And as you’d expect, the proud climate fascists are celebrating.

Via Daily Caller:

Professor Bjorn Lomborg has become the target of environmental activists. Last week, activists convinced the University of Western Australia to cancel a plan with Lomborg to create a major research center that would focus on the economics of global development projects.

Why were global warming activists upset? Because Lomborg doesn’t believe global warming is currently the greatest threat facing mankind. Activists pressured the university to return $4 million to the Australian government that would have gone to create the think-tank Australia Consensus.

The move was celebrated by environmentalists, but bemoaned by Australian conservatives as a blow to free and open debate. Lomborg, the self-styled “skeptical environmentalist,” didn’t sit idly by, but instead took to the opinion pages of The Wall Street Journal to voice his disgust.

“What is the lesson for young academics?” Lomborg asked. “Avoid producing research that could produce politically difficult answers. Steer clear of results that others might find contentious. Consider where your study could take you, and don’t go there if it means upsetting the status quo.”

Activists wanted to discredit Lomborg because of his moderate views on global warming. But therein lies the irony: Lomborg still believes humans are causing global warming (it’s just not as bad as some people say). In fact, Lomborg supports cutting fossil fuels subsidies, government spending on green energy research and development and imposing a tax on carbon dioxide emissions.

All of these things are supported on some level by most eco-activists. Where Lomborg diverges, however, is that he does not think “Kyoto-style approaches,” “poorly designed EU climate policies” or a “pledge to hold warming to two degrees Celsius” are effective ways to help the environment or the world’s poor.