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Here’s the exchange in Danish newspapers (emphasis added, some typos corrected): Kare Fog, a critic of Lomborg: …. Lomborg will presumably refer to his Copenhagen Consensus conference, where it is shown with – seemingly – matter-of-fact cost/benefit calculations that it pays better to solve other problems than global warming ….. [The audience members] do not know that t he figures have arisen by discounting calculations and that Lomborg has cheated in these calculations. He has used one discount rate for climate projects, and another discount rate for the remaining projects
Their report, " Garland Shooting Suspect Elton Simpson’s Father: ‘My Son Made a Bad Choice’ ," states: Followers of ISIS had been sending messages about the event in Texas for more than a week, calling for attacks. One referenced January’s Charlie Hebdo massacre in France and said it was time for "brothers" in the United States to do their part. Simpson was well known to the FBI.
Tweet The APS is soliciting comments by its members on a draft statement on climate change, following up their 2007 statement.
Tweet As has been reported, the American Physical Society has requested comments on its Draft Statement on Earths Changing Climate. There was some amusement value in how the draft was presented