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An Open Letter to the Council of the American Physical Society

Several Physicists

Environment & Climate News / The Heartland Institute / November 01, 2009

Regarding the National Policy Statement on Climate Change of the APS Council: An Open Letter to the Council of the American Physical SocietyAs physicists ... (read more)

Congestion’s Effect on Greenhouse Gases Seen in NYC

Wendell Cox

Environment & Climate News / The Heartland Institute / October 01, 2009

Perhaps the best indication of the strong correlation between traffic congestion and greenhouse gas emissions is a comparison of Environmental Protection ... (read more)

Reducing Vehicle Travel Won’t Make Much Dent in Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Wendell Cox

Environment & Climate News / The Heartland Institute / October 01, 2009

Sens. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) and Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) have introduced legislation that would require annual per-capita reductions in driving each year. ... (read more)

Australian Parliament Defeats Cap-and-Trade; Jay Lehr Continues Aussie Tour

Dan Miller

The Heartland Institute / August 13, 2009

CANBERRA, Australia — Lawmakers Thursday rejected legislation aimed at capping greenhouse-gas emissions in Australia, in a widely-expected move that ... (read more)

Asian Greenhouse Gas Emissions Growing Rapidly

Drew Thornley

Environment & Climate News / The Heartland Institute / September 01, 2009

Already responsible for one-third of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, China, India, and other Asian nations are on pace to generate more than ... (read more)

Washington Governor Defies Legislature on Warming

Cheryl K. Chumley

Environment & Climate News / The Heartland Institute / August 01, 2009

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)

EPA Suppresses Internal Global Warming Study

Richard Morrison

News Release / Competitive Enterprise Institute / June 25, 2009

Washington, D.C., June 24, 2009--The Competitive Enterprise Institute today charged that a senior official of the U.S. Environment Protection Agency actively ... (read more)

Comments of Harrison Schmitt, Ph.D. on Proposed Endangerment Finding for Greenhouse Gases under the Clean Air Act

Harrison H. Schmitt, Ph.D.

Rulemaking Comment June 23, 2009

Climate change assumptions rather than facts, and computer modeling rather than real-world observations, underpin the subject Proposed Funding. The science ... (read more)

Comments of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (Sam Kazman) on EPA’s Proposed Endangerment Finding

Sam Kazman

Rulemaking Comment / Competitive Enterprise Institute / June 23, 2009

The Competitive Enterprise Institute submitted four internal EPA emails that: “indicate that a significant internal critique of EPA’s position on Endangerment ... (read more)

S. Fred Singer Comments on the Proposed Endangerment and Cause or Contribute Findings for Greenhouse Gases

S. Fred Singer, Ph.D.

Rulemaking Comments / Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change / June 23, 2009

This comment concentrates on TSD Section 5 “Attribution of Observed Climate Change to Anthropogenic Greenhouse Gas Emissions at the Global and Continental ... (read more)