President and Co-founder, Acton Institute
President and Co-founder of the Acton Institute, an independent, non-denominational conservative-leaning, think-tank based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, that examines the moral dimension of the free market
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Robert Sirico
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FROM Robert Sirico
Which Way, L.A.?
Is the Fight against Global Warming Already Lost? In his first week as President, Barack Obama called for urgent measures to combat global warming. At the same time, researchers at the National Center for Atmospheric Research released discouraging new findings .
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Is Climate Change Irreversible? Just as President Obama cracks down on climate change , scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research have issued discouraging new findings . This new “wake-up call” says that if carbon dioxide levels were cut back to pre-industrial levels, it would still take 1000 years to reverse the climate change that's already happened.
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