Flashback 1992: EPIC FAIL – The late climatologist Steve Schneider predicted by 2002 or 2012, ‘we will prove a causal effect between global warming & natural disasters’
33 years ago today: Early climate hoaxer, the late Steve Schneider, predicted we’d know in 10 to 20 years whether emissions caused/worsened hurricanes. After 33 years, there has been no increase in hurricane frequency or strengthen and, in fact, no aspect of hurricane activity… pic.twitter.com/qQtbbqckQr — Steve Milloy (@JunkScience) August 26, 2025 Steve Schnider August […]
Meteorologist: ‘The deadly heat wave of July 1936…in the middle of one of the hottest summers on record…in the middle of one of the hottest decades ever’
https://arcfieldweather.com/blog/2025/7/17/the-deadly-heat-wave-of-july-1936in-the-middle-of-one-of-the-hottest-summers-on-recordin-the-middle-of-one-of-the-hottest-decades-ever By Meteorologist Paul Dorian Overview The month of July so far has been warmer-than-normal across much of the nation, but it will certainly have a difficult time matching the extreme and sustained heat of July 1936. In fact, one of the most widespread and destructive heat waves ever recorded in the US took place […]
Analysis: Population & Food Supply: ‘When there is little, or none, people cannot afford the calories to breed. When there is enough, they can and do. When there is too much…[food] they can’t be bothered to breed’
https://wmbriggs.substack.com/p/a-reason-the-birthrate-is-so-low A Reason The Birthrate Is So Low: Food By William M Briggs In the 1970s the fear—there is always fear, much of it imaginary or exaggerated—was mass starvation. There were soon, they said, to be too many people, which would lead to disastrous pressure on the food supply, and we’d run out. Some said […]
Flashback 1989: Prominent environmentalist predicted world was on the brink of an ‘environmental Pearl Harbor — a global food shortage that could starve millions’ – Reality Check: FAIL
36 years ago today, Lester Brown's now-defunct @Worldwatch Institute predicted the world was on the brink of an "environmental Pearl Harbor — a global food shortage that could starve millions." Reality: Since 1990, global food production has doubled (on less land!) and global… pic.twitter.com/ZN4fRMZPkL — Steve Milloy (@JunkScience) March 22, 2025
The Frights of Climate Catastrophe in the Disco Era: In the 1970s, the looming ice age was the climate crisis du jour
The Frights of Climate Catastrophe in the Disco Era By Anthony J. Sadar Y.M.C.A. is back and badder than ever. The Trump team helped to resurrect this 1978 disco icon. Yet some in the media are not hitting the dance floor and the sphere of “settled science” is trying to bury the cultural climate of the 1970s. […]
Flashback 1938: LA fires burned more than 50,000 acres & destroyed lots of Hollywood actors homes – 2025: LA fires have burned about 40,000 acres. This is ‘the normal climate of California’
The 1938 fires burned more than 50,000 acres and destroyed lots of Hollywood actors homes. This year’s LA fires have burned about 40,000 acres. It is not “climate change” – but rather the normal climate of California.https://t.co/4YbBq2kFHn pic.twitter.com/106XZnTwtS — Tony Heller (@TonyClimate) January 17, 2025
Flashback 1965: ‘No longer is random wildfire — a haphazard way of letting nature clear the underbrush — recognized as a ‘tool’ of land management. All fire hazards must be removed’
Santa Ana wind propelled 'Mad Dog' wildfire that burned 67,000 acres in September 1965 and set rules that have since been forgotten: "No longer is random wildfire — a haphazard way of letting nature clear the underbrush — recognized as a 'tool' of land management. All fire… pic.twitter.com/MJZQqSfILW — Steve Milloy (@JunkScience) January 11, 2025
Flashback 1970: Santa Ana winds burn 525,000 SoCal acres. ‘Flames leap to coast highway & Pacific Ocean near Malibu’
California government has not learned the lessons of the past like this one from 1970 — Santa Ana winds burn 525,000 SoCal acres. 'Flames leap to coast highway and Pacific Ocean near Malibu.' As the recently-deceased Peter Yarrow sang, "When will they ever learn?" pic.twitter.com/oWgHn9OHW5 — Steve Milloy (@JunkScience) January 11, 2025
Tony Heller: Pacific Palisades was largely destroyed by fires in 1938 & 1961 – Plus media chronicles of 19th-century LA fires – ‘The climate we now have’ is no different from the climate of the past
Pacific Palisades was largely destroyed by fires in 1938 and 1961. “The climate we now have” is no different from the climate of the past. https://t.co/w3AjmsYQAihttps://t.co/lhv8Hu3jNE https://t.co/I83DAv1DuY pic.twitter.com/jRtnvTxbuG — Tony Heller (@TonyClimate) January 9, 2025 Around 1980 I was flying out of the Santa Barbara airport and saw an entire mountainside burn up in […]
Bill Nye — the Jail the Climate Skeptics Guy — receives Presidential Medal of Freedom from Biden – Despite Promoting Jail for those who dissent on ‘global warming’ (Video)
William Sanford Nye (@BillNye) receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom. pic.twitter.com/6sf6aDgMGw — CSPAN (@cspan) January 4, 2025 Flashback 2016: Bill Nye, ‘The Jail-The-Skeptics Guy!’: Nye entertains idea of jailing climate skeptics for ‘affecting my quality of life’ (Exclusive Video) Biden awarded Bill Nye the 'Science Guy' the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Nye's idea of freedom […]