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PodcastUncategorized
The Pod Complex with Rick Ungar and Guest Speaker Hon. Tim Huelskamp
by Rebecca Huelskamp August 15, 2018Tim Huelskamp, president of The Heartland Institute, joins The Pod Complex and Rick Ungar to discuss the challenges that we are currently facing in our economy.
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Climate ChangeEnvironment/EnergyFeatured
Luddite Eco-imperialists Claim to be Virtuous
by Paul Driessen July 23, 2018Uber-organic campaign enshrines primitive agriculture and malnutrition as human rights.
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Agriculture is under attack.
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The Clexit Coalition today called on President Trump to keep his election promise to withdraw from the Paris Climate Treaty and stop US payments to all UN global warming programs.
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Environment/EnergyFeatured
Here’s What The New York Times Completely Missed In Its Criticism Of Fracking
by Isaac Orr June 29, 2016Although the May 23 New York Times article on hydraulic fracturing, “The Sand Mines That Ruin Farmland,” is an interesting read, it is by no means an accurate one. Author Nancy Loeb relies on unsubstantiated claims in order to push forth her own liberal agenda. Hydraulic fracturing is not the monster that Loeb makes it out to be.
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Environment/EnergyFeatured
Heartland Daily Podcast – Kelly Bennett: Water Rights & Use It or Lose It
by Isaac Orr August 6, 2015In today’s edition of The Heartland Daily Podcast, Isaac Orr, a research fellow for energy policy speaks with Kelly Bennett. Bennett is a Director and Managing Partner at Ponderosa Advisors LLC, a company that develops strategies and provides advisory services for energy, agriculture and water sectors. Ponderosa Advisors recently created a new program called Water Sage. This web-based mapping program provides efficient, user-friendly access to this data, helping users evaluate key elements of water rights. Bennett joins the podcast today to discuss water rights.
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Environment/EnergyFeaturedPodcast
Heartland Daily Podcast: Jay Lehr on Agriculture Appreciation
by Mary Parrilli December 24, 2013Heartland Institute Science Director Jay Lehr was a guest on Brownfield News Radio, after delivering a speech at the Iowa Farm Bureau annual meeting in Des Moines, Iowa.
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Environment/EnergyFeatured
President Obama Will Sacrifice Bald Eagles To Fight Global Warming
by James Taylor December 13, 2013The Obama administration announced last Friday that it will grant industrial wind farm operators 30-year permits to kill legally protected bald eagles and golden eagles without fear of legal repercussions. U.S. wind turbines already kill 1.4 million birds and bats each year, including many endangered, threatened and protected species such as California condors, bald eagles and Indiana bats.
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FeaturedRandom
Mischa Popoff on Canada AM: Is your food really organic?
by Simone Magee November 8, 2013You may not be getting what you’re paying for
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“[T]he GM debate is over. It is finished. We no longer need to discuss whether or not it is safe. … You are more likely to get hit by an asteroid than to get hurt by GM food.” So said Mark Lynas, the British environmentalist, who helped launch the anti-GMO movement in the 1990s.
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Environment/EnergyPodcast
Heartland’s Jay Lehr Talking Energy, Environment, and Ag Issues on WIBW
by Jim Lakely July 8, 2013Jay Lehr on WIBW: “To think that man is more powerful than nature is ludicrous.”
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The demonized chemical compound is a boon to plant life and has little correlation with global temperature.
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Environment/EnergyPolitics
Get Ready for Higher Food Prices Thanks to Gina McCarthy’s EPA
by Mischa Popoff March 4, 2013Gina McCarthy, President Obama’s pick to succeed Lisa Jackson as head of the EPA, is poised to give rise to unprecedented increases in food prices in America. Someone should let…