Review: COOL IT–The Skeptical Environmentalist’s Guide to Global Warming

Excellent for the General Reader, Nicely Slams the Hystericals October 8, 2009 Bjorn Lomborg I must acknowledge that I appreciated this book all the more for first having read Global Crises, Global Solutions as edited by Lomborg (37 contributors), but I do NOT recommend the latter book–read my summary review instead. This book I most …

Review: The Resilient Earth–Science, Global Warming and the Future of Humanity

Pushes the Re-Set Button on Both Gore and Lomborg October 3, 2009 Doug L. Hoffman and Allen Simmons The more I read, the less I know and the more frustrated I grow with the insanity of academic, government, corporate, and non-governmental stovepipes of knowledge in isolation. Right up front this book, read crossing the Atlantic …

Journal: MILNET Flags Africa wants $67 bln a year in global warming funds

* Africa seeks unity ahead of Copenhagen talks * Climate change seen hitting poor nations hardest By Tsegaye Tadesse ADDIS ABABA, Aug 24 (Reuters) – African leaders will ask rich nations for $67 billion per year from 2020 to cushion the impact of global warming on the world’s poorest continent, according to a draft resolution …

Journal: MILNET Flags Fighting Global Warming With CIA?

Some say security fears are counterproductive By Bryan Bender WASHINGTON – Melting ice caps. Drought. Spreading disease. US defense planners view global climate change as a national security threat because it could create millions of new refugees and intensify conflicts over resources. . . . . . . . A new debate is unfolding over …