Briefly, Obama succeeded in getting China and India to agree that they need not simply to improve efficiency as they grow, but to make verifiable cuts in emissions. This is a major accomplishment, as it addresses the chief reason why Clinton and Bush refused to submit the Kyoto Protocol to the Senate...
Aesop was a slave who lived in Ancient Greece around 600 BC. He is best known for his collection of fables that teach moral lessons of human interaction. While Aesops Fables are often cast as childrens stories today, throughout most of history they were recognized as the deep wisdom of the ages. A few...
It has been said that Christianity would be perfect if there weren't people involved. I guess that's true of many things. Look at the US Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the Declaration of Independence. As a group of documents they exalt man to a higher level and establish a nation based...
Kofi Annan: Public Nuisance By Monty Pelerin , posted December 11th, 2009 http://www.economicnoise.com/2009/12/11/kofi-annan-public-nuisance/ Mr. Kofi A. Annan has opined on the Huffington Post regarding the Copenhagen Summit. Mr. Annan is former Secretary-General of the United Nations. Like a bad penny...
Either the planet is getting hotter or it isn't. Are manmade emissions the cause? Is the world headed for environmental Armageddon? Why is this a political football? It would seem to be an open and shut case. If the world is getting warmer, if manmade emissions are the cause, and if the climate will...
I've been watching aghast the last few weeks as the climate change storm sweeps the planet. A few weeks ago we had the release of hundreds of emails detailing a systematic plan to silence and disrepute any scientific data or opinions contrary to the accepted view of anthropogenic climage change....
I copy below comments I made on a related thread at Roger Pielke, Jr .'s Prometheus science policy blog, regarding recent duelling op-eds on climate change policy between the left-leaning Danish political scientist Bjørn Lomborg and economist Gary Yohe . Lomborg has stirred up discussions...