Even the New York Times criticised the politicised incompetence of the WHO during the pandemic. Yet instead of focussing on internal reform, getting their core mission right, the WHO seems…
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Wind Power Health Effects (latest from Scientific Reports)
In view of the adverse health impacts of exposure to turbine-generated LFN, it is recommended that the government set regulations on the requisite distances of wind turbines from residences, for…
WHO Presses for More Action on Climate Change
In the midst of an ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, with many nations struggling with their response, the WHO has decided to focus their efforts on combatting climate change.
NYT Admits WHO Coronavirus Travel Advice “was about politics and economics more than public health”
A rare admission from New York Times that defying expert advice, and closing borders in the face of the Covid outbreak was the right thing to do. According to the…
Lomborg: Let's get our priorities right
By Bjørn Lomborg (via his Facebook page) About a quarter of all deaths in the developing world comes from mostly easily curable, infectious diseases. The biggest environment problem, by far measured…
Is Climate Change the Number One Threat to Humanity?
Guest post by Indur M. Goklany I have a new paper in Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, which asks the question, Is Climate Change the Number One Threat to Humanity?…
Are biofuel policies to help Mother Earth killing her most vulnerable children instead?
Guest post by Indur M. Goklany I have a new paper — Could Biofuel Policies Increase Death and Disease in Developing Countries? — which suggests that global warming policies may…
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