Get the facts straight
Whom can you trust? Posted by John Stossel | February 09, 2012
Re-Airing on FNC Saturday @10PM
Published by Forbes
Many western donors love the idea that instead of dirty, coal-fired power-plants, poor nations should ‘leapfrog’ straight to cleaner energy sources such as off-grid solar technology. The World Bank is at the forefront of these efforts, no longer funding coal energy projects.
Off-grid solar projects begin with grand intentions, but too often end with recipients barely better off. We can see this in the small Pacific island nation of Fiji, where the government – advocates of strong global climate policy – teamed up with a Japanese technology company to deliver off-grid solar power.
Bjørn Lomborg: Cool It! – The Skeptical Environmentalist's Guide to Global Warming
A controversial figure in the climate change debate, the self-proclaimed Danish ‘skeptic’, academic and environmental writer talks about his much-discussed and criticised analysis on the subject as outlined in his book and film Cool It. Part of the series of Greenland events.
This Platform is followed by a booksigning Tickets £3.50 (£2.50 concessions) Running time 45 minutes Tue 15, February 2011, 6:00 pm
Published by The Globe and Mail
Global warming's cooler heads How is any normal person supposed to make sense of the global warming debate? I don't blame you if you've given up. The trouble is, it's not a debate at all. It's a heavily politicized screaming match, with claims and counterclaims bombarding you from all directions. What can we do? And who the heck can we believe? If you're in this fix, Bjorn Lomborg is your man. The Danish environmentalist has just published an essential guide for the perplexed, called Cool It. He covers all the bases in language anyone can understand.