Get the facts straight
Activists’ tales of doom never pan out, but they leave us poorly informed and feed bad policy.
Published by ZDNet
By Stilgherrian for Patch Monday 27 August, 2012
Dr. Bjorn Lomborg and Dr. Casper Hewett talk about geo-engineering.
Published by Foreign Policy
The FP Top 100 Global ThinkersForeign Policy presents a unique portrait of 2011's global marketplace of ideas and the thinkers who make them.DECEMBER 2011
Bjorn Lomborg For looking more right than ever on the politics of climate change. Director, Copenhagen Consensus, Denmark
Published by USA Today
President Trump’s executive order eliminating President Obama’s standards for power plants guts the main U.S. measure to reduce harmful carbon emissions, and in doing so reveals the emptiness of the Paris climate treaty.
The science is clear-cut: Climate change is real and mostly caused by humanity. Obama committed America to major carbon cuts.
According to the International Energy Agency, the U.S. promised to cut more energy-related CO2 emissions than any country in the world from 2013 to 2025, under the Paris climate treaty.