Book Review: “Apocalypse Never” by Michael Shellenberger
Shellenberger’s background is a key reason Apocalypse Never is so devastating to extremist environmentalism.
A winning trifecta for climate science and rationality
From every part of the political spectrum global warming and renewable energy claims don't add up.
Back to the Future? Will America choose minerals dependence or freedom?
A review of the new book "Ground Breaking: America’s New Quest for Mineral Independence," by Ned Mamula and Ann Bridges.
Miracle Molecule & Cracking Big Green!
What use is a shiny new tablet or e-reader without content? Give the gift of facts! Electronic copies of CFACT's Miracle Molecule and Cracking Big Green are now available instantly for Kindle, Nook, IPAD and other popular E-Readers.
Who sent armed soldiers to evict Africans from their village to cash in on a carbon credit scheme? Get the facts in “Cracking Big Green”
CBG is packed with facts, figures and an invaluable look at the billions the Big Green elite are lining their pockets with and the harm they do to Earth and man.
CFACT’s new book: “Cracking Big Green”
CFACT's hard-hitting exposé uncovers the Green elite's billions and reveals the harm they do to both people and the planet. Ron Arnold and Paul Driessen present sixteen shocking stories exposing the dark side of the environmental movement and what you can do to shine a light on it.
New from CFACT: “The Climate Hysteria – What’s It All About?”
CFACT Europe recently released The Climate Hysteria – What’s It All About? The New Nairobi Report on Climate Change, Climate Hoax and Climate Madness by Senior Advisor Michael Limburg […]
Newspapers Review “Eco-Imperialism”
HOLGER J. THUSS (JENA) With 150.000 copies and about twice as many readers every day, the Swiss newspaper Neue Zuercher Zeitung is not only the largest Swiss newspaper, but also the most respected daily paper among the German-speaking Europeans. Under the headline “Eco-imperialism at the expense of the poor,” it also was the first major print media that informed its readers of CFACT’s newly published German edition of Paul Driessen’s Eco-imperialism: Green Power Black Death on September 11. According to the reviewer, Detmar Doering of the German Liberal Institute, it is “fully comprehensible” that “humans care for an environment worth living [...]
CFACT Europe presents its new book in Brussels
On October 11, CFACT Europe's Executive Director Dr. Holger Thuss presented Edgar Gaertner's new "Eco-Nihilism. A Critique of Political Ecology" (Öko-Nihilismus. Eine Kritik der Politischen Ökologie) at a private reception in the Brussels Renaissance Hotel. The many invited guests, mainly from the media, like-minded think tanks and assistants of MEPs, were able to listen to some introductory remarks by author Edgar Gaertner. There was also an opportunity to purchase sigend copies of the new book that was recently published with the support of CFACT Europe.
Eco-Nihilism Enters Top 20
For the first time ever, a book supported by CFACT Europe entered the book charts. Last week, Edgar Gaertner's "Eco-Nihilism: A Critique of Political Ecology" appeared on #20 of the BOD book charts in non-fiction. Even better: in this week's charts, the book defended its position. "The example of Edgar Gaertner's book shows that the German readers are waiting for books promoting a more honest approach towards the environment" says Dr Holger Thuss, Executive Director of CFACT Europe. "We at CFACT Europe are very happy about that." The best selling lists of BOD are released every Monday. There are two separate [...]
CFACT’s “Eco-Nihilism” Reviewed by Deutschlandfunk: “Global Warming Is Not the Greatest Problem”
Every Monday, Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Germany’s national information radio station rewiews what it considers the nation’s most important political literature. On June 16, between Czech President Vaclav Havel’s autobiography, and a book by Alice Schwarzer (Germany’s most prominent feminist) Edgar Gaertner’s “Eco-nihilism” was presented and reviewed for the listeners. […]
Earth Day Review of “Eco-Nihilism”
One of Austria’s largest daily’s commemorated Earth Day with an extensive review of Edgar Gaertner’s new Öko-Nihilismus: Eine Kritik der Politischen Ökologie (Eco-nihilism: A Critique of Political Ecology). The review appeared in The Linz-based “Oberösterreichische Nachrichten” (OÖN) , which also interviewed the author. The book was published with support from CFACT Europe. […]
“Eco-Imperialism” reviewed in Switzerland
CFACT Europe's German edition of Paul Driessen’s Eco-imperialism: Green Power – Black Death received a lengthy review in Die Idee, published by the Junge Schweizerische Volkspartei [JSVP] (Young Swiss People's Party). CFACT Europe is proud to join the political debate in one of the world's oldest democracies. The JSVP has approximately 5.800 members and is the youth wing of the Schweizerische Volkspartie [SVP] (Swiss People's Party), Switzerland's largest political party (ca. 85.000 members, 26,6 % or 56 of 200 seats in the lower house of parliament). The SVP is strongest in German-speaking areas of Switzerland and is led by Mr. Ueli Maurer. It is [...]
CFACT Europe Challenges Environmentalist Orthodoxy with “Eco-Nihilism: A Critique of Political Ecology”
In the 1970s and 80s, environmental policies rose to prominence as environmentalists scored many political victories. But our successes in cleaning rivers and air pollution were unfortunately followed by an environmental populism that led to an intellectual and economic downward spiral, often driven by fears of approaching ecological cataclysm. This devolution of the environmental movement is what German journalist and environment expert Edgar Gaertner has recently written about in his new book Eco-nihilism: A critique of a Political Ecology. The term nihilism was coined by French writer Albert Camus and refers to people who believe in things that do not exist. [...]