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Nature 423, 216-218 (15 May 2003) | doi:10.1038/423216a
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The man they love to hate
Jim Giles1
Abstract
Bjørn Lomborg is reviled by green activists and has come under ferocious attack from many environmental scientists. Just why does he provoke such strong reactions, and how influential might his opinions become? Jim Giles investigates.
Meeting Bjørn Lomborg for the first time, it's hard to understand what all the fuss is about. For his upbeat assessment of the state of the world's environment, Lomborg has become the bogeyman of the green movement, has been accused of scientific misconduct, and has even been likened in the pages of Nature to those who deny the Holocaust.
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