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2013-05-20 A todos nos enseñan que hay que reciclar papel para salvar árboles. En nuestras casillas de ‘e-mail’ recibimos infinidad de veces esta advertencia: ‘Piense en el medio ambiente antes de imprimir este mensaje’. De hecho, el movimiento ecologista nació con un llamado a la preservación de los bosques. (...)

2013-05-17 Bjørn Lomborg kritisiert die deutsche Klimapolitik als reines Wunschdenken. Ich bin seit über einem Jahrzehnt an der Klimadebatte beteiligt, bin aber immer noch darüber erstaunt, auf was für einem Holzweg wir uns befinden. Lassen Sie uns versuchen, eine vollkommen neue Sichtweise auf den Klimawandel einzunehmen. (...) 

2013-05-05 We are all brought up to recycle paper to save trees. We get countless e-mail admonitions: “Please consider the environment before printing.” Indeed, environmentalism was born with a call to preserve the forests. But now, in the name of saving the planet from climate change, environmentalists are proposing an immense global campaign to cut down and burn trees and scrubs in order to reduce fossil-fuel use. (...) 

Interview with Bjørn Lomborg "An approach to doing good for the world, based on cost-effectiveness considerations – for some people this means a contradiction in terms, for others it is a possible tool for shifting the switches for present and future scenarios. In every case, Bjørn Lomborg, the Director of the Copenhagen Consensus Center and adjunct Professor at Copenhagen Business School will give rise to lively debates with his key-note lecture in Barcelona. Interested attendees of CESIO 2013 can find some extracts of his general ideas in this interview."

2013-04-27 Je vcelku ľahké ukázať, že dnešné postupy sú jednoducho hlúpe. Stoja veľa a úžitok je minimálny. V diskusiách o klíme sa pohybujem už viac ako desať rokov, ale dodnes ma udivuje, ako ju vedieme. Skúsme to zmeniť. Globálne otepľovanie je skutočné a z väčšej časti spôsobené ľuďmi, ale naše riešenia zlyhávajú. Bol som jedným z najväčších kritikov Kjótskeho protokolu a to ešte v čase, keď bol považovaný za evanjelium. Dnes nemá Kjóto priaznivcov a nikto si ani nespomína, že by naň niekedy veril.

2013-04-21 For some time, a divorce has been on the horizon. For years these sweethearts have soaked up the limelight on the international stage, but the sordid reality has sunk in. On Tuesday, a vote in the European Parliament confirmed that the love affair between the European Union and its climate policy may be well and truly over. This could turn out to be very good news for the world's climate. 

2013-04-22 USA Today Year after year, we are treated to a message of environmental doom and gloom and admonitions on Earth Day. On the back of this sentiment in wealthy countries, governments have invested billions of dollars in inefficient, feel-good policies such as subsidizing solar panels and electric cars. But there are far better ways to improve environmental prospects for humanity and our planet. On Earth Day, we need more fracking, more wealth, smarter investments and fewer inefficient subsidies. Read the full commentary here

2013-04-23 Robert Mangino and Matt Pitzarella host the Range Resources Marcellus Shale hour, they are joined by President of the Copenhagen Consensus Center and author Bjorn Lomborg. Talk kicked off with expanded use of natural gas, some trucking companies are buying big rigs that run on natural gas.  These natural gas powered trucks run further after fill up than diesel trucks, but cost more to produce.