Popular Myths About Global Warming

Author Debunks Numerous Popular Myths About Global Warming
FOX NEWS Wednesday, September 05, 2007

This is a rush transcript from "Hannity & Colmes," September 4, 2007. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated

SEAN HANNITY, CO-HOST: Our next guest's new book debunks numerous popular myths about global warming, such as sea levels rising, decreasing polar bear populations and the recent increase of hurricanes, all of which Al Gore sells as gospel in his movie, "Inconvenient Truth."

Joining us now is Bjorn Lomborg. He is the author of the brand new book, "Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist's Guide to Global Warming." And by the way, it's also the man that Al Gore refused to debate.

We've heard you on the program. Why wouldn't he debate you?

BJORN LOMBORG, AUTHOR, "COOL IT": I don't know. You've got to ask him. But it doesn't look good for his arguments.

HANNITY: You refer to yourself, you think of yourself as an environmentalist.

LOMBORG: Absolutely. And the point here is to say we need to have a confirmation about how can we actually do this, both for the environment but also in general for humanity. This is a question about spending ... more

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