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Global warming’s upside-down narrative Climate change has been portrayed as a huge catastrophe costing as much as 20% of world GDP, though brave politicians could counter it at a cost of just 1% of GDP. The reality is just the opposite:

Bjorn Lomborg

Global warming’s upside-down narrative Climate change has been portrayed as a huge catastrophe costing as much as 20% of world GDP, though brave politicians could counter it at a cost of just 1% of GDP. The reality is just the opposite: The recent installments of the IPCC report show that the damage cost will be perhaps 2% of world GDP, whereas climate policies can end up costing more than 11% of GDP. And the real cost will likely be much higher, because these numbers assume smart policies, instantly enacted, with key technologies magically available.      Read Lomborg's new column in six languages on Project Syndicate. It was published in newspapers around the world, e.g. in La Nación (Argentina), Jyllands-Posten(Denmark) and The Korea Times. A problem, not armageddon Media around the world asked Bjorn Lomborg to comment on the latest IPCC reports. On MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry, he discussed the effects of climate change on hunger, why we don't need to fear a global food shortage, and what will really help the poor adapting to a changing climate. Similarly, Varney & Co. and The Independents on the FOX Business channel asked Lomborg about the reports' findings and how to tackle global warming smartly. In an interview with The Australian newspaper, Lomborg warns that old-fashioned policies towards climate change could cost much more money than the damage higher temperatures could inflict. This generation's biggest opportunity The U.N. is meeting in NYC this week to decide on targets that will succeed the Millennium Development Goals. “These goals could mobilize up to $700 billion in resources,” Lomborg told the New York Times. “If we can just get one poor target replaced by one phenomenal target, we can generate billions in benefits.” The Copenhagen Consensus has asked some of the world's top economists to give a preliminary assessment of the 140 base goals that the U.N. is currently considering. Comprehensive cost-benefit analyses on which targets will do the most social good will be provided by end of this year, when the main negotiations begin. Learn more in Lomborg's interview with the Inter Press Service. Deadly environmental threat The world's biggest environmental problem kills 4.3 million people each year, but gets no headlines. Indoor air pollution from cooking and keeping warm with bad fuels, which disproportionately affects women and children. In New York Post Bjorn Lomborg explains the urgent need for more energy. His analyses of this issue were also published in various European outlets, such as La Tribune (France), The European (Germany) and Svenska Dagbladet (Sweden). On Earth Day, Lomborg was interviewed about the threat of air pollution on Stossel. They also discussed fracking and electric cars as solutions to global warming. Feeling green with other people's money World Bank President Jim Yong Kim says pension funds should drop fossil fuels and instead invest in green assets for the sake of future pension holders. In Forbes Magazine (print), Lomborg shows that $100 invested in 2002 in fossil fuels would be worth about $252 today, whereas the same $100 invested in renewables would be worth about $34. Green policies hurt the poor Most Westerners take their supply of electricity for granted. But 2.9 billion people in the developing world lack access to modern energy. But even in the West, green policies have contributed to an increasing number of people not knowing how to pay their electricity bills. Read Lomborg's cover story for Britain's The Spectator. Spending our aid money the most effective way Brand new second edition How to Spend $75 Billion to Make the World a Better Place  Updated introduction and reading guidance for this collection of essays on smart solutions from the world's top economists. Available now for only $8.09 onAmazon.com   Best wishes, Zsuzsa Horvath Executive Assistant to Bjorn Lomborg

The Wonderful Love of a Mother at Work...

Doctors Handed This Mom Her Newborn Baby And Told Her He Was Dead. Nobody Expected THIS!

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This incredible story is nothing short of a miracle.

Kate Ogg delivered twins prematurely, and her baby boy, Jamie, didn’t survive the arduous birth. After doctors let Kate hold Jamie for the first time, she ended up cuddling him for two hours. What happened next is unbelievably awesome.

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Read more at http://www.reshareworthy.com/kate-ogg-nurses-baby-back-alive/#0oIY8IqlZZRYwzMA.99

Time to Fire Head of VA!

Dear Joseph,  Enough is Enough. It Is Time To Fire Eric Shinseki.  Atlanta. Pittsburgh. Phoenix. Fort Collins. It seems like every day, there is a new story in a new city about negligence, cover ups, and mismanagement at a local VA facility. It is not just one city or one hospital - there is an epidemic of misconduct and leadership failures at VA facilities at across the country. Whether it is secret wait lists for veterans needing urgent care in Phoenix, the cover up of preventable deaths of VA patients in Pittsburgh, or the use of Stasi-like tactics to spy on veterans critical of the VA in Salt Lake City - it is clear that that many so-called leaders within the Department of Veterans Affairs are failing America's veterans and engaging in gross misconduct or possibly even criminal behavior. Worse yet, it has now been confirmed that dozens of veterans have died as a result of delayed and improper care at the VA which is a direct byproduct of these leadership failures.  That is why it is time to say ENOUGH and demand that President Obama fire the head of the VA, Secretary Eric Shinseki.  What we're doing and how you can help:  SIGN our Petition to fire VA Secretary Eric Shinseki: Visit www.cv4a.org/fireshinseki to sign our petition.  28 APR to 11 MAY: CVA FL will mobilize grassroots volunteers through phone calls, social media, and letter writing to hold the VA Accountable.    8 MAY :   - CVA FL will host a VA Accountability phone outreach event in Sebring, FL. (5:30-8:00PM) RSVP HERE   13 MAY :  - CVA FL will host a phone bank in Gainesville to demand VA Accountability (6:00- 8:00PM) RSVP HERE    - Strike Team Training Session in Pensacola (5:30-8:00)   RSVP HERE   15 MAY :  -  CVA's Pensacola Chapter will host a training session and phone bank to garner support for the VA Management Accountability Act (6:00- 8:00PM)  RSVP HERE 17 MAY :   - DAY of Action: Rally with CVA's own retired USMC Gunnery Sergeant Jessie Jane Duff in The Villages, FL; phone banks and canvassing to follow withour fellow veterans and patriots (5:00-8:00PM)  RSVP HERE  - CVA Pensacola will host a phone bank demanding that President Obama fire VA Secretary Eric Shinseki (11:00AM - 1:00PM) RSVP HERE   25 MAY : - Join the CVA FL team at the Palatka Blue Crab Festival as we spread the word on VA Accountability with Representative Ron DeSantis. In the meantime, share this message with others, and call your Representative and both Senators and POLITELY ask them to support the VA Management and Accountability Act - H.R. 4031 in the House and S. 2013 in the Senate.  Thank you for all you are doing to come together and help advance reform inside Veterans Affairs. We cannot do this alone, every voice counts.  For our Country and our Veterans,    Gary Berntsen  Southeast Regional Director  Concerned Veterans for America (CVA)

France and Germany are preparing the ground for their next battle: the value of the euro and the role of the European Central Bank...

Germany and France Prepare for Another Battle Over the Euro As the European Union braces itself for more timid economic growth and high unemployment, France and Germany are preparing the ground for their next battle: the value of the euro and the role of the European Central Bank. In its spring forecast, which was released May 5, the European Commission said that growth is becoming broader-based in Europe. The headline numbers seem to confirm this statement; this year, the European Union's economy is expected to grow by 1.6 percent, and the eurozone's by 1.2 percent. But the statistics hide the deep divisions between Europe's core and its periphery. Germany and its satellite economies (Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia) are expected to see modest growth and decreased unemployment over the next two years. But Mediterranean Europe (Spain, Greece, Italy and even France) is forecast to experience low growth and high unemployment. Even if Greece and Spain see minor economic growth his year, unemployment is expected to decrease only marginally, continuing to affect more than a quarter of the active population in either country. A year after the Cypriot bailout, unemployment on the island is expected to keep rising for the foreseeable future. This explains why Europe is slowly getting ready for the debate over the future of the euro and the European Central Bank. Subscribe today to receive the rest of this report and much more! »

Russian Strategic Bombers On West Coast: Did They Take Down Los Angeles Air Traffic Control Systems?

Russian Strategic Bombers On West Coast: Did They Take Down Los Angeles Air Traffic Control Systems?

Borderlands: The New Strategic Landscape in Europe

Borderlands: The New Strategic Landscape