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== Staff and structure ==
== Staff and structure ==
Joseph Bast is president and CEO. Dr. Herbert Walberg is chairman of the board. Heartland’s Science Director is [[Jay Lehr]].
Joseph Bast is president and CEO. Dr. Herbert Walberg is chairman of the board. Heartland's Science Director is [[Jay Lehr]].
The organization has a full-time staff of 39, including 30 working in Arlington Heights, Illinois. Heartland also counts 250 academics and professional economists who serve as Policy Advisors — including [[Dennis Avery]], [[Fred Singer]], [[Apollo 17]] astronaut Harrison Schmitt, Apollo 7 astronaut Walter Cunningham, Dr. [[Sallie Baliunas]], Lord [[Christopher Monckton]], [[RedState]] Co-founder Ben Domenech, [[Neal McCluskey]], Brian Wesbury, [[Association of American Physicians and Surgeons]] President Dr. Jane Orient, Lewis Uhler, and former [[Reagan Era]] administration official Peter Ferrara.
The organization has a full-time staff of 39, including 30 working in Arlington Heights, Illinois. Heartland also counts 250 academics and professional economists who serve as Policy Advisors — including [[Dennis Avery]], [[Fred Singer]], [[Apollo 17]] astronaut Harrison Schmitt, Apollo 7 astronaut Walter Cunningham, Dr. [[Sallie Baliunas]], Lord [[Christopher Monckton]], [[RedState]] Co-founder Ben Domenech, [[Neal McCluskey]], Brian Wesbury, [[Association of American Physicians and Surgeons]] President Dr. Jane Orient, Lewis Uhler, and former [[Reagan Era]] administration official Peter Ferrara.
Heartland counts more than 200 elected officials who pay dues to serve on Heartland’s Legislative Forum. Heartland is a member of the [[American Legislative Exchange Council]] and is active in helping [[ALEC]] promoting policies that embrace free markets, individual liberty, and smaller government.
Heartland counts more than 200 elected officials who pay dues to serve on Heartland's Legislative Forum. Heartland is a member of the [[American Legislative Exchange Council]] and is active in helping [[ALEC]] promoting policies that embrace free markets, individual liberty, and smaller government.
== Climate conferences ==
== Climate conferences ==
The Heartland Institute has hosted 11 [http://climateconferences.heartland.org/ International Conferences on Climate Change] since 2008. These events have attracted extensive international attention to the debate taking place in the scientific community over the causes, extent, and consequences of climate change.
The Heartland Institute has hosted 11 [http://climateconferences.heartland.org/ International Conferences on Climate Change] since 2008. These events have attracted extensive international attention to the debate taking place in the scientific community over the causes, extent, and consequences of climate change.
The International Conferences on Climate Change are a project of The Heartland Institute’s [https://www.heartland.org/issues/environment Center on Climate and Environmental Policy], which produces an ambitious program of research and educational projects in defense of free-market environmentalism. That effort has brought together hundreds of scientists and economic experts to participate in the production of books (including four volumes in the [http://climatechangereconsidered.org/ Climate Change Reconsidered series] rebutting the alarmist reports of the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), policy studies, videos, a monthly public policy newspaper, a [http://news.heartland.org/climate-change-weekly weekly e-newsletter], events, and other educational activities.
The International Conferences on Climate Change are a project of The Heartland Institute's [https://www.heartland.org/issues/environment Center on Climate and Environmental Policy], which produces an ambitious program of research and educational projects in defense of free-market environmentalism. That effort has brought together hundreds of scientists and economic experts to participate in the production of books (including four volumes in the [http://climatechangereconsidered.org/ Climate Change Reconsidered series] rebutting the alarmist reports of the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), policy studies, videos, a monthly public policy newspaper, a [http://news.heartland.org/climate-change-weekly weekly e-newsletter], events, and other educational activities.
The 10th International Conference on Climate Change — held in Washington, DC on June 11 and 12, 2015 — attracted some 450 scientists, economists, policy experts, and guests willing to question whether man-made global warming is a problem worth addressing. The event was hosted by The Heartland Institute, had 20 cosponsors, and featured 45 keynoters and panelists.
The 10th International Conference on Climate Change — held in Washington, DC on June 11 and 12, 2015 — attracted some 450 scientists, economists, policy experts, and guests willing to question whether man-made global warming is a problem worth addressing. The event was hosted by The Heartland Institute, had 20 cosponsors, and featured 45 keynoters and panelists.