All Entries in the "Human Rights" Category

End Game or Mid Term – Bonn

by Einar Du Rietz, Bonn
The game is not over yet, but the climate talks in Bonn are. For the time being. Another session is already scheduled for August, and it might very well be that the free-lunchers will squeeze yet another in, during the buildup of expectations before Cancun. After the enormous debacle before, during and [...]

And Now For the Good News

by Einar Du Rietz
How splendid in this often pessimist debate, to get the chance to present some good news!
According to the global health statistics from WHO, things are going in the right direction, in some cases remarkably well. Since 1990, infant mortality has decreased by 30 percent. Malnutrition is going down, access to drinking water has [...]

Create Prosperity – Not Hypocrisy

by Einar Du Rietz
Investing your money and savings for your pension in funds that advertise themselves as more “ethical” than others? Maybe it’s time to think again.
Environmental watchdogs are increasingly pointing out funds as dubious, because of investments in different energy companies. In a recent – undercover – study (Swedish) non of the four checked [...]

Allègre con brio: last stance at the OK Corral

Former government minister Claude Allègre is once more to be hailed for fighting the “consensus”, as his recent book is high on the best-seller lists.
Yes, discussion is possible; no, scientific progress is not a matter of international voting to find the truth. (This would be comparable to letting the dictatorship countries vote on human [...]

Lord Monckton: IPCC “At It Again” in Bonn

U.N. makes new push for climate treaty in Bonn this April.  Treaty would infringe national sovereignty without benefit to world climate.
LORD CHRISTOPHER MONCKTON (Wisconsin)

Climate Policy’s Third World Threat

Barun Mitra and Manuel de Araujo Address CFACT’s International Climate Eco-Summit (I.C.E.) in Copenhagen

Thanks to Jody Clarke and the Atlas Foundation for their sponsorship of Barun Mitra’s and Manuel de Araujo’s Presentations in Copenhagen.

Water seeks its own level: here comes that sinking feeling

What’s the difference between the climate jamboree and the Titanic? At least the latter had an orchestra. Numerous groups are eager to grab the headlines in Copenhagen; the smaller you are, the more original the initiatives. But dressing up as a polar bear is a tiresome business. Better try for direct appeal to bleeding hearts [...]

Denmark Trades Dalai Lama for Climate Treaty

Ends Inconvenient Friendship With Tibet

By Einar Du Rietz, Copenhagen
Maybe these guys are serious about the Copenhagen treaty after all. Wednesday evening it became clear that Denmark has reversed its policy on China and Tibet by abruptly recognizing Chinese sovereignty over Tibet. Denmark promised to act with “caution” in future contacts with the Dalai [...]

Pascal’s Wager, Gore’s Wages

“- Supposing a tree fell down, Pooh, when we were underneath it?
- Supposing it didn’t, said Pooh after careful thought.”
(The House at Pooh Corner)
The Economist in its special report argued that the world needs a new climate treaty as an “insurance policy against a catastrophe that may never happen”. A curious statement, especially in [...]

The Hypocritical Oath – Save Yourself – Blame the Media

The leading energy company Vattenfall and it’s owner has been under attack recently. Einar Du Rietz tries to sort out the mess.
One of the largest energy companies in Europe, Swedish state owned Vattenfall has come under heavy media attack recently, and so has the responsible minister for industry, Maud Olofsson. The main reason is [...]

Key Dates in the Fall of European Communism.

Happy the Days When Tyrants Fall and Men Breathe Free.
Key dates in the fall of European Communism. Yahoo/AP.
Never again!
Der Spiegel on humor under Communism.

Must Bjørn Lomborg Say Nice Things About Danish Climate Policy?

SIMON ESPERSEN (Copenhagen)
In terms of political ideas, Denmark these days is largely socialist. In economic terms it is a mixed economy with a large part of civil society encroached upon by government bureaucracy.
There is not a vital part of society that politicians do not seek to control. 

CFACT's Field Trip to Mexico

CFACT recently completed a development project in Valle Verde, Mexico.  CFACT partnered with a coalition of relief organizations to provide local residents with solar panels, recycled laptops, and basic computer training.

Still Feeding the World

The great Norman Borlaug Died September 12, 2009
By PAUL DRIESSEN (Washington)
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 [...]

Commentary: Sick and Deadly Disease Control Programs

Too many of them perpetuate disease and cost lives
PAUL DRIESSEN (Washington)
If an accident kills wildlife or people, punishment is meted out and restitution made. A host of regulators, lawyers, judges, activists, journalists and politicians help bring the wrongdoers to justice.
But when it comes to policies and programs that sicken and kill millions of parents and [...]