A synopsis of Bjørn Lomborg's work and views has
appeared in the July 2002 issue of Reader's Digest
(India). Very interesting and a must-read for the
some of the alarmist pseudo-environmentalists who
populate these Goan Internet forums.

http://www.lomborg.com/books.htm


The Skeptical Environmentalist

In The Skeptical Environmentalist Bjøorn Lomborg
challenges widely held beliefs that the global
environment is progressively getting worse. Using
statistical information from internationally
recognized research institutes, Lomborg systematically
examines a range of major environmental issues and
documents that the global environment has actually
improved. He supports his argument with over 2900
footnotes, allowing discerning readers to check his
sources.


Lomborg criticizes the way many environmental
organizations make selective and misleading use of
scientific data to influence decisions about the
allocation of limited resources. The Skeptical
Environmentalist is a useful corrective to the more
alarmist accounts favored by green activists and the
media.


"... probably the most important book on the
environment ever written."
review in The Daily Telegraph, UK, 27-8-01


"This is one of the most valuable books on public
policy - not merely on environmental policy - to have
been written for the intelligent general
reader in the past ten years. ... The Skeptical
Environmentalist is a triumph. "review in The
Economist, 6-9-01


"The Skeptical Environmentalist is the most
significant work on the environment since the
appearance of its polar opposite, Rachel Carson's
Silent Spring, in 1962. It's a magnificent
achievement. "
review in Washington Post Book World, 21-10-01

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