This document summarizes a study rebutting criticisms from John Holdren about Bjorn Lomborg's book "The Skeptical Environmentalist". The study, conducted by energy expert Rob Bradley Jr., demonstrates that Holdren's critique of Lomborg fails and documents Holdren's history of exaggeration, error, and intolerance of dissent over a 30-year career. The full study can be accessed via a link provided.

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Dear All:
John Holdren, a Clinton-era leader of energy technology task forces,2rand
now the leading academic member of the National Commission on Energy
Policy,:Vwasone of four authors toyhurl accusations of incompetence and
worse atyBj>rnLomborg, author of2VThe Skeptical Environmentalist, in the
pages of Scientific American.
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In "The Heated Energy Debate," energy expert Rob Bradley, Jr.s2
demonstrates that Holdren's critique of Lomborg fails dismally. In
addition, Bradley' s:review of Holdren's publications over a 30-year
period~rdocuments a penchant for exaggeration, error, and now wholesale
intolerance of reasoned dissent.:V
To read the study in PDF format, click:Vhere:
http: //www.cei.org/pdf/3477.pdf
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If you have trouble opening it, the report is available on CEI's Web
site: www.cei.org.
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