The skeptical environmentalist : measuring the real state of the world /
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| Author / Creator: | Lomborg, Bjørn, 1965- |
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| Imprint: | New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001. |
| Description: | xxiii, 515 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4498667 |
| Summary: | The Skeptical Environmentalist challenges widely held beliefs that the environmental situation is getting worse and worse. The author, himself a former member of Greenpeace, is critical of the way in which many environmental organisations make selective and misleading use of the scientific evidence. Using the best available statistical information from internationally recognised research institutes, Bjørn Lomborg systematically examines a range of major environmental problems that feature prominently in headline news across the world. His arguments are presented in non-technical, accessible language and are carefully backed up by over 2500 footnotes allowing readers to check sources for themselves. Concluding that there are more reasons for optimism than pessimism, Bjørn Lomborg stresses the need for clear-headed prioritisation of resources to tackle real, not imagined problems. The Skeptical Environmentalist offers readers a non-partisan stocktaking exercise that serves as a useful corrective to the more alarmist accounts favoured by campaign groups and the media. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published in Danish as Verdens Dande Tilstand, 1998. This revised and updated version first published in English by Cambridge University Press, 2001--T.p. verso. |
| Physical Description: | xxiii, 515 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [435]-505) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0521804477 0521010683 (pb.) |
