Morrisey embraces climate-change denialists at conference amid EPA health threats

Morrisey embraces climate-change denialists at conference amid EPA health threats

The governor of West Virginia stood against established scientific consensus in Washington, D.C. on April 9, 2026. Patrick Morrisey did so by standing with leaders and supporters of the Heartland Institute, a think tank known for denying the scientific consensus that climate change is real and a human-driven threat to global health via extreme weather events and air pollution that proliferate disease and limit food availability.