Prominent U.S. climate denial group fires president amid financial crisis

The Heartland Institute is undergoing its second leadership change in less than a year.

Frank Lasee, a former state legislator, is out as head
of the Heartland Institute, known for its efforts to
question climate science.

The group, which rejects climate science, is ousting its president, Frank Lasée, after being buffeted by financial turbulence that led to significant layoffs, according to two sources close to Heartland.

"He's being kicked out," one source said.

HuffPost reported earlier this month that former staffers blamed Lasée for blowing through the group's budget.

Those assertions came as the Heartland Institute hired a 19-year-old German woman to publicly reject climate science in an attempt to establish her as an anti-Greta Thunberg figure and to raise money.

James Taylor, director of Heartland's Arthur B. Robinson Center for Climate and Environmental Policy, is being considered for the role of president. Neither Taylor nor a Heartland spokesman responded to requests for comment.

Read the story from Science by Scott Waldman - “Prominent U.S. climate denial group fires president amid financial crisis.”