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  • 1 Oct 2009
    Bjørn Lomborg

    Lomborg: Carbon cuts likely to harm

    Writing for The Washington Post, skeptical environmentalist Bjørn Lomborg discusses likely impacts of any required carbon cuts, and, crucially, the huge cost of carbon cuts versus other means of reducing emissions.

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  • 23 Jul 2009

    Lomborg: Gore is wrong on climate change

    Writing for Esquire, Bjørn Lomborg discusses recent climate initiatives and why money spent in other ways would reap much greater environmental benefits. Lomborg’s Global Crises, Global Solutions is coming soon!

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  • 17 Jun 2009
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    Bjørn Lomborg: Stop Scaring the Kids!

    Bjørn Lomborg, writing for the Guardian, warns of Global Warming exaggeration. An argument he's been making for a while, yes, but here, he points to new studies on children, terrified by exaggerations in the media.

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  • 26 May 2009
    Bjørn Lomborg

    The Climate-Industrial Complex

    The tight relationship between the groups echoes the relationship among weapons makers, researchers and the U.S. military during the Cold War. President Dwight Eisenhower famously warned about the might of the "military-industrial complex," cautioning that "the potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist." He worried that "there is a recurring temptation to feel that some spectacular and costly action could become the miraculous solution to all current difficulties."

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  • 27 Apr 2009

    Bjørn Lomborg: Don’t Waste Time Cutting Emissions

    Skeptical Environmentalist Bjørn Lomborg wrote an Op-Ed for Saturday's New York Times. In it, he argues that the costs of cutting emissions Kyoto-style far outstrip those of investing large amounts of money in clean energy.

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