The Truth About The Environment

Conduct a critical analysis for one of the counter-claims offered by Bjorn Lomborg in his article ‘The Truth About the Environment’ in The Economist.
I prefer to choose “more food is now produced per head of the world’s population than at any time in history; fewer people are starving”.
What is required
Read Lomborg (2001) ‘The Truth About the Environment’ (click on hyperlink to download paper). Lomborg argues that the “litany of environmental fears” is not factually supported, including fears that:
“natural resources are running out”;
human “population is ever growing, leaving less and less to eat”;
“species are becoming extinct…forests are disappearing, and fish stocks are collapsing”; and
“the planet’s air and water are becoming ever more polluted.”
Conduct a critical review of one of the following four empirical counter-claims Lomborg makes by finding evidence from credible sources that supports or denies it:
“energy and other natural resources have become more abundant, not less so”
“more food is now produced per head of the world’s population than at any time in history; fewer people are starving”
the “threat of biodiversity loss is real, but exaggerated”
“pollution is also exaggerated”
Your paper should be organized as follows (using these section headings):
Background (approx. 15-20% of
paper’s content, about ½ page): Introduce the counter-claim that you are
selecting from the Lomborg reading. Summarize which global
environmental problem it relates to, and how this fits in with REM-100.
Critical review (approx. 60-70%
of paper’s content, about 2 pages): Discuss at least four credible
sources (including at least two peer-reviewed scholarly articles) that
evaluate the counter-claim you have chosen. Summarize the arguments made
by each source, including whether they support or negate Lomborg’s
counter-claim. Note that REM100 lecture slides are not an appropriate
source. Also describe why the source is credible and critically consider
if it may have any bias and why. Possible biases may involve
opinion-based claims that have no scientific-proven facts behind them or
research that might have been not completely objective because it was
funded by a special interest group.
Conclusion (approx. 15-20% of
paper’s content, about ½ page): Offer a clear conclusion, based on the
evidence you identified and assessed, about whether the counter-claim
you evaluate is more likely to be true or false (or a combination of
both).
Reference list! Including all articles, reports and websites cited in the body of your assignment.

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