July 5, 2002

In the Long Run, or Maybe Sooner, We're Extinct

By MALCOLM G. SCULLY

Environmentalists often accuse corporations and politicians of "presentism" -- of sacrificing the long-term health of the planet for short-term economic and political returns.

Yet environmentalists are frequently criticized for what are perceived to be alarmist and egregious claims about the destruction of the natural world.

Citizens can be forgiven for being confused.

They hear Bjørn Lomborg, the Danish statistician and author of the controversial The Skeptical

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