The Skeptical Environmentalist

The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World (TSE) (Danish: Verdens Sande Tilstand) is a controversial book by political scientist Bjørn Lomborg, which argues that claims made about global warming, overpopulation, declining energy resources, deforestation, species loss, water shortages, and a variety of other global environmental issues are exaggerations and unsupported by a proper analysis of the relevant data. It was first published in Danish in 1998, and the English edition was published as a peer-reviewed work in environmental economics by Cambridge University Press in 2001.

External links

• Lomborg's responses to his critics at Bjørn Lomborg's Website
• HAN detailed investigation of complaints made by lomborg critics Detailed investigation by a number of dutch scientists of the complaints made by lomborg critics
• Anti-Lomborg Site
• Danish Committees on Scientific Dishonesty: Decision regarding complaints against Bjørn Lomborg
• Danish Ministry of Science rejects the above decision the DCSD judgment was not backed up by documentation, and was "completely void of argumentation"
• Danish Research Agency: The Lomborg Case and the debate
• Nine things journalists should know about The Skeptical Environmentalist

Reviews of the book

For:

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• John Gillot: "The Skeptical Environmentalist" Spiked-Science Online, September 10, 2001.
• "Doomsday postponed" The Economist, September 6, 2001.
• "Greener Than You Think", by Denis Dutton in The Washington Post, October 21, 2001.
• "The Skeptical Environmentalist", Association of British Drivers, 2001.

Against:

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• Union of Concerned Scientists with reviews from Peter Gleick, Jerry D. Mahlman and E.O. Wilson.
• Chris Lavers: "You've never had it so good", The Guardian September 1, 2001.
• "Debunking Pseudo-Scholarship: Things a Journalist Should Know About The Skeptical Environmentalist", World Resources Institute.
• "The Skeptical Environmentalist: A Case Study in the Manufacture of News", Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal, January 23, 2003.
• "Something Is Rotten in the State of Denmark", Grist Magazine, December 12, 2001.
• "Reading notes : The Skeptical Environmentalist" by Jean-Marc Jancovici (discuss the "climate change" chapter only)
• www.lomborg-errors.dk - Detailed critical review of several chapters of the Sceptical Environmentalist.

Mixed:

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• "Debating the Real State of the World: Are Dire Environmental Claims Backed by Sound Evidence?", Environmental Change and Security Project, October 2, 2001.
• Nichola Wade: "From an Unlikely Quarter, Eco-Optimism". The New York Times, August 7, 2001.