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Earth Summit, Global Warming, And The Citizen: Economics, Science And Emotion, Murray L. Weidenbaum
Earth Summit, Global Warming, And The Citizen: Economics, Science And Emotion, Murray L. Weidenbaum
Murray Weidenbaum Publications
A barrage of news stories, editorials, and even business advertisements is proclaiming that this is our last chance to save the planet. Examining the evidence for global warming, this paper finds a lack of convincing data to allow any conclusive analysis. Regarding the Earth Summit, it outlines six reasons why the conference is unlikely to achieve its stated goals.
"Earth Summit": Un Spectacle With A Cast Of Thousands, Murray L. Weidenbaum
"Earth Summit": Un Spectacle With A Cast Of Thousands, Murray L. Weidenbaum
Murray Weidenbaum Publications
Murray Weidenbaum points out that the UN-sponsored Earth Summit bases many of its environmental assertions on unsound scientific research.
"Earth Summit": Un Spectacle With A Cast Of Thousands, Murray L. Weidenbaum
"Earth Summit": Un Spectacle With A Cast Of Thousands, Murray L. Weidenbaum
Murray Weidenbaum Publications
Under the guise of cleaning up the environment, the UN sponsored the first-ever "Earth Summit" in June 1992 in Rio de Janeiro. The conference, officially titled the UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), was estimated to have been the largest conference ever held in the world at the time. UNCED's wide-ranging agenda obscures any real focus for the meeting, which attempted to synthesize economic and environmental globally. Given this unprecedented scope, much of the material leading up to the conference was hysterical, emotionalized, and unscientific in nature.