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Big Problems, Big Solutions

Bjørn Lomborg has a group of Nobel laureates working to solve climate change, war, hunger, and more. And he wants to know what you think. By Bjørn Lomborg

Posted Thursday, April 26, 2012.

An Economic Approach to the Environment Resources are limited. Cost-benefit analysis can inform our decisions. April 23, 2012 by Bjorn Lomborg   

NewsTalk WJR 760am April 18, 2012. Bjorn Lomborg, adjunct professor at the Copenhagen Business School, where he founded and directs its Copenhagen Consensus Center, author of The Skeptic Environmentalist and Cool it, regarding Germany and China cutting back on subsidies for green energy. 

Project Syndicate, Apr. 13, 2012by Bjorn Lomborg.  COPENHAGEN – This decade has seen remarkable progress against humanity’s greatest challenges. Consider the declaration of victory over polio in India, which seemed impossible ten years ago. January marked one year since the country’s last reported case.

BBC The World Tonight http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldtonight

Apr 9, 2012. Starting at 28:01 min. Reporter: Paul Moss.  

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldtonight

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. (...)  

Lomborg participates in the How the Light Gets In philosophy festival on June 2, 2012 4:00pm Hay-on-Wye, Wales, UK

Lomborg is on air on CNN Issues With Jane Velez Mitchell, 7pm ET on March 6.   Int BL 2012-03-06 CNN Velez-Mitchell.pdf

HOST: Max Allen

This is a two hour series, one hour each of the nights of March 12 and March 19.

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Febr 23, 2012. Bjorn Lomborg - Danish Author - Environmental Writer and Author of "The Skeptical Environmentalist."

Bjorn and John discuss the solar and wind projects in Europe. The John Oakley Show - Talk Radio AM640 John Oakley is widely considered to be one of this country's pre-eminent talk-radio hosts. Check daily for the Interview of the Day, and listen to the John Oakley Show on AM640 Toronto Radio.