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>Puolueettomat tiedemiehet ovat todenneet Lomborgin >epätieteelliseksi ja hänen väitteensä maailman tilan >paranemisesta epäilyttäviksi. > >http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=585&nci >d=585&e=5&u=/nm/20030826/sc_nm/environment_denmark_dc > >COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - A panel of independent >Scandinavian scientists said on Tuesday that recent >reports by a controversial Danish environmentalist >were unscientific and of dubious value. > > > >The Danish government asked the panel of five >academics to evaluate reports from an independent >environmental institute headed by Bjorn Lomborg, after >a prestigious Danish scientific committee earlier this >year accused the environmental maverick of scientific >dishonesty -- a charge he dismissed. > > >The 38-year-old statistician, author of the >controversial book "The Skeptical Environmentalist," >enraged the scientific community by saying that the >dangers of global warming (news - web sites) had been >exaggerated and that trying to slow it was a waste of >money. > > >"The panel must conclude that none of the reports >represent scientific work or methods in the >traditional scientific sense," the five scientists >said in their report. > > >In his book, Lomborg said the world's forests are >barely declining, few animals have become extinct >lately and rivers and oceans are becoming cleaner. > > >Lomborg has also criticized the vast sums being spent >on reducing pollution, arguing that the amount spent >on reducing greenhouse gas emissions would be enough >to provide every person in the world with access to >clean water and sewerage. > > >The chairman of Lomborg's Institute for Environmental >Valuation, created by the center-right government in >2002, said the board took note of the panel's >evaluation, while the Danish opposition said the >institute should be closed.
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