TreeHugger used to have fun with the Heartland Institute with their over-the-top campaigns denying climate change. After one particularly stupid campaign, TreeHugger Emeritus and now famous author Brian Merchant described them as…
Sorry Brian, that was so 2012. Today, the Heartland Institute is on a roll. And where most of us might think that the current administration in Washington has done huge damage to the environment, the Heartland Institute thinks they are just getting started. Juliet Eilperin and Brady Davis of the Washington Post got a hold of their Energy Freedom Scorecard that shows what they have achieved, but what is still on their to-do list, and it is really scary.
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In fact, it is positively Orwellian. Renewable energy harms the environment because it is less efficient and more land intensive than fossil fuels. Solar energy destroys jobs and harms the environment. PM 2.5 particulates have no detrimental health effects. Oh, and fuel economy standards “result in the deaths of thousands of car and truck passengers every year.” The fact that instead of being happy about it, they are complaining that change isn’t happening fast enough, is even scarier. And as proof that they are not fringe anymore, the EPA head Scott Pruitt phoned in his message:
It’s too hard to watch, really. This is the head of the EPA talking:
After that wonderful introduction, they all got down to work. According to the Post,
The Post article ends with a classic, that nobody has had the nerve to say in public for decade, and now could well be government policy:
We are not yet a year into this administration where the President and Congress are all rowing together in the same direction, following this agenda, and they really are just getting started.
