| | '''Bjorn Lomborg''' is a Danish professor of [[statistics]], best known for his book ''The Sceptical Environmentalist'' which points out a number of exaggerated claims and outright [[scientific]] errors made by [[environmentalist]]s. | | '''Bjorn Lomborg''' is a Danish professor of [[statistics]], best known for his book ''The Sceptical Environmentalist'' which points out a number of exaggerated claims and outright [[scientific]] errors made by [[environmentalist]]s. |
| − | He suffered concerted efforts to discredit him (e.g., by ''Scientific American'' and ''Nature''), and he was completely vindicated by the Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation. <ref>http://www.cdfe.org/London_telegraph.htm</ref> | + | He suffered concerted efforts to discredit him (e.g., by ''Scientific American'' and ''Nature''), and he was completely vindicated by the Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation. <ref>http://www.cdfe.org/London_telegraph.htm</ref> The Ministry said that since they only cover Science and what Lomborg does is not scientific, they were unable to rule that Lomborg's work was poor or wrong science. |
| | His more recent book, ''Cool It'', points out the exaggerated doom and gloom claims related to [[global warming]] are in many cases false, and that the proposed solutions, namely forced drastic cuts in [[carbon]] emissions, will cause far more economic damage and poverty than any global warming conceivably could. Accordingly, he opposes the [[Kyoto Protocol]] and calls for prioritizing issues that are far more important and pressing than global warming, such as [[AIDS]] and [[hunger]].<ref>Lomborg, Bjorn. ''Cool It''. New York: Vintage Books, 2008.</ref> | | His more recent book, ''Cool It'', points out the exaggerated doom and gloom claims related to [[global warming]] are in many cases false, and that the proposed solutions, namely forced drastic cuts in [[carbon]] emissions, will cause far more economic damage and poverty than any global warming conceivably could. Accordingly, he opposes the [[Kyoto Protocol]] and calls for prioritizing issues that are far more important and pressing than global warming, such as [[AIDS]] and [[hunger]].<ref>Lomborg, Bjorn. ''Cool It''. New York: Vintage Books, 2008.</ref> |