “think globally” people become very parochial when the global warming story isn’t as scary sounding as the local one. Climate change activists took the… Read More
Don’t Open the Door to Law of the Sea Litigation
Doug Bandow of the Cato Institute warns of the dangers of litigation if the United States joins the U.N. Convention on the Law of the… Read More
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Morning Bell: Stop Meeting with the U.N. on Climate Change
Two days ago, the 18th United Nations conference on climate change wrapped up. As they did at the previous 17 conferences, developing nations demanded that… Read More
Michigan’s Rejection of Renewable Energy Mandate Avoids Higher Costs
Michigan voters rejected a proposed state constitutional amendment last week that would have imposed a mandate requiring the state’s utilities to source 25 percent of… Read More
Conservatives Outline Policy Agenda Following Presidential Debate
DENVER — Members of The Heritage Foundation’s policy team joined experts from across the country at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Colorado. The event… Read More
Scientists Blame Global Warming for Heat Wave, But Fail to Back It Up
Global-warming alarmists have reemerged with a vengeance following the recent heat wave featuring record temperatures across the nation and dozens of wildfires throughout the West…. Read More
Clean Energy Standard: Significant Costs, Insignificant Benefits
In its pitch for a federal clean energy standard (CES), The Washington Post’s editorial board asks, “Will America do anything significant to slow climate change?”… Read More
Climate Change Not the Problem as FEMA Declarations Dramatically Slow
Apologists for the huge number of declarations issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) typically argue that climate change is the cause of the… Read More
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NOAA Primer Dispels Rush to Blame Texas Tornadoes on Global Warming
A sudden spate of tornadoes in Texas on Tuesday destroyed an estimated 650 homes. Seventeen people were injured, though thankfully no fatalities have been reported…. Read More
Scribecast: Sen. James Inhofe Says Global Warming Is ‘The Greatest Hoax’
In a new book out this week, Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) traces the history of global warming hysteria and concludes it’s a downright hoax. He… Read More
What Happens When People Hear Both Sides of the Debate?
On the morning of Tuesday, February 21, 2012, a debate took place at the World Bank, and the outcome was stunning. Heritage’s David Kreutzer and… Read More
Huntsman Rejects ‘Unilateral Disarmament’ to Combat Global Warming
Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman clarified his position on how policymakers should deal with climate change. In a speech Tuesday at The Heritage Foundation he… Read More
Climategate II: New Leaked Emails Cast Doubt on Climate Change
Another round of leaked e-mails from the University of East Anglia’s (UEA) Climatic Research Unit have surfaced, once again illustrating why governments should not be… Read More
If IPCC Sea Level Numbers Aren’t Bad Enough, Try Tripling Them
A recent study authored by Mark Crowell of the Federal Emergency Management Agency estimates that in the U.S., climate change will increase the area subject… Read More
In Australia’s Misguided Carbon Tax, a Warning for the U.S.
On Sunday, the government of Australia announced that it will implement a US$24.74 per-metric-ton tax on carbon emissions. The damage the tax is expected to… Read More
Al Roker Should Join the Rest of His Colleagues on Climate Change
As we mourn the human toll taken by the tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri, some are using the disaster as an opportunity to warn about… Read More
We Need a Real Fix to the EPA’s CO2 Power Grab
The Senate is expected to vote today on several amendments that would affect the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ability to regulate carbon dioxide (CO2) and… Read More
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The Left’s War on Science Continues
There is no limit to the amount of distortion the enviro-left is willing to deploy to accomplish their policy goals. Last month, the Obama Commerce… Read More
Defunding EPA’s Ability to Regulate CO2
Last Friday, House Republicans re-introduced legislation that would fund the federal government for the remainder of fiscal year 2011. This iteration included deeper cuts that… Read More
Two-Year Delay on EPA Climate Regs Is No Solution
The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) endangerment finding gives the agency justification to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, most notably carbon dioxide (CO2), under the Clean Air… Read More
Napolitano Makes Global Warming a Homeland Security Priority
There she goes again. DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano just can’t speak in public without destroying any remaining confidence Americans have left in her agency. CNS… Read More
EPA Can’t Regulate Volcanoes or China
An ongoing study in Yellowstone National Park seeks to measure the emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) as a response to geologic activity and as a… Read More
Guest Blogger Roger Helmer MEP: Climate Conference Set to Crash and Burn?
I’m here at the UN’s Cancun Climate Conference—or COP16 (Conference of the Parties) in the jargon. The last two COPs in Poznan (2008) and Copenhagen… Read More
Why Is the Obama Administration in Cancun?
Last year at this time, the United Nations was coming to grips with the fact that the Copenhagen climate change summit would not produce a… Read More
Cancun Climate Change Conference: Less Hype, Same Obstacles
International climate change talks kick off yesterday in Cancun, Mexico, and the expectations aren’t nearly as high as they were last year at the summit… Read More
Climate Change Is Still About Chinese Coal
The climate change conference starting in Cancun Monday is doomed to failure. Many factors contribute to this, such as a healthy skepticism about how much… Read More
