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Budgets/TaxesClimate ChangeEnvironment/EnergyFeaturedPodcastPoliticsRegulationTaxes
In The Tank (ep185) – Jonathan Williams and the Pension Crisis; Green Real Deal; and the Electoral College
by Donald Kendal April 5, 2019Heartland’s Donald Kendal, and Isaac Orr are joined by Jim Lakely in episode #185 of the In The Tank Podcast. Today’s episode features work from the American Legislative Exchange Council, the Center of the American Experiment and the Cato Institute.
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RandomScience
Crumbling Cookies Don’t Dilute the Value of Rewards in Education
by Robert Holland July 5, 2018Lesson: Cookies induce happiness
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Environment/EnergyFeaturedPodcast
Heartland Daily Podcast – Dr. Ted Them: Debunking the “Negative Health Impacts” of Fracking
by Isaac Orr August 15, 2016Does fracking make people sick? In this edition of The Heartland Daily Podcast, Dr. Ted Them and research fellow Isaac Orr discuss the scientific research that has attempted to determine if there are health impacts due to hydraulic fracturing. Dr. Them debunks the claims of Dr. Howard Zucker, the Commissioner of the New York Department of Health who’s recommendation to the Governor resulted in New York banning hydraulic fracturing.
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Environment/EnergyFeaturedPodcast
Heartland Daily Podcast – Roberta Walls: Sand Mining Poses Little Threat to Air and Water Quality
by Isaac Orr August 2, 2016In this edition of The Heartland Daily Podcast, research fellow Isaac Orr and Roberta Walls, the point person for industrial sand mining at the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, discuss a new document produced by the DNR to educate the general public and decision makers about the environmental, economic, and social impacts of industrial sand mining in the state.
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Environment/EnergyFeaturedPodcast
Heartland Daily Podcast – Kayla Harris: Does Hydraulic Fracturing Impact Property Values?
by Isaac Orr April 18, 2016Does fracking cause housing prices to fall? The answer to that question is more difficult that it might seem. Many anti-fracking activists have claimed oil and natural gas development has led to substantial decreases in property values in areas where drilling occurs, but other places, such as North Dakota, saw property values skyrocket during the boom in oil production.
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Environment/EnergyFeatured
Authors of Fracking Study Dismayed at Good News
by Isaac Orr April 13, 2016A new study published in Environment International indicates hydraulic fracturing, commonly called “fracking,” and the heavy truck traffic that is associated with it would have a negligible impact on air quality if fracking were to be used extensively in the United Kingdom. Interestingly, the authors of the study appear to be a little disappointed with their findings, which may be why they decided to emphasize maximum exposure in a shorter timeframe in their study, rather than exposures over more realistic scenarios.
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Environment/EnergyFeatured
Video: Oklahoma’s Earthquakes Are ‘Unrelated’ to Fracking
by Isaac Orr March 18, 2016Anti-fracking activists have pointed the finger at fracking for the dramatic rise in earthquakes in Oklahoma over the last several years, however a new video featuring Dr. Mark Zoback, a professor of geophysics at Stanford University, explains fracking is not to blame for the quakes.
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Budgets/TaxesEconomicsEnvironment/EnergyFeaturedPodcast
In The Tank Podcast (ep29): Canada’s Regulatory Budgeting, Coal-Free Oregon, and State Partitions
by Donald Kendal March 11, 2016John Nothdurft returns to the podcast, joining Donny Kendal for episode #29 of the In The Tank Podcast. This weekly podcast features (as always) interviews, debates, roundtable discussions, stories, and light-hearted segments on a variety of topics on the latest news. The show is available for download as part of the Heartland Daily Podcast every Friday. Today’s podcast features work from R Street, the Cascade Policy Institute, and the James Madison Institute.
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Environment/EnergyFeaturedPodcast
Heartland Daily Podcast – Isaac Orr: Heartland’s Newest Frac Sand Study
by H. Sterling Burnett February 22, 2016In today’s edition of the Heartland Daily Podcast, Isaac Orr, Heartland Research Fellow for energy policy, joins H. Sterling Burnett to talk about his newly released study on the impact of frac sand mining – Social Impacts of Industrial Silica Sand (Frac Sand) Mining: Land Use and Value.