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The Rational Environmentalist: Bjorn Lomborg on the priorities that should come before global warming - Reason Magazine
The Copenhagen Consensus is not just about what's fashionable. It's not just about what looks good on TV. It's also about making sure we reveal lots of hidden, reclusive, not very publicized issues that we should also be listening to. Perhaps it's about being a little more rational.
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