The Skeptical Environmentalist

Matt Ridley Most of the environmental trends in the world are getting better not worse. There is more forest now than there was 50 years ago. (Source)

David Lipsey This is for those more interested in politics than politicians. Environmentalists hate Lomborg, who dares to questions their all-or-nothing ideology. Economists on the other hand love him, since he (unlike most environmentalists) understands that environmental decisions can involve costs as well as benefits. For example, take Lomborg’s position on global warming. It probably is happening, he concludes, but we would do far better to spend the money that it would take to stop it on a more manageable and more damaging problem – for example, the shortage of accessible water in developing... (Source)