When the Only Problem Was Climate Change

Some business leaders are cozying up with politicians and scientists to demand swift, drastic action on global warming. This is a new twist on a very old practice: companies using public policy to line their own pockets. The tight relationship between the groups echoes the relationship among weapons makers, researchers and the U.S. military during the Cold War.

End of Kyoto would mean nothing for the climate

Dec 24, 2011
Shonali Ghosal

Q: You are known to be critical of the Kyoto Protocol. Does the Durban agreement offer more hope than Kyoto?

Bjorn Lomborg was asked if Russian President Putin was benefitting from Europe's green agenda. He explained that because the EU doesn't want coal or fracking, and its biggest economy Germany decided to phase out nuclear power, Europe has become very dependent on Russian gas, because wind and solar cannot provide reliable energy around the clock.