H. Sterling Burnett
H. Sterling Burnett, Ph.D., hosts The Heartland Institute’s Environment and Climate News podcast. Burnett also is the director of Heartland’s Arthur B. Robinson Center on Climate and Environmental Policy, is the editor of Heartland's Climate Change Weekly email, and oversees the production of the monthly newspaper Environment & Climate News. Prior to joining The Heartland Institute in 2014, Burnett worked at the National Center for Policy Analysis for 18 years, ending his tenure there as senior fellow in charge of environmental policy. He has held various positions in professional and public policy organizations within the field. Burnett is a member of the Environment and Natural Resources Task Force in the Texas Comptroller’s e-Texas commission, served as chairman of the board for the Dallas Woods and Water Conservation Club, is a senior fellow at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, works as an academic advisor for Collegians for a Constructive Tomorrow, is an advisory board member to the Cornwall Alliance, and is an advisor for the Energy, Natural Resources and Agricultural Task Force at the American Legislative Exchange Council.
Appears in 118 Episodes
Exposing the Climate Grift - The Climate Realism Show #146
Elon Musk's DOGE crew continues to shine a light on how our federal government operates, and it is exposing more climate grift than even the most cynical among us coul...
EPA Returning ‘Gold Bars’ to Taxpayers - The Climate Realism Show #145
The good news for climate realists and better governance in the Trump administration is piling up so fast it is difficult to keep up. As we covered on this show on Dec...
Unleashing American Energy: Restoring Sanity to U.S. Energy Policy
Join us as we dive into President Trump’s bold “Unleashing American Energy” executive order—a decisive move to free America’s most valuable resources, from coal and o...
The Trump Effect on the Global Climate Agenda - The Climate Realism Show #144
President Trump has struck the Biden administration’s climate and energy policy like a hurricane – from increasing energy exploration and extraction, to letting 1,000 ...
Is DOGE Breaking Washington, or Fixing it? - In The Tank #482
The Trump administration's efforts to dismantle the status quo continue, causing the right people to worry about their next paychecks. Nations around the world are com...
Trump's Blizzard of Climate and Energy Orders
H. Sterling Burnett, director of the Arthur B. Robinson Center on Climate and Environmental Policy at The Heartland Institute, was a guest recently on the Bill Cunning...
Making Climate Policy Sane Again - The Climate Realism Show #142
President Trump wasted no time after his inauguration on Monday reversing all of his predecessor’s executive orders that made climate alarmism and “green” energy the f...
Trump’s Climate Cabinet - The Climate Realism Show #141
Senate committee rooms on Capitol Hill were buzzing with activity this week as many of President Trump’s picks for cabinet posts were underway. Three of the key hearin...
LA Fires NOT Caused by Climate Change
Historic wildfires have destroyed thousands of homes and businesses in Los Angeles County. Many homes of the rich and famous in Pacific Palisades, Malibu, and Pasadena...
Biden’s Green Programs Fraudulent, Wasteful, and Abusive
Join us for a hard-hitting discussion with Dr. Sterling Burnett, director of the Robinson Center on Climate and Environmental Policy at The Heartland Institute, as he ...
Human CO2 Emissions Are a GOOD THING - The Climate Realism Show #139
It’s a fact that humans are increasing the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. But does it follow, as we’re constantly told, that this increasing of CO2...
H. Sterling Burnett on Climate Policy and America's Energy Future
In this episode of The Heartland Daily Podcast, Karen Schoen is joined by H. Sterling Burnett, Director of the Arthur B. Robinson Center on Climate and Environmental P...
Is Elon Musk Now a Climate Realist? - The Climate Realism Show #138
Elon Musk’s latest fortune was built on his Tesla electric vehicles, helped in no small measure by federal tax credits so more people could afford to buy the luxury it...
Top 10 Energy Priorities for America's Future
Join Sterling Burnett of The Heartland Institute as he delves into the critical intersection of climate policy and energy independence. This three-part series examines...
EPA’s Big Green Money Scam
The investigative journalists at Project Veritas have a new scoop. President Biden’s Environmental Protection Agency is reacting to soon losing power by shoveling tens...
COP 29: Inside the Disaster in Baku - The Climate Realism Show #136
The latest annual United Nations climate conference, COP29, is about to wrap up in Baku, Azerbaijan – the second year in a row it has been held in a “petro state.” Add...
Maple Syrup and Hot Air: Debunking Canada’s Climate Hype – The Climate Realism Show #135
While the political tide has shifted right in the United States – and away from the climate alarmist agenda – our neighbors to the north are still currently all-in for...
Trump Causes Climate Activists to Melt Down - The Climate Realism Show #134
Donald Trump’s massive landslide victory in Tuesday’s presidential election has climate activists around the world melting down. Trump called measures to control clima...
"Not So Fast," on Coal Closures, Its Still Vital To America (Guest: Matt Mackowiak)
"Not So Fast," is a campaign to make it obvious to the general public, regulators, and legislators alike that coal still plays a vital role to play in the U.S. electri...
Climate Change Policies, Killing the American Dream
Climate change policy is often framed as a challenge to personal freedoms and choices, especially when policies seem to impose strict limits on individuals’ lifestyles...
Rhetoric and Reality - The Politics of Climate Change
The whole world seems to be nervously awaiting the outcome of the presidential election, which is just 10 days away — perhaps no group more than the global climate cab...
Climate Alarmist Education - The Climate Realism Show #131
America’s educational system used to cover the “three Rs” — reading, writing, and ’rithmetic – but that has long been abandoned from elementary school through college ...
Breaking Down Hurricane Milton - The Climate Realism Show #130
After a slow start to the 2024 Hurricane Season, it seems like Mother Nature wants to make up for lost time. First Helene hit the Florida Panhandle and caused a disast...
The Aftermath and Myths of Hurricane Helene
Hurricane Helene will go down as one of the most-significant natural disasters (so far) in US History, and certainly of the 21st century. While the Florida panhandle w...
It’s Climate Week in NYC - The Climate Realism Show #128
It’s climate week in New York City, yet another expensive and carbon-intensive gathering of global chicken littles clucking about the end of the world. More than 6,000...
Microsoft to Reopen 3-Mile Island Nuclear Plant - In The Tank #466
The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Chris Talgo, and H. Sterling Burnett present episode 466 of the In The Tank Podcast. Surprising news dropped earli...
Trump Looms Over COP 29 - The Climate Realism Show #127
The United Nations' climate confab (COP 29) in Azerbaijan, of all places, will convene less than a week after America's presidential election. It will be pretty glum g...
Debate Prep for Trump on Climate
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris will have their first and probably only debate on Tuesday. Climate is likely to come up as a debate topic, after not being emphasized fo...
Hurricane Season 2024: Were the predictions wrong again?
NOAA and other forecasters predicted the 2024 hurricane season would be among the most active in decades. Professional climate alarmist Michael Mann said human-caused ...
The Real Costs of Sustainable Aviation Fuel
Heartland's H. Sterling Burnett was recently a guest on the Jeanne Ives Podcast. They discussed the recent announcement by Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, who touted ...
