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Heartland CEO admits he sucks, kills off future climate change denial conferences
Speaking to the seventh annual “International Conference on Climate Change” (ICCC) in Chicago on Wednesday, Heartland Institute CEO Joseph Bast revealed that “under 300″ people attended this year, then begged those attendees for donations from their “rich uncle,” admitting he’s “not a good fundraiser” and that the group has struggled…
The Heartland Institute reflects on its beating
It was an odd choice of icon for the ultra-conservative Heartland Institute. But there he was in round glasses, beard, and halo of curls staring out from T-shirts and coffee mugs at their gathering of climate change contrarians this week, the scientist whose internet sting set Heartland on its current…
Heartland Institute losing key staff, funders after Unabomber fiasco
The first Heartland Institute conference on climate change in 2008 had all the trappings of a major scientific conclave – minus large numbers of real scientists. Hundreds of climate change contrarians, with a few academics among them, descended into the banquet rooms of a lavish Times Square hotel for what…
CBS’s Sanjayan: This is the ‘sink or swim moment’ for society and climate change
Today, lead scientist of The Nature Conservancy and CBS contributor M. Sanjayan made an impassioned call to action with regards to climate change, reports Think Progress. The scientist said that whether or not you believe the science of climate change is valid is, at this point, “almost immaterial.” Every state…
Teens sue federal government over climate change inaction
A group of teenagers from Ventura, California has filed suit against the federal government for its failure to address the risks facing their generation from climate change, according to an article at The Atlantic.com. Led by 18-year-old Alec Loorz and represented pro bono by the law firm of Earth Day co-founder Rep.…
Czech president to keynote Heartland conference despite objections to billboard campaign
Václav Klaus, the Czech president and prominent climate sceptic, has condemned a controversial billboard campaign used by a rightwing US thinktank to advertise the forthcoming conference at which he is scheduled to give the keynote speech. However, his spokesman said Klaus will not join other speakers who have pulled out…
Bangladesh fights for survival against climate change
Rebecca Sultan’s life has been shattered twice in a few years. First, the 140mph winds of Cyclone Sidr ripped through her village, Gazipara, flattening houses, killing 6,000 people and devastating the lives of millions as it slammed into southern Bangladesh in 2007. Then, 18 months later, as Sultan was recovering,…
Explorer goes on voyage to the ‘front line’ of global warming
When Cameron Dueck set sail to the Canadian Arctic to witness what he calls “the front line of climate change”, he did so knowing he would have to brave seas that have killed scores of sailors and reduced men to cannibals. For 450 years before the first successful voyage in 1906, people sought the Northwest Passage,…
Chicago billboard compares belief in climate change to mass murder
Update: Heartland Institute withdraws billboard after less than 24 hours, calling it an “experiment” that “angered” many Update (below): Famed environmentalist thanks group for billboards A Chicago-based climate denial group has posted the first of several billboards to come that depict famous mass murderers who allegedly endorse climate change, asking…
Climate change has accelerated the rainfall cycle: study
An Australian study of ocean salinity over the past 50 years has revealed a “fingerprint” showing that climate change has accelerated the rainfall cycle, according to a researcher. The study published in the journal Science and conducted by Australian and US scientists looked at ocean data from 1950 to 2000…
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