All Entries in the "Issues" Category
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. [...]
Germany Cancels Biofuel Plans
Fears repercussions from angry motorists HOLGER J. THUSS (Jena) “ production may go down as one of the biggest blunders in history. An unholy alliance of environmentalists, agribusiness, biofuel corporations and politicians has been touting ethanol as the cure to all our environmental ills, when in fact it may be doing more harm than good. [...]
The Truth About Organic Foods
CFACT is proud to offer its German translation of Alex A. Avery’s The Truth About Organic Foods Two years ago, the the most talked about book on organic foods in over a decade was issued in English – now, with the support of CFACT Europe, it is available to the 100 Million or so German speaking [...]
CFACT Europe issues new book – "The Climate Catastrophe – What Is It All About?"
Continuing its growth as an important resource on environmental issues, CFACT Europe recently released its latest publication entitled The Climate Catastrophe – What Is It All About? The Nairobi Report on Climate Change, Climate Madness and Climate Hoax. Click to purchase (German) This provocative booklet examines the latest political developments surrounding the issue of climate change [...]
Newspapers Review "Eco-Imperialism"
HOLGER J. THUSS (JENA) With 150.000 copies and about twice as many readers every day, the Swiss newspaper Neue Zuercher Zeitung is not only the largest Swiss newspaper, but also the most respected daily paper among the German-speaking Europeans. Under the headline “Eco-imperialism at the expense of the poor,” it also was the first major [...]
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 [...]
CFACT Europe presents its new book in Brussels
On October 11, CFACT Europe’s Executive Director Dr. Holger Thuss presented Edgar Gaertner’s new “Eco-Nihilism. A Critique of Political Ecology” (Öko-Nihilismus. Eine Kritik der Politischen Ökologie) at a private reception in the Brussels Renaissance Hotel. The many invited guests, mainly from the media, like-minded think tanks and assistants of MEPs, were able to listen to [...]
Vaclav Klaus to the UN: We Should Not Make Big Mistakes
Politicians know that they have to act when it is necessary. They know that their duty is to instigate public-policy responses to issues that could pose a threat to the people of their countries. And they have to form partnerships with colleagues from other countries when a problem cannot be “confined” within national boundaries. To [...]
Eco-Nihilism Enters Top 20
For the first time ever, a book supported by CFACT Europe entered the book charts. Last week, Edgar Gaertner’s “Eco-Nihilism: A Critique of Political Ecology” appeared on #20 of the BOD book charts in non-fiction. Even better: in this week’s charts, the book defended its position. “The example of Edgar Gaertner’s book shows that the [...]
CFACT's "Eco-Nihilism" Reviewed by Deutschlandfunk: "Global Warming Is Not the Greatest Problem"
Every Monday, Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Germany’s national information radio station rewiews what it considers the nation’s most important political literature. On June 16, between Czech President Vaclav Havel’s autobiography, and a book by Alice Schwarzer (Germany’s most prominent feminist) Edgar Gaertner’s “Eco-nihilism” was presented and reviewed for the listeners.
Earth Day Review of "Eco-Nihilism"
One of Austria’s largest daily’s commemorated Earth Day with an extensive review of Edgar Gaertner’s new Öko-Nihilismus: Eine Kritik der Politischen Ökologie (Eco-nihilism: A Critique of Political Ecology). The review appeared in The Linz-based “Oberösterreichische Nachrichten” (OÖN) , which also interviewed the author. The book was published with support from CFACT Europe.
"Eco-Imperialism" reviewed in Switzerland
CFACT Europe’s German edition of Paul Driessen’s Eco-imperialism: Green Power – Black Death received a lengthy review in Die Idee, published by the Junge Schweizerische Volkspartei [JSVP] (Young Swiss People’s Party). CFACT Europe is proud to join the political debate in one of the world’s oldest democracies. The JSVP has approximately 5.800 members and is the youth [...]
Report: Berlin Climate Conference
On May 30, CFACT Europe, together with the European Institute for Climate and Energy and the German Free Market Institute (GFMI), hosted a conference on current climate affairs in Berlin (Germany). The high profile event was hosted by GFMI-Executive Officer Wolfgang Mueller and CFACT Europe’s executive director Dr. Holger Thuss and included presentations given by [...]
CFACT Europe Challenges Environmentalist Orthodoxy with "Eco-Nihilism: A Critique of Political Ecology"
In the 1970s and 80s, environmental policies rose to prominence as environmentalists scored many political victories. But our successes in cleaning rivers and air pollution were unfortunately followed by an environmental populism that led to an intellectual and economic downward spiral, often driven by fears of approaching ecological cataclysm. This devolution of the environmental movement [...]
Berlin Climate Conference: May 30, 2007
On May 30, CFACT Europe, together with the European Institute for Climate and Energy (EIKE) and the the German Free Market Institute, is co-hosting a conference on current climate affairs in Berlin (Germany). Key note speakers are Professor S. Fred Singer, University of Virginia, and Ernst Georg Beck, biologist, Freiburg (Germany). The event will take [...]
