Upcoming Events

Health Care Roundtables
June 30 - July 14
Locations across the country
The Heartland Institute is hosting a series of health care roundtable discussions across the country in cooperation with state and local think tanks and associations. Discussion leaders will include representatives of some of the most innovative organizations and thought leaders in American health care today including small business owners, physicians, and health care experts.

Mastering the Intellectual Tools that Transform a College Education into Lifetime Success
July 25 – August 2, 2009
University Center of Chicago
525 South State Street, Chicago
A week-long seminar for high school and college students serving as a demonstration of, and introduction to, The College of the United States.

The Heartland Institute's
25th Anniversary Benefit Dinner
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Hilton Chicago Hotel
Details coming soon!

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Reply to Our Critics

Our Reply to Sourcewatch and Other Critics
Rebutting the most common attacks against The Heartland Institute and its mission, funding and donors, and members and staff.

Global Warming

Climate Change Reconsidered
The 2009 Report of the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC) was released on June 2.

EPA's CO2 Endangerment Finding
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued its proposed “Endangerment Finding” for emissions of carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases from new motor vehicles. If the finding is finalized, these emissions will be subject to technological limitations under the Clean Air Act and would trigger a cascade of regulations on virtually all sources of regulated greenhouse gases, from backyard weed whackers to massive electrical power plants.

Global Warming Facts
The Heartland Institute's Web site devoted to exposing and countering the alarmist rhetoric that dominates the debate over climate change.

Climate Change on PolicyBot
contains thousands of articles and reports on climate change, sorted by topic and keyword

Reply to the IPCC
The Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change, convened by S. Fred Singer, has produced the Summary for Policymakers of a reply to and critique of the IPCC's Fourth Assessment Report. The full report is about to be released.

Second International Conference on Climate Change
The world’s largest-ever gathering of global warming skeptics assembled in New York City On March 8-10 to confront the issue, “Global warming: Was it ever really a crisis?”

Michael Crichton Was Right!
Michael Crichton’s State of Fear is a devastating critique of radical environmentalism in general and global warming alarmism in particular.

EPA Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR)
Comments by Heartland and others on EPA’s Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR).

Health Care

Consumers for Health Care Choices
Directed by Greg Scandlen, Consumers for Health Care Choices is dedicated to putting consumers in the driver’s seat of the health care system.

More Choices, Better Health
Offers a new way to speed up access to experimental drugs.

Health Care on PolicyBot
Contains thousands of articles and reports on free-market health care reform, sorted by topic and keyword

10 Principles of Health Care Policy
A 32-page booklet explaining the real problems facing health care in America and the way to solve them.

Climate Change Reconsidered
June 2 Press Conference

Climate Change Reconsidered, the 2009 report of the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC), was released on Tuesday, June 2, at a press conference at the Washington Court Hotel in Washington, DC, in conjunction with the Third International Conference on Climate Change. Heartland President Joseph Bast, editor of Climate Change Reconsidered, and authors Craig D. Idso Ph.D. and S. Fred Singer Ph.D. spoke at the press conference.

The Credit Crisis

Free-Market Responses
Comments by Heartland and others on the credit crisis and bail out

Rick's Revolt
On CNBC February 19, Rick Santelli -- in the Chicago pits -- denounces the Obama "stimulus" package and calls for a "tea party" on the shores of Lake Michigan in July.

Economist Jim Johnston on the Bailout
Johnston is a policy advisor to and senior fellow for The Heartland Institute and a founding member of its Board of Directors.

BeyondBailouts.org
Calling for real financial reform and no reckless spending.

Heartland 50-State Report Cards

Property & Casualty Insurance
A 50-state analysis of costly insurance regulations. Updated in May 2009.

Welfare Reform after Ten Years
A 50-state analysis of anti-poverty success and welfare reform policies.

Choice & Education Across the States
A 50-state analysis of the most important elements of school choice.