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May 18 2010

Climate Policy: Theological, Scientific, and Economic Considerations

By E. Calvin Beisner / May 18, 2010

A Panel Presentation to the Fourth International Conference on Climate Change Download the full presentation (PDF). I’m grateful to James Taylor, Joe Bast, and the Heartland Institute for asking me to speak. My remarks today in part abridge, condense, and supplement what the Cornwall Alliance has said in a 76-page interdisciplinary research paper we published last […]

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May 1 2009

Prominent Signers of “An Evangelical Declaration on Global Warming”

By Cornwall Alliance / May 1, 2009

Read “An Evangelical Declaration on Global Warming.” Updated List: Prominent Endorsers of An Evangelical Declaration on Global Warming through January 14, 2010 Organization and title are listed for identification only, and do not imply organizational endorsement. Members listed in italics are climate scientists. Scientists (including 13 Climate Scientists) and Medical Doctors Robert Stephen Adams, M.D.,

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May 1 2009

A Renewed Call to Truth, Prudence, and Protection of the Poor

By Cornwall Alliance / May 1, 2009

Read The Full A Renewed Call To Truth Prudence and Protection of the Poor (PDF) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The world is in the grip of an idea: that burning fossil fuels to provide affordable, abundant energy is causing global warming that will be so dangerous that we must stop it by reducing our use of fossil

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Apr 25 2008

Facing Fears & Global Warming

By John Christy P.HD / April 25, 2008

With all of the pending disasters blamed on global warming blasting their way through the media, I can understand why many might fear the future climate. We are told emissions of greenhouse gases, mainly carbon dioxide (CO2), are destroying not only polar bears and petunias, but the planet as a whole. If we don’t “stop

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Apr 10 2008

Why the UN’s ‘Developed Countries Should Pay’ Theory Is Flawed

By Indur M. Goklany / April 10, 2008

[A]lthough greenhouse gas emissions can be blamed on nations based on the location of emission activities, these emissions are the effluvia of civilization and all its activities. In today’s interconnected world, economic activity in one country helps provide livelihoods and incomes for many inhabitants elsewhere, and vice versa. A substantial portion of economic growth

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Apr 7 2008

Norman Borlaug: Still Feeding the World

By Paul Driessen / April 7, 2008

Norman Borlaug just turned 94 – and is still going strong. During the “Eat This” segment of their docu-comedy series BS, Penn Jillette beat Teller in a round of their “Greatest Person in History” card game. Penn needed just one card: Norman Borlaug. This Iowa farm boy and University of Minnesota agriculture graduate lived Thomas

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Mar 17 2008

Biofuels Forcing World to Ration Food Aid

By Dennis T. Avery / March 17, 2008

The World Food Program is preparing to ration food aid for the world’s hungriest poor. Why? Primarily because we’re burning food in our automobiles. The rich-country mandates for biofuels have doubled and tripled world food prices in less than three years. The World Food Program’s costs are rising by millions of dollars per week and

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Mar 4 2008

From Climate Alarmism to Climate Realism

By Vaclav Klaus / March 4, 2008

Address to the International Conference on Climate Change Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen, I would like first of all to thank the organizers of this important conference for making it possible and also for inviting one politically incorrect politician from Central Europe to come and speak here. This meeting will undoubtedly make a significant contribution

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Feb 20 2008

Let the Sun Shine on Sunshine Energy

By E. Calvin Beisner / February 20, 2008

Florida Power and Light, the regulated electric utility for almost all Floridians, has offered its customers an opportunity to help reduce carbon dioxide emissions. By signing up for the Sunshine Energy program, they can ensure that 1,000 kWh of electricity from cleaner sources than fossil fuels will be produced in Florida and other states, allegedly

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Feb 14 2008

Few French Fried in 2006

By World Climate Report / February 14, 2008

In the history of global warming scare stories, the 2003 European heat wave was a landmark event—it was the first time that a rash of human deaths were specifically linked to global warming. Many of you probably recall that a widespread exceptionally hot and dry spell hit Western Europe in August, 2003. Depending on how

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