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Nature 421, 201 (16 January 2003) | doi:10.1038/421201a

Ethics panel attacks environment book

Alison Abbott

The author of the The Skeptical Environmentalist, a widely read book arguing that the global environment is basically in good shape, misused scientific data to support his arguments, the Danish Committees on Scientific Dishonesty has ruled.The book was written by political scientist Bjørn Lomborg, who now heads Denmark's Institute for Environmental Assessment (IEA).