Alexandra Liddy Bourne

 Credentials

Bourne started her career as a nurse, receiving a B.S.N. degree from the College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, New York, and an M.S.N. from Catholic University of America. [2]

 Background

Alexandra "Sandy" Liddy Bourne is the Heartland Institute's vice-president for policy strategy. She is the former Director of the Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Task Force, ALEC Member, Virginia Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services

Bourne authored the 2004 ALEC publication "'Sons-of-Kyoto' Legislation: Greenhouse Gas Regulation in the States," where she argued that the Kyoto Protocol and the movement behind it threatened to ruin the free market system and turn the global economy over to a "carbon cartel."

Stance on Climate Change

"Regardless of the scientific uncertainty and the economic costs, there is an orchestrated movement to force the federal government and the American public to implement Kyoto-like registration and develop a cap and trade carbon emission system. Ultimately, this system will create a national energy tax in the short term and has implications that may harm free trade in the future. The legacy that we may hand over to future generations is not one of individual choices in a free market system, but one of lost opportunities in a global market controlled by a carbon cartel." [8]

Key Quotes

"This is poor methodology and a dangerous precedent to use to protect public health in that it directs resources to potential threats and outliers in data as opposed to current environmental threats that are having a significant detrimental effect upon human health. There is no direct evidence that increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere have had a significant impact in respiratory diseases or cardiovascular diseases." [9]

Key Deeds

April, 2008

In 2008 Bourne announced that the implementation of climate legislation would burden the Southern States and lead to "another Civil War here in a short period of time, because the cost is going to go up." [6]

March, 2008

Bourne was a speaker at the Heartland Institute's First International Conference on Climate Change. [7]

March, 2004

Bourne was a speaker at a NCPA Briefing on Global Warming titled "What Do We Really Know vs. What We Are Told." Other speakers included prominent climate change deniers David Legates, Myron Ebell, and Patrick Michaels. [5]

 Affiliations

• The Heartland Institute — Senior Fellow, Energy Policy

Bourne's previous role at Heartland was Vice President for Policy and Strategy between 2006 and 2008. She acted as Heartland's Washington, DC, media spokesperson and was their liaison to Legislative Advisors, donors and allies.

• The American Energy Freedom Center (AEFC) — Executive Director. [2]

• The American Legislative Exchange Council — Past Director of Legislation and Policy. [2]

• National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) — Environmental Expert. [4]

 Publications

• Alexandra Liddy Bourne. "Sons of Kyoto: Greenhouse Gas Regulation in the States" (PDF), American Legislative Exchange Council. Republished by the Heartland Institute. 

 Resources

1. "About: Senior Fellows," The Heartland Institute. Accessed November 30, 2011.

2. "Alexandra Liddy Bourne," American Energy Freedom Center.

3. "Sandra Liddy Bourne," SourceWatch profile.

4. "Environmental Experts," The National Center for Policy Analysis. Accessed November 30, 2011. 

5. "NCPA Earth Day Briefing on Global Warming: 'What Do We Really Know vs. What We Are Told'," U.S. Newswire, April 20, 2004. 

6. "Heartland VP: 'Yankee taxes' on global warming will lead to 'another Civil War'," ThinkProgress, April 15, 2008.

7. "Alexandra Liddy Bourne," International Conference on Climate Change (website hosted by the Heartland Institute)

8. Alexandra Liddy Bourne. "Sons of Kyoto: Greenhouse Gas Regulation in the States" (PDF), American Legislative Exchange Council. Republished by the Heartland Institute.

9. "Comments of Alexandra Liddy Bourne, R.N., M.S.N, on EPA’s Proposed Endangerment Finding," The Heartland Institute, June 23, 2009.

10. "Alexandra Liddy Bourne," Profile at the NCPA.