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[Michael J. Lew]

Geoff Canyon suggested that :

>Anyone who's overly concerned should check out "The Skeptical
>Environmentalist," which surveys the environmental situation and points
>out that we're often not as bad off as we think we are:

I'm afraid I can't let it go by without comment. That book and its 
author has been widely discredited by real environmental scientists. 
Businesses, governments (US and the current conservative Australian) 
and many ordinary people like the book because it says "Don't worry, 
it will all be OK in the end". But it is misinformation put together 
in a way that might be most politely described as damaging 
distortions.

There are a great many resources available for anyone interested to 
find the truth or otherwise of the assertions in the book, but I 
think this article (a transcript of the Australian ABC radio program 
The Science Show) is an excellent start because it contains the views 
of both Bjorn Lomberg, the book's author, and Dr Peter Raven, 
President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
<http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/ss/stories/s495345.htm>


Regards
-- 
Michael J. Lew

Senior Lecturer
Department of Pharmacology
The University of Melbourne
Parkville 3010
Victoria
Australia

Phone +613 8344 8304

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