Lomborg vindicated, environmental vindictiveness demonstrated

The sham Danish ethics panel claims against Bjorn Lomborg have been justly rebuked by the Danish government. But while the NYT covered the recent vindication, the Washington Post has not.

Excerpt from NYT:

A Danish government agency has concluded that a scientific ethics panel erred earlier this year when it ruled that a popular book on environmental trends displayed ''scientific dishonesty.''

The book, ''The Skeptical Environmentalist,'' by Dr. Bjorn Lomborg, a Danish statistician, rebuts contentions by environmental groups that the planet is in peril and has been acclaimed by conservative groups and some scientists since it was published in English in 2001.

Last January, the Danish Committees on Scientific Dishonesty said Dr. Lomborg had used ''systematic one-sidedness'' in selecting data. The report led to calls for Dr. Lomborg's removal from the directorship of a government agency that examines environmental regulations.

But last week the Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation said the committee had exhibited ''significant neglect'' by failing to identify where the author had been dishonest, and had been ''clearly wrong'' for failing to offer Dr. Lomborg a chance to respond before its findings were published.