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'''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''), he was completely vindicated by the Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation. [http://www.cdfe.org/London_telegraph.htm]
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>
Lomborg is openly [[gay]] and a [[vegetarian]]. [http://www.newstatesman.com/200306300013]
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>
Lomborg is openly [[gay]] and a [[vegetarian]]. <ref>http://www.newstatesman.com/200306300013</ref>
==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.cdfe.org/lomborg_cleared.htm Danish writer cleared of 'scientific dishonesty']
*[http://www.cdfe.org/lomborg_cleared.htm Danish writer cleared of 'scientific dishonesty']
*[http://www.newstatesman.com/200306300013 The man who demands a recount]
*[http://www.newstatesman.com/200306300013 The man who demands a recount]
==References and notes==
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