[ok-sus] About The Heartland Institute

[Shauna Struby]

The Heartland Institute's Quest for "Real Science" on Global Warming


Submitted by Bob <http://www.prwatch.org/user/7>  Burton on June 2, 2009 - 5:51am. 

 

The Heartland Institute <http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Heartland_Institute> , a Chicago-headquartered think tank <http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=think_tank>  that has taken on the role of trying to coordinate the disparate global warming <http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=global_warming_skeptics>  skeptics, has organized yet another <http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Third_International_Conference_on_Climate_Change>  conference to be held in Washington this week disputing the reality of global warming <http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=global_warming> . "The real science and economics of climate change support the view that global warming is not a crisis and that immediate action to reduce emissions is not necessary," they claim. 

But when the Heartland Institute talks about "real science," it is hard to ignore the fact that for years they have defended the policy agenda of the tobacco industry <http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=tobacco_industry>  without disclosing that they were funded by Phillip Morris <http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Phillip_Morris> . Indeed, Heartland still claims to defend <http://www.heartland.org/suites/tobacco/>  the rights of smokers, a ploy long used by the tobacco industry to keep themselves out of the spotlight. 

More highlights from this article; full article here ::: http://www.prwatch.org/node/8397 

·         In a recent interview <http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m5d24-The-global-warming-debates-Stephen-Schneider> , leading climate scientist Stephen H. Schneider commented that the skeptics "have very few mainstream climate scientists who publish original research in climate refereed journals with them -- a petroleum geologist's opinion on climate science is a as good as a climate scientist's opinion on oil reserves. So petitions sent to hundreds of thousands of earth scientists are frauds.” 

·         “If these guys think they are 'winning,' why don't they try to take on face to face real climatologists at real meetings -- not fake ideology shows like Heartland Institute -- but with those with real knowledge -- because they'd be slaughtered in public debate by Trenberth, Santer, Hansen, Oppenheimer, Allen, Mitchell, even little ol' me. It’s easy to blog, easy to write op-eds in the Wall Street Journal." 

·         … the purpose of the Heartland Institute's conference is not about "real science," as most people understand it. Instead, its conference is more about maintaining the rage of the hard-core skeptics and their supporters in the hope that any legislation that emerges from Congress will be so compromised that it will make little if any difference in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. 

And more links exposing The Heartland Institute …

 

·         About The Heartland Institute, from SourceWatch ::: http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Heartland_Institute  

 

·         Four hundred skeptics? Try 19 ::: http://www.grist.org/article/four-hundred-skeptics-try-19/  

 

·         What if you held a conference, and no (real) scientists came? ::: http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2008/01/what-if-you-held-a-conference-and-no-real-scientists-came/  

 

·         A look at the non-experts speaking at Heartland Institute’s denialist slideshow ::: http://www.grist.org/article/A-roomful-of-cynics 

 

o    Money quote from this story ::: Set to begin Sunday in New York, the gathering’s guest list includes the standard roster of “scientist-denialists”— a large group of “experts” who have never published a single peer-reviewed study in their lives, along with a handful of fringe researchers who do (though rarely) publish in the field of climate science.

 

Shauna, OKC

 

 

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follow the money on climate dis information....Energy interests..Jean

 

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> 2009 August Environment & Climate News: The High Cost

> of Waxman-Markey (PDF) The August issue of Environment &

> Climate News reports on a Congressional Budget Office study

> that pegs the cost of the Waxman-Markey cap-and-tax bill ...

> (read more) A History of America’s Nuclear Power

> Experience [This month’s column on nuclear energy by

> Heartland Institute Science Director Dr. Jay Lehr features a

> review of the book Terrestrial Energy: How ... (read more) A

> Primer on Global Warming: Dispelling CO2 Myths [Each month,

> Heartland Institute Science Director Jay Lehr will present

> evidence that mankind has no significant impact on the

> Earth’s climate.]Temperatures ... (read more) Activists’

> Failure to Agree on Energy Sources Jeopardizes Economy The

> national environmental lobby—the Natural Resources Defense

> Council, Sierra Club, Environmental Defense Fund,

> Greenpeace, and others—have ... (read more) Burger Kings

> Mock Global Warming Scares as ‘Baloney’ A growing revolt

> of common citizens against exaggerated global warming claims

> has played out at Burger Kings in Arkansas, Mississippi, and

> Tennessee, with ... (read more) Changes in Level of Great

> Lakes Natural, Not Manmade The International Joint

> Commission, which addresses issues concerning waters that

> border the U.S. and Canada, has released a report explaining

> why Upper ... (read more) Connecticut, Chicago Ban

> Bisphenol-A in Baby Bottles The Chicago City Council has

> banned bisphenol-A, a chemical that strengthens plastics,

> from food and beverage containers intended for use by

> children under ... (read more) Global Hurricane Activity

> Lowest in 30 Years Global hurricane activity over the past

> two years fell to its lowest level in at least 30 years,

> according to a researcher at the Florida State University

> ... (read more) Gov. Schwarzenegger Calls for Drilling off

> Santa Barbara Coast Facing a widening budget deficit in the

> midst of a deepening recession, California Gov. Arnold

> Schwarzenegger (R) has proposed tapping into a rich source

> ... (read more) Great Lakes Are Rising Great Lakes water

> levels are on the rise, putting the damper on media reports

> claiming global warming has been causing declining water

> levels.Water levels ... (read more) Higher Carbon Dioxide

> Levels Benefit Sea Stars Warmer water and elevated carbon

> dioxide levels help sea stars grow faster, reports a new

> study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy

> of ... (read more) Julian Simon’s Book Masterfully

> Explains Flaws of Alarmism Hoodwinking the NationJulian L.

> Simon (Cato Institute, 2007)140 pages, ISBN 1-56000-434-7I

> was fortunate to have known Julian Simon well in the last 10

> ... (read more) Nearly 90% of Temperature Stations Show

> Extreme Heat Bias, Study Says Eighty-nine percent of

> official U.S. temperature measurement stations are corrupted

> by poor site selection that gives false warming signals,

> according to ... (read more) New Climate Change Report

> Applauded It’s not often a book receives an ovation at a

> business conference, but an 880-page, 1-1/2 inch-thick,

> four-and-a-half-pound rebuttal of global warming ... (read

> more) School Board Prez Censors Science Michael Kundu, a

> whale photographer and school board president in Marysville,

> California, apparently thinks he knows more about global

> warming than NASA, ... (read more) Scientists, Economists

> Challenge Alarmism at Climate Conference Global warming

> skeptics, who for a decade have emphasized hard-science

> evidence to refute doomsday predictions from alarmists,

> added new ammunition to their ... (read more) Utah Counties

> Sue U.S. Over Cancelled Leases Three Utah counties have

> teamed up with five petroleum companies to sue Interior

> Secretary Ken Salazar, alleging he unlawfully cancelled 77

> leases to drill ... (read more) Washington Governor Defies

> Legislature on Warming Instead of following in the footsteps

> of Washington legislators who refused to approve a

> cap-and-trade program restricting greenhouse gas emissions,

> Gov. ... (read more) Washington State Misses Biofuels Goal

> The state of Washington failed to meet its self-imposed June

> 1 deadline to have biofuels provide 20 percent of the fuel

> used in state-owned vehicles.According ... (read more) Water

> Pipes Freeze, Burst in Celebrated Solar House Attendees at a

> Green Summit held by Michigan’s Oakland County Planning

> and Development Services department were unable to tour the

> county’s ... (read more) Waxman-Markey Bill Would Raise

> Electricity Prices $846 Billion The Waxman-Markey bill to

> restrict carbon dioxide emissions would cost $846 billion in

> the next decade alone, in the form of required payments for

> emissions ... (read more) Welcome, New Readers! If this is

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