The Skeptical Environmentalist | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-05-15

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00:01:28 1 The author
00:02:27 2 Origins
00:03:18 2.1 Methods
00:05:42 3 Contents
00:07:18 3.1 iThe Litany/i
00:09:01 3.1.1 1. Human prosperity from an economic and demographic point of view
00:10:32 3.1.2 2. Human prosperity from an ecological point of view
00:12:50 3.1.3 3. Pollution as a threat to human prosperity
00:14:27 3.1.4 4. Future threats to human prosperity
00:18:04 3.2 Conclusions
00:19:02 4 Reaction
00:19:37 4.1 Criticism of the material and methods
00:22:54 4.2 Criticism of media handling
00:26:28 4.3 The "unrealistic" critique
00:32:34 4.4 Support
00:38:03 5 Accusations of scientific dishonesty
00:39:12 5.1 DCSD investigation
00:40:44 5.2 MSTI review and response
00:42:31 5.3 Response of the scientific community
00:43:25 6 Continued debate and criticism
00:43:54 6.1 Kåre Fog
00:45:24 7 See also
00:45:56 8 Literature



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The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World (Danish: Verdens sande tilstand, literal translation: The True State of the World) is a book by Danish environmentalist author Bjørn Lomborg, controversial for its claims that overpopulation, declining energy resources, deforestation, species loss, water shortages, certain aspects of global warming, and an assortment of other global environmental issues are unsupported by statistical analysis of the relevant data. It was first published in Danish in 1998, while the English edition was published as a work in environmental economics by Cambridge University Press in 2001.Due to the scope of the project, comprising the range of topics addressed, the diversity of data and sources employed, and the many types of conclusions and comments advanced, The Skeptical Environmentalist does not fit easily into a particular scientific discipline or methodology. Although published by the social sciences division of Cambridge University Press, the findings and conclusions were widely challenged on the basis of natural science. This interpretation of The Skeptical Environmentalist as a work of environmental science generated much of the controversy and debate that surrounded the book.