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Univ of Western Australia Cancels Contract for Climate Contrarian Bjorn Lomborg
2015-05-11 14:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: The University of Western Australia has cancelled the contract for a policy centre that was to be based on the methodology of controversial academic Bjorn Lomborg after a "passionate emotional reaction" to the plan. The Federal Government had pledged to contribute $4 million to the Consensus Centre, a think tank that was to use methods similar to those used by Dr Lomberg's Copenhagen Centre. Dr Lomborg has attracted controversy for suggesting that the dangers of climate change are overstated,...
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Airgas: My Favorite Contrarian Idea For 2015
2015-04-22 09:12:19| Chemicals - Topix.net
In this article, I will be explaining why the market is wrong about Airgas , which has fallen significantly this year. For those who are not familiar with Airgas, they are one of the largest suppliers of industrial, medical and specialty gases in the United States.
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Abbott government gives $4m help climate contrarian set up Australian centre
2015-04-16 22:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Abbott government found $4m for the climate contrarian Bjrn Lomborg to establish his consensus centre at an Australian university, even as it struggled to impose deep spending cuts on the higher education sector. A spokesman for the education minister, Christopher Pyne, said the government was contributing $4m over four years to bring the Copenhagen Consensus Center methodology to Australia at a new centre in the University of Western Australias business school. The spokesman said...
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A revealing interview with top contrarian climate scientists
2015-04-06 15:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: In 1990, University of Alabama at Huntsville scientists Roy Spencer and John Christy created a data set that estimates the temperature of the Earths atmosphere by using instruments on satellites (microwave sounding units) that measure microwave radiation in the atmosphere. According to their latest estimates, the Earths lower atmosphere has warmed significantly since satellite measurements began in 1979, but not quite as fast as thermometer measurements of temperatures at the Earths surface. ...
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2 Contrarian Plays Making Waves at CES
2015-01-08 08:41:35| Footwear - Topix.net
At this week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, it's become clear that this latter trend is here to stay. Here are a pair of companies that caught our attention with their fitness-based offerings, along with a contrarian take on their respective stocks.