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Leading Global Warming Denialist Bjorn Lomborg: Climate Change Is a 'Chief Concern'
By Paul Wachter - AOL News(Aug. 31) -- Bjorn Lomborg, science's most notable climate change skeptic, has changed his mind. In a new book to be published next month, Lomborg calls for $100 billion to be spent annually to tackle global warming. For years, the vast majority of the scientific community have agreed that mankind is responsible for global warming. Lomborg, a Danish professor, was one a rare breed of scientist that dismissed this consensus, thus serving as a convenient source whom other skeptics, including prominent American businessmen, could point to for added validity. How does Lomborg explain his ...
Objections from African Nations Bring Climate Talks to Standstill
By David Sessions - Politics DailyNegotiations at the climate summit in Copenhagen broke down Monday when a group of African nations accused wealthier countries of trying to abandon the Kyoto Protocol, The Guardian reports. Members of the Group of 77, a loose coalition of developing countries that includes much of Africa, the Middle East and China, spoke out against what they called an effort to sideline poor countries and walk away from the only binding agreement on carbon emissions. Talks were suspended for two hours Monday, but continued informally and were expected to resume later in the day. Delegates said the episode ...
Sarah Palin Denies Being a Global Warming Denier
By David Sessions - Politics DailyThe reaction to Sarah Palin's Washington Post op-ed Wednesday has been swift and harsh among her liberal critics in the press. As Politics Daily's Walter Shapiro notes: "The Post was attacked for publishing the piece, sneered at for not fact-checking Palin's assertions, and ridiculed for failing to identify Palin's presumed ghostwriter. At the Atlantic's Web site, Marc Ambinder wrote a scathingly critical annotation that is almost as long as Palin's original text." In response, Palin has taken to her usual platform -- Facebook -- to defend herself: The response to my op-ed by global warming ...
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