We Worry About The Seemingly Ever-increasing Number Of Natural Catastrophes. Yet This Is Mainly A Consequence Of Cnn - We See Many More, But The Number Is Roughly Constant, And We Manage To Deal Much Better With Them Over Time. Globally, The Death Rate From Catastrophes Has Dropped About Fifty-fold Over The Past Century.

-Bjorn Lomborg

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We Worry About The Seemingly Ever-increasing Number

Bjorn Lomborg

We Worry About The Seemingly Ever-increasing Number Of Natural Catastrophes. Yet This Is Mainly A Consequence Of Cnn - We See Many More, But The Number Is Roughly Constant, And We Manage To Deal Much Better With Them Over Time. Globally, The Death Rate From Catastrophes Has Dropped About Fifty-fold Over The Past Century.

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In The Rich World, The Environmental Situation Has Improved Dramatically. In The United States, The Most Important Environmental Indicator, Particulate Air Pollution, Has Been Cut By More Than Half Since 1955, Rivers And Coastal Waters Have Dramatically Improved, And Forests Are Increasing.

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