James Taylor (lawyer)

James M. Taylor is president of the Heartland Institute, a libertarian and conservative nonprofit think tank founded in Illinois in 1984.

Education
Taylor earned a bachelor's degree in government from, and studied atmospheric science while a student at, Dartmouth College. He earned a JD from Syracuse University.

Career
Taylor has studied and communicated about climate and energy policy for more than 20 years, was founding director of Heartland’s Arthur B. Robinson Center for Climate and Environmental Policy and, from 2001 to 2014, was the managing editor of the Heartland Institute-published Environment & Climate News. He is the co-author of Climate at a Glance for Teachers and Students: Facts on 30 Prominent Climate Topics, was author of a regular column for Forbes, and has given analysis on environment and energy topics for numerous media organisations and conferences.