Danish statistician and environmentalist-sceptic, Bjorn Lomborg, has just published a new book, “Cool It - The Skeptical Environmentalist’s Guide to Global Warming” (Knopf, 2007). From the book’s blurb:
“Bjorn Lomborg argues that many of the elaborate and expensive actions now being considered to stop global warming will cost hundreds of billions of dollars, are [...]

The Vatican is announcing it will become the world’s first carbon neutral state. Could we expect any less?
The International Herald Tribune reports that the Vatican has tried to reduce it’s emissions, installing solar panels, but now wants to lead by example by offsetting all of the emissions it creates from lighting it’s St. Peter’s Basilica, [...]

The widely used environmentally unfriendly packaging material will soon, we expect, be replaced by a biodegradable alternative which has recently been developed in a Chinese university. They embed water-absorbing resin particles within the polymer, which then expand when in contact with water, breaking the entire structure down into a powder which will then biodegrade. This [...]

A BBC article tells how the Brazilian President ‘Lula’ has announced figures that show that deforestation in the Amazon has slowed by 25% to the lowest rates since 2000. This has been granted due to increased measures against illegal logging and environmental policies. Deforestation is responsible for 75% of Brazil’s CO2 emissions, as new land [...]

The popular US TV thriller series, “24″, is aiming to be carbon-neutral in its production of the final episode of the next season, according to this article in the Washington Post. The good green citizen can then watch it with a clear conscience, I suppose.
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