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

Wrong, The Guardian, There Are No Identifiable ‘Climate Tipping Points’

Wrong, The Guardian, There Are No Identifiable “Climate Tipping Points” By Linnea Lueken A recent article posted by The Guardian discusses funding given to UK research groups in an effort to track potential “climate tipping points” so forecasts can be made to warn about upcoming catastrophes. The premise that we are approaching dangerous and unprecedented climate tipping […]

Flashback Nov 10, 1922: Aussie newspaper urges everyone ‘cheer up’ due to warming planet – ‘Once more’ able to grow orange & palm trees: ‘World Growing Warmer’ – ‘Glaciers everywhere receding’ & ‘Both Poles are retreating’

Only 150 years to save the climate! (by 2030)@RogerHallamCS21 @MikeHudema @ECOWARRIORSS @XRebellionUK @XR_NYC @billmckibben @SenateGOP @SenateDems @DawnTJ90 @ClimateDepot @ClimateRealists #Baerbock #BBCFootball #BitcoinBridge @caraNYT @dpcarrington #CardiB @BBCEarth @AP pic.twitter.com/8VJrXo6j9E — war is a racket (@war_racket) September 26, 2024

Earth 14 years away from Ted Turner’s 2038 Countdown to Cannibalism: 2008 Flashback: ‘Most of the people will have died and the rest of us will be cannibals’

https://quadrant.org.au/opinion/doomed-planet/2024/08/whatever-will-climateers-cook-up-next/ Whatever Will Climateers Cook Up Next? By Tony Thomas Among the inspirational spokesfolk sermonising about saving the planet from fossil fuels are actress Jane Fonda and ex-husband Ted Turner (2024 net worth $US2.5 billion). Jane ditched Ted in 2001 after 10 years marriage, leaving Ted so heart-broken that he needed a quartet of girlfriends for consolation. […]