James Taylor
James Taylor is Director of the Arthur B. Robinson Center for Climate and Environmental Policy at The Heartland Institute. 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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Snowpack
An Inconvenient Truth: Gore Proven Spectacularly Wrong on Snows of Kilimanjaro
In his 2006 book, An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore asserted there would be no more snows on Mt. Kilimanjaro by the year 2016. To the contrary, Mt. Kilimanjaro, located just 205 miles from the...
Coral Reefs
New Climate Summary Debunks Ocean Acidification Scare
The oceans are not acidic, and more carbon dioxide is stimulating phytoplankton growth and marine life, reports a new summary published at ClimateAtAGlance.com. The new summary: Climate at a Glance: Ocean Acidification, documents that...
Alarmist messengers/claims
DailyKos: It’s OK for Climate Alarmists to Make Things Up Out of Thin Air
The leftist website Daily Kos published an article yesterday claiming climate alarmists are more scientifically credible when they make things up out of thin air – while presenting no supporting scientific facts or evidence...
Sea level
No, New Jersey Sea Level Is NOT Rising at Double the Global Average
The New Jersey news website NorthJersey.com told a whopper of a lie yesterday in its fawning coverage of The Climate Delusion. The website is championing state officials requiring schools to incorporate climate change into...
Snow
New Peer-Reviewed Study DESTROYS Alarmist Snowstorm Claims
A newly published peer-reviewed study is destroying years of claims by climate alarmists and the Establishment Media that global warming makes winter snowstorms more frequent and deadly. In contrast to the longstanding alarmist narrative,...
Alarmist messengers/claims
Friends of Science Releases Study Debunking Alarmist Katharine Hayhoe
The Canadian science organization Friends of Science is taking alarmist ringleader Katharine Hayhoe to climate school, releasing a 78-page study debunking Hayhoe’s climate misinformation. Friends of Science describes its study as “a plain language...
Plant life
No, Climate Change Is NOT Making Trees Shorter
Among the top Google News results this morning for “climate change” is a National Public Radio (NPR) article with the headline, “Climate Change and Deforestation Mean Earth’s Trees Are Younger and Shorter.” The article’s...
Coronavirus response
Will Climate Activism Backfire Against Democrats?
James Taylor, president of The Heartland Institute, joins National Report to talk about why the democrats' climate activism will backfire in the election. James states that voters care about the coronavirus and the economy,...
Most Popular
Podcast: Joe Milligan, Fundación Libertad: Puerto Rico Hurricane Recovery — The Real Story
In this episode of the Heartland Institute’s Daily Podcast, Joe Milligan, executive vice-president of Fundación Libertad, a free-market think tank based in Puerto Rico,...
Policy Brief: Climate Change and Montana: A Scientific Assessment
Download the PDF Montana Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock signed on July 1, 2019, an executive order creating the Montana Climate Solutions Council. Bullock charged the...
Sea levels continue to defy alarmist UN report
NASA satellites confirm modest nature of sea-level rise.
Maple Syrup Production Skyrockets, CNBC Claims Climate Emergency
Maple syrup production is skyrocketing. The past four years produced, by far, the four largest maple syrup crops in history.
WHO Official Peddles False Pandemic Link to Climate Change
World Health Organization (WHO) officials are diverting attention away from the real causes of global pandemics, and the Chinese government’s culpability in the spread...
Highly Touted Alarmist Hurricane ‘Study’ Sets New Low for Misleading Deception
The media are breathlessly touting a cheap new “study” falsely asserting climate change is causing an increase in strong hurricanes. In reality, the study...