Skeptical About The Skeptical Environmentalist

Tom Paine reports how a pseudo-scientist duped the media about his recently popular environmental claims.

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December 18, 2001, 5:00 AM PST

The Skeptical Environmentalist presents itself as a work of impartial scholarship, an attempt to test the validity of various environmental concerns through a careful analysis of the evidence. According to Bjorn Lomborg's new book, The Skeptical Environmentalist, the world's environment is getting better, not worse. If this sounds too good to be true, that's because it is.

Thanks to John Moyers

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