In The Tank

The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Chris Talgo, and Linnea Lueken present episode 446 of the In The Tank Podcast. In honor of Earth Day (Week? Month?), we are taking a look at the State of the Climate Alarmism agenda. How is climate change currently resonating with the general public? How successful are its advocates in getting climate action done? And what does the future look like for the climate alarmist movement?

PRIMARY TOPIC - 2024 STATE OF CLIMATE ALARMISM 
 
Public perception
 
CBS News - CBS News poll finds big majority of Americans support U.S. taking steps to reduce climate change
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/poll-reduce-climate-change-extreme-weather-04-21-2024/
 
IR Magazine - Earth Day poll finds waning global interest in climate change, but most still want businesses to act
https://www.irmagazine.com/esg/earth-day-poll-finds-waning-global-interest-climate-change-most-still-want-businesses-act
 
Pew Research - What the data says about Americans’ views of climate change
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/08/09/what-the-data-says-about-americans-views-of-climate-change/
 
 
Public outreach
 
Fox News - Climate activists have new target in mind for major summer protest: 'Make their lives miserable'
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/climate-activists-new-target-mind-major-summer-protest-make-lives-miserable
 
Washington Post - What John Kerry’s exit means for the global climate fight
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/03/04/john-kerry-climate-change-china/
 
The Guardian - 'Only the beginning': Greta Thunberg reacts to court ruling on Swiss climate inaction – video
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/video/2024/apr/09/only-the-beginning-thunberg-reacts-to-court-ruling-on-state-climate-inaction-video
 
 
Success?
 
Energy Mix
https://ourworldindata.org/electricity-mix
 
The Hill - Biden administration plans to tee up offshore wind across the nation’s coastlines
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4616379-biden-administration-plans-to-tee-up-offshore-wind-across-the-nations-coastlines/
 
Tesla reports 55 % drop in profit as Chinese competitors dominate
https://www.semafor.com/article/04/23/2024/tesla-q1-report-sees-first-revenue-decline-in-years-for-ev-giant

Creators & Guests

Host
Chris Talgo
Chris Talgo is the Editorial Director at The Heartland Institute and a research fellow for Heartland’s Socialism Research Center.
Host
Donald Kendal
Donald Kendal is a research fellow for The Heartland's Socialism Research Center, host of Heartland's In the Tank Podcast and Stopping Socialism TV, and a talented graphic designer.
Host
Jim Lakely
Jim Lakely is the Vice President and Director of Communications of The Heartland Institute.

What is In The Tank?

The weekly flagship podcast from The Heartland Institute features in-depth policy discussions connected to current news. Host Donald Kendal leads the discussion with the usual crew of Heartland Institute Vice President Jim Lakely, Socialism Research Center “Commissar” Justin Haskins, Editorial Director Chris Talgo, and others at this national free-market think tank. The entertaining and informative discussions often hit topics such as the environment, energy policy, Big Tech censorship, the troubling rise of socialism, globalism, health care, education, that state of freedom in America and around the world, and much more.

This podcast is also available as part of the Heartland Daily Podcast, the “firehose” of all the organization’s podcasts that take deep and entertaining dives into public policy.