Heartland Institute

The Heartland Institute was founded in Chicago in 1984 with a mission to discover, develop, and promote free-market solutions to social and economic problems.  However, social and economic problems are defined as failures of the free market system.  Using the same theory to find a solution to a problem caused originally by that theory is not going to work.

Heartland is "pursuing a proposal from Dr. David Wojick to produce a global warming curriculum for K-12 schools." According to the Heartland Institute, “His effort will focus on providing curriculum that shows that the topic of climate change is controversial and uncertain -- two key points that are effective at dissuading teachers from teaching science.”

So, now we know what Heartland is really attempting to do is send us back the Dark Ages before science.  Heartland wants students to not learn science. Heartland’s real goal is to continue to get donations from large corporations and private donors focused on protecting their investments in fossil fuel energy dependent businesses.

They are not sending out this propaganda because they believe it.  They are getting paid just like any other PR firm to send out a message and get paid.  This is a job and way to make a living wage.  They don’t care about science or teachers or a free market economy.  They just want to get paid.

More reading:  Huffington Post Article