(Schaumburg, IL.) — On Earth Day, as environmental activists and politicians are likely to raise the alarm on climate change, the Heartland Institute is responding.
“This Earth Day we have many things to celebrate. Science is increasingly showing that there is no climate crisis, necessitating a wholesale government takeover of the economy,” said H. Sterling Burnett, Ph.D., Director, Arthur B. Robinson Center on Climate and Environmental Policy. “In addition, even though energy use is at an all-time high and growing, our air and water are cleaner now than at any time in the last 150 years. That’s due to efficiency and technology, proving once again that we can have both economic growth and environmental quality.”
“Today is a day to celebrate the improving environmental condition of our planet and the rapidly improving environmental condition of the United States. Recovering temperatures from our recent 10,000-year lows are benefiting ecosystems around the world,” said James Taylor, president of the Heartland Institute. “Restoring CO2 to the atmosphere is dramatically increasing the amount of global plant life which is currently starved of CO2. Rolling back wind and solar power mandates is preserving open spaces that had previously been slated for destruction to serve the so-called renewable power industry. We need more affordable, reliable energy and less pandering to totalitarian leftist restrictions on freedom.”
