James Taylor

James Taylor is the President of the Heartland Institute. Taylor is also director of Heartland's Arthur B. Robinson Center for Climate and Environmental Policy. Taylor is the former managing editor (2001-2014) of Environment & Climate News, a national monthly publication devoted to sound science and free-market environmentalism.
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Alarmist messengers/claims

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Presents Master Class on Hurricane Milton and Climate Misinformation

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (MJS) shamefully attempted to cash in on Hurricane Milton as the storm ravaged the Florida coast, spreading false assertions and misinformation to further its aggressive climate change agenda. Presenting a...
Crop production

NY Times Claims Vanilla Is ‘Disappearing’ Due to Climate Change – As Production Doubles

The New York Times is attempting to stoke climate alarm this week with an article claiming the world’s favorite scent – vanilla – is about to disappear because climate change is eradicating vanilla plants....
Extreme Weather

Sorry, Climate Activists, Montana Climate Harms Are Not Occurring

An environmental activist website called The Cool Down (TCD) just embarrassed itself by making provably false claims about climate change in Montana and by showing it cannot read a basic calendar. On May 7, 2024,...
Snowpack

CNN Cries Doom Over Snowfall Decline – Of Just 2 Percent

CNN published an article this weekend raising alarm about “disappearing” snowfall during the past 50 years, all the while burying the negligible amount of snow decline. By CNN’s own data, snowfall has declined merely...
Drought

Climate Blame for Australian Wildfires Ages Poorly, as Rainfall Remains Abundant

Four years ago, rampant wildfires in Australia fueled an onslaught of claims that climate change was to blame. While the 2018-2019 Australian summer wildfire season featured scant rainfall and widespread wildfires (many caused by...
Climate models

Contra Media Claims, New England Hurricanes are Becoming More Rare

With Hurricane Lee churning off the New England coast this past weekend; the mainstream media is now filled with articles claiming climate change will cause more hurricanes to strike New England. In reality, the...
Crop production

MSN Pushes Rice, Sugar, Tomato Crises – Despite New Crop Records

This morning, the MSN news feed that displays for millions of people when they open a new Internet tab prominently displayed an article titled, “The climate crisis is here, the ecosystem is starting to...
Uncategorized

LA Times Sensationalizes Heat to Make a Bogus Political Statement

The Los Angeles Times embarrassed itself Sunday (July 30, 2023) publishing an editorial presenting unsubstantiated climate myths while trying to put a hit on a recent, factual Fox News article. The op-ed, “Dying from...
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