Get the facts straight
Morning Joe with Joe Scarborough Can green energy be cheap? An interview with Bjorn Lomborg
Published by National Review
National Review Online Wednesday, April 21, 2010
In Honor of Earth Day, Let's Have Some DDT by Veronique de Rugy
Published by Project Syndicate
COPENHAGEN – Efforts to stem global warming have nurtured a strong urge worldwide to deploy renewable energy. As a result, the use of wind turbines has increased ten-fold over the past decade, with wind power often touted as the most cost-effective green opportunity. According to Connie Hedegaard, the European Union’s commissioner for climate action, “People should believe that [wind power] is very, very cheap.” In fact, this is a highly problematic claim. (...)
Published by Al-Jazeera
Looking at the issues behind the trade of endangered species, plus Middle East banking. For interview with Lomborg: see 10:40-15:10.
