Heartland Institute
The Heartland Institute is an American conservative and libertarian public policy think tank known for its rejection of both the scientific consensus on climate change and the negative health impacts of smoking.
Heartland Institute in September 2016 | |
| Formation | 1984 |
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| Founders |
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| Type | Nonprofit |
Tax ID no. | 36-3309812 |
| Legal status | 501(c)(3) |
| Purpose | Public policy analysis |
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President | James M. Taylor |
Chairman | Joseph A. Morris |
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Revenue (2020) | $3,779,901 |
| Expenses (2020) | $3,593,087 |
| Website | heartland |
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| Conservatism in the United States |
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Founded in 1984, it worked with tobacco company Philip Morris throughout the 1990s to attempt to discredit the health risks of secondhand smoke and lobby against smoking bans.: 233–234 Since the 2000s, the Heartland Institute has been a leading promoter of climate change denial.
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