He became internationally known for his best-selling and controversial book The Skeptical Environmentalist ( 2001 ).

In the chapter on climate change in his 2001 book A Skeptical Environmentalist he states ; " This chapter accepts the reality of man-made global warming but questions the way in which future scenarios have been arrived at and finds that forecasts of climate change of 6 degrees by the end of the century are not plausible.

His most famous book in this area is The Skeptical Environmentalist, whose English translation was published as a work in environmental economics by Cambridge University Press in 2001.

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* Bjørn Lomborg: The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World.

* Kåre Fog's " Lomborg errors " website contains a catalogue of claims of errors in Lomborg's The Skeptical Environmentalist, Fog's opinion on Lomborg and his career.

The popularity of the term was enhanced by Bjørn Lomborg's book The Skeptical Environmentalist.

* Lomborg, Bjørn, The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World, Cambridge & New York, Cambridge University Press, 2001 ISBN 0-521-01068-3

In its January 2002 issue, Scientific American published a series of criticisms of the Bjorn Lomborg book The Skeptical Environmentalist.

" Journalist Ronald Bailey called the criticism " disturbing " and " dishonest ", writing, " The subhead of the review section, ' Science defends itself against The Skeptical Environmentalist, gives the show away: Religious and political views need to defend themselves against criticism, but science is supposed to be a process for determining the facts.

Ehrlich has also been criticized by Bjørn Lomborg in his book, The Skeptical Environmentalist.

With Stephen Schneider and two other authors, writing in the January 2002 issue of Scientific American, he critiqued Lomborg's The Skeptical Environmentalist.

The EAI was seen by some as a vehicle created for Lomborg, whose book The Skeptical Environmentalist argues that many perceived environmental problems are vastly exaggerated by environmental lobby and that policy responses based on such exaggerated claims are often misguided.

Easterbrook published a 1995 book A Moment on the Earth, subtitled " the coming age of environmental optimism ," presaged Bjørn Lomborg's book The Skeptical Environmentalist, first published in Danish three years later, and argued that many environmental indicators, with the notable exception of greenhouse gas production, are positive.

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* The Skeptical Environmentalist ; Harvey was prominent among the many critics of this book.

Previously obscure, the DCSD became embroiled in controversy after its January 2003 decision that the 2001 book The Skeptical Environmentalist by Bjørn Lomborg was " clearly contrary to the standards of good scientific practice ", due to the author's systematically biased choice of data, and objectively was scientifically irredeemable, but Lomborg himself could not be subjectively convicted of intentional or gross negligence.

Professor Richard Wiseman, a psychologist at the University of Hertfordshire and a fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry ( CSI ) has said that he agrees remote viewing has been proven using the normal standards of science, but that the bar of evidence needs to be much higher for outlandish claims that will revolutionize the world, and thus he remains unconvinced:

Richard Wiseman, of The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, draws attention to possible alternative explanations for perceived paranormal activity in his article, The Haunted Brain.

For example, the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry published an article by Chris Mooney titled " Not Too ' Bright '" in which he stated that, although he agreed with the movement, Richard Dawkins ' and Daniel Dennett's " campaign to rename religious unbelievers ' brights ' could use some rethinking " because of the possibility that the term would be misinterpreted.

* Post, Truman M. The Skeptical Era in Modern History ; Or, The Infidelity of the Eighteenth Century, the Product of Spiritual Despotism.

* Postal, Paul M. Skeptical linguistic essays ( Oxford University Press, USA, 2004 ).

Skeptical researchers, such as Ernest Taves and Barry Singer, have noted how mysteries and the paranormal are very popular and profitable.

*" Bath Owners Skeptical ", The New York Times, June 22, 1921. piera antonella

In 2007, he authored a book entitled Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist's Guide to Global Warming.

* E & E. tv: Skeptical enviro Bjorn Lomborg discusses post-Kyoto roadmap, calls Kyoto " feel good strategy " ( OnPoint, 12 December 2007 )

He is a Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry and a Humanist Laureate of the International Academy of Humanism.

In The New Inquisition, Robert Anton Wilson, recognized episkopos, pope, and saint of the parody religion Discordianism, lampoons the members of skeptical organizations like the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal ( CSICOP — now the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry ) as fundamentalist materialists, alleging that they dogmatically dismiss any evidence that conflicts with materialism as hallucination or fraud.

", by Martin Gardner, in Skeptical Inquirer, Jan – Feb 1999.

Skeptical in tone, it held that the law should be understood and determined by the actual practices of courts, law offices, and police stations, rather than as the rules and doctrines set forth in statutes or learned treatises.

* " A Sceptical Look at ' A Skeptical Look at Karl Popper '" by J C Lester.

According to a report in the Skeptical Inquirer in 1997 no credible theory of psi has yet been presented.

* Committee for Skeptical Inquiry Organization formed in 1976 to promote scientific skepticism and encourage the critical investigation of paranormal claims and parapsychology.

* FindArticles. com Index Large number of articles about parapsychology, from publications such as the Journal of Parapsychology and the Skeptical Inquirer.

* FindArticles. com Index Large number of articles about parapsychology, from publications such as the Journal of Parapsychology and the Skeptical Inquirer.

* Committee for Skeptical Inquiry Organization formed in 1976 to encourage the critical investigation of paranormal claims and parapsychology.

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The Skeptical Inquirer in a review of a later book by de Grazia, Cosmic Heretics ( 1984 ), suggests that de Grazia's efforts may be responsible for Velikovsky's continuing notability during the 1970s.

The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry ( CSI ), although not a UFO organization, has investigated various UFO cases and has given a skeptical review of the phenomena in its publications, often in the Skeptical Inquirer magazine.

( 1999 ), " Anthropic design ," The Skeptical Inquirer 23 ( August 31, 1999 ): 40-43

Organizations that encourage a critical examination of parapsychology and parapsychological research include the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, publisher of the Skeptical Inquirer ; the James Randi Educational Foundation, founded by illusionist and skeptic James Randi, and the

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* " Outstanding skeptics of the 20th century " – Skeptical Inquirer magazine

In Skeptical Inquirer, Mark Moldwin argued that the important differences between the two projects were the acceptance of SETI by the mainstream scientific community and that " he methodology of SETI leads to useful scientific results even in the absence of discovery of alien life.

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Benjamin Radford, science writer and deputy editor of the science magazine Skeptical Inquirer, casts doubt on the plausibility of spontaneous human combustion, " If SHC is a real phenomenon ( and not the result of an elderly or infirm person being too close to a flame source ), why doesn't it happen more often?

by James D. Livingston — Skeptical Inquirer

*" The Secrets of Oak Island ", Joe Nickell, Skeptical Inquirer, March / April 2000.

* Joseph A. Bauer, A Surgeon's View: Alien Autopsy's Overwhelming Lack of Credibility, Skeptical Inquirer, vol 20, # 1, Jan. 1996, 23 – 24.

Also reprinted in Bizarre Cases: From the Files of Skeptical Inquirer, CSICOP, 2000.

* C. Eugene Emery, Jr, ' Alien Autopsy ' Show and Tell: Long on Tell, Short on Show, Skeptical Inquirer, vol 19, # 6, Nov. 1995, 15 – 16 & 55.

* Joe Nickell, ' Alien Autopsy ' Hoax, Skeptical Inquirer, vol 19, # 6, Nov. 1995, 17 – 19.

* Trey Stokes, How to Make an ' Alien ' for ' Autopsy ', Skeptical Inquirer, vol 20, # 1, Jan. 1996, 19 – 23.

Also reprinted in Bizarre Cases: From the Files of Skeptical Inquirer, CSICOP, 2000.

" Synchronicity and the Archetypes ," Skeptical Inquirer, 18 ( 4 ).