The skeptical environmentalist measuring the real state of the world environmental facts not rhetoric wednesday june 30 2010 jane s shaw bjorn lomborg politics environmentalism the skeptical environmentalist makes a persuasive case that the environment is improving . This item the skeptical environmentalist measuring the real state of the world by bjorn lomborg paperback cdn5060 only 1 left in stock sold by ay mek on and ships from amazon fulfillment. The skeptical environmentalist measuring the real state of the world is a book by danish environmentalist author bjorn lomborg controversial for its claims that overpopulation declining energy resources deforestation species loss water shortages certain aspects of global warming and an assortment of other global environmental issues are unsupported by statistical analysis of the relevant data it was first published in danish in 1998 while the english edition was published as a work in