 In establishing its arguments, "The Skeptical Environmentalist" examined a wide range of issues in the general area of environmental studies, including environmental economics and science, and came to an equally broad set of conclusions and recommendations.Lomborg's work directly challenged popular examples of green concerns by interpreting data from some 3,000 assembled sources.The author suggested that environmentalists diverted potentially beneficial resources to less deserving environmental issues in ways that were economically damaging.