It is not just a lobby or a front group; it is much more powerful than that. Through ALEC, corporations hand state legislators their wishlists to benefit their bottom line. Corporations fund almost all of ALEC's operations. CO2 Science.
Retrieved on Science and Public Policy Institute. Navigation menu Personal tools Log in. It is the very elixer of life. As numerous scientific studies have conclusively demonstrated, the more CO2 there is in the air, the better plants grow.
They produce greater amounts of biomass, become more efficient in using water, and are better able to cope with environmental stresses such as pollution, drought, salinity, and high temperatures. Yet there are still other important reasons to reject them. Why would any government or religious institution advocate to increase regulations and raise energy prices based on flawed computer projections of climate change that will never come to pass?
The Industrial Revolution has been a tremendous boon to humanity, as it has lifted large numbers of our kind from poverty to prosperity. It has also helped the rest of the biosphere — and thereby us once again — via the powerful aerial fertilization effect of the carbon dioxide that has gone into the atmosphere as a consequence of the burning of fossil fuels.
That requires a compelling EPA filing, of course, one that proves the benign and beneficial nature of more CO2 in the air based on the incredible work that Craig Idso has carried on for his Dad, Sherwood Idso and mentor, Sylvan Wittwer.
As Palmer described it: [97]. Palmer envisions Craig Idso taking a key role in the new group by promoting benefits of CO2 : [97]. At the same time Craig will develop additional, original research showing the truth of CO2 which will be distributed as generated to the regulators. By doing so, coal suppliers can then engage directly with the regulators with challenges to the announced closures; rep-opening previous announcements where the plants are still operating is not out of the question.
He also makes recommendations on coal industry groups that could be encouraged to join the pro-coal coalition: [97]. These include: [97]. The briefing suggested increasing levels of atmospheric CO2 would result in higher crop yields:. Neither are there any real world data that confirm that floods, droughts, wildfires, or hurricanes are becoming either more frequent or more severe as a result of global warming.
The letter reads : [93]. Their end game, which they proudly promote, is to legislate hydrocarbon fuel usage into oblivion. Increasing levels of atmosphere CO2 has actually helped overpower these and other growth-inhibiting influences in all but a few locales.
David Bernhardt, deputy secretary of the Interior Department, was also formerly listed as a Heartland conference speaker, but apparently withdrew. The Climate Investigations Center put up a parody of the America First Energy conference website , complete with profiles on the individual speakers and highlighting their corporate funding and ties to groups such as the Cooler Heads Coalition CHC. Idso was quoted in a October 13 Heartland Institute newsletter: [83].
The United States will benefit from the leadership of Hartnett White. She has a well-established track record of addressing challenging environmental issues, and she has the requisite knowledge, capabilities, and management skills to restore integrity to an office that requires policy decisions be based on sound science. Congratulations to Kathleen Hartnett White, and congratulations to America! Hartnett-White has a history of representing fossil fuel interests. As head of the CEQ , Hartnett-White would be in charge of coordinating interagency science, climate, and environmental policy and oversee things such as the National Environmental Policy Act NEPA review process and agency compliance with that law.
DeSmog reported that the 40 groups represented in the letter, including the Competitive Enterprise Institute CEI , The Heartland Institute , and the Heritage Foundation , have received a combined total of millions of dollars from the Koch Brothers, ExxonMobil, and other industry groups. S-based cliamate change denial groups. According to the book description : [74]. View both videos below. Idso also claimed that the EPA had ignored his cliams.
After going through several slides that seemed to closely resemble those of his previous presentations on the benefits of CO2 , Idso concluded: [70]. Atmospheric CO2 is not a pollutant; it is, in fact, the very elixir of life. Yes, it has happened in the past and will happen in the future. Is man making an impact on the climate?
Perhaps but in very small ways. But the overarching consensus remains the climate change we are experiencing is by no means catastrophic. Higher atmospheric CO2 increases plant productivity. It also enhances plant water use efficiency and helps plants withstand and better endure various environmental and resource limitations and stresses. Now, unfortunately, because the present government mindset views CO2 as a pollutant, research has progressed but little on this front.
Carter and Dr. He is leading an international panel of scientists that is writing a comprehensive assessment of climate science to be published in The Center was founded in as a non-profit public charity dedicated to discovering and disseminating scientific information pertaining to the effects of atmospheric carbon dioxide enrichment on climate and the biosphere.
The Center produces a weekly online newsletter, CO2 Science , and maintains a massive online collection of editorials on and reviews of peer-reviewed scientific journal articles relating to global climate change.
George C. Marshall Institute, He contributed chapters to McKittrick, R. Idso received a B. Skip Navigation. The Heartland Institute - Ideas that empower people. PolicyBot Enhanced Search. Learn more. The Heartlander, Summer Read here.
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