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    More than 500 people attended the 2008 International Conference on Climate Change, including these dozens of scientists, joined by Joseph Bast and James M. Taylor of The Heartland Institute (center top).

    2008 International Conference on Climate Change
    New York City, New York, USA
    March 2-4, 2008

    Audio of nearly all presentations at the 2008 International Conference on Climate Change -- including keynote presentations by scientists Patrick Michaels, Robert Balling, Ross McKitrick, Tim Ball, Fred Singer, William Gray, and Roy Spencer; Czech President Vaclav Klaus; comedian Tim Slagle; and ABC News' John Stossell -- is now available online, as are PowerPoints and other electronic versions of most presentations. Held March 2-4 in New York City, the conference attracted 500+ attendees from more than a dozen countries.


    What's New: Video, News & Commentary

    Controversy Arises Over Lists of Scientists Whose Research Contradicts Man-Made Global Warming Scares
    Joseph Bast - May 05, 2008
    DeSmogBlog, a Web site created to attack conservative and free-market nonprofit organizations, targeted The Heartland Institute in late April 2008, and ... (read more)

    Environmental Activist Failures Highlight Earth Day
    James M. Taylor - April 23, 2008
    The Earth Day propaganda machine will be in full swing today with alarmist stories of humans destroying the environment. By virtually every measure -- ... (read more)

    A “Nobel” Folly
    Gregory Cooke - April 23, 2008
    Take away Al Gore’s Nobel peace prize. Give him another one -- literature maybe, or art -- but the peace prize has got to go.

    U.S. Governors Meeting at Yale Fuels Global Warming Alarmism
    Dan Miller - April 18, 2008
    (Chicago, Ill. - April 18, 2008) On Friday, April 18, Yale University hosted a meeting of state governors calling for restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions.

    Presidential Call to Curb Greenhouse Gas Emissions Will Hurt U.S. Economy
    Dan Miller - April 16, 2008
    (Chicago, Ill. - April 16, 2008) President George Bush Wednesday outlined a new initiative on global warming and the curtailment of greenhouse gases. ... (read more)


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    (YouTube video: 8:07 minutes)

    Heartland Senior Fellow James M. Taylor
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    President, Czech Republic
    Speech before the United Nations summit on climate change
    September 24, 2007
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    by Rich Trzupek (13.2 mb)
    Staff Reporter
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    A Primer on Global Warming

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    The Twenty-Three (and Growing) Smoking Guns of Global Warming

    More than 19,000 basic and applied American scientists, two-thirds with advanced degrees, have signed the Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine's Global Warming Petition, which says in part, "There is no convincing scientific evidence that human release of carbon dioxide, methane, or other greenhouse gases is causing or will, in the foreseeable future, cause catastrophic heating of the Earth's atmosphere and disruption of the Earth's climate."

  • "For those scientists who value their scientific reputations, I would advise that they distance themselves from politically motivated claims of a 'scientific consensus' on the causes of global warming -- before it is too late. Don’t let five Norwegians on the Nobel Prize committee be the arbiters of what is good science." (read more)

    Dr. Roy W. Spencer, principal research scientist at University of Alabama in Huntsville, formerly a senior scientist for climate studies at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.



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