aramanto
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Comment · 7 years ago
"Cyprus, which asks for an investment of at least €2m, gave citizenship to Jho Low, the fugitive Malaysian businessman at the centre of the 1MDB sovereign wealth fund scandal." ... "Cyprus has made about €6bn issuing about 4,000 passports since the scheme was introduced in 2013."
Comment · 7 years ago
From the article: "Rather than being ranked with other major western democracies, the US falls lower down the list alongside countries like Kosovo and Romania."
Comment · 7 years ago
Interesting! Is there any way to automatically track the changes in position of a post to HN and check that afterwards?
Comment · 7 years ago
I haven't been precise enough, sorry. They deny that drastic carbon reductions are needed as a result of climate change. In other words, they deny that climate change is the cause of carbon emissions, which to me is denying climate change.
https://www.heartland.org/publications-resources/publication...
In this new volume, 117 scientists, economists, and other experts address and refute IPCC’s claim that the impacts of climate change on human well-being and the natural environment justify dramatic reductions in the use of fossil fuels
Comment · 7 years ago
There is no other side in this case in my humble opinion. What we have is overwhelming scientific evidence supporting climate change, and some made-up research paid by carbon industry lobbies, like some of the organizations funded by google mentioned in the article, which deny climate change.
Comment · 7 years ago
So in this case, by non-mainstream views you mean lobbying based on made-up research and plain lies I assume (it is what climate change denial lobbies use most of the time)
Comment · 7 years ago
Totally agree, however the crude reality is that they are directly helping the cause of climate change denial with their funding.