Wrong Again: 50 Years of Failed Eco-pocalyptic Predictions

Modern doomsayers have been predicting climate and environmental disaster since the 1960s. They continue to do so today. None of the apocalyptic predictions with due dates as of today have come true. Top Ten On This List -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What follows is a collection of notably wild predictions from notable people in government and science. More than merely spotlighting the failed predictions, this collection shows that the makers of failed apocalyptic predictions often are individuals holding respected positions in government and science. While such predictions have been and continue to be enthusiastically reported by a media eager for sensational headlines, the failures are typically not revisite -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.1967: ‘Dire famine by 1975.’Source: Salt Lake Tribune, November 17, 1967. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.FOE OF POLLUTION SEES LACK OF TIME; Asserts Environmental Ills Outrun Public Concern. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.1970: Ice age by 2000.Source: Boston Globe, April 16, 1970 ------------------------------------------------------------ 4.‘America subject to water rationing by 1974 and food rationing by 1980.’Source: Redlands Daily Facts, October 6, 1970 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.1971: ‘New Ice Age Coming: Source: Washington Post, July 9, 1971. ------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.1972: New ice age by 2070.Source: NOAA, October 2015. ------------------------------------------------------ 7.1974: ‘Another Ice Age? Source: TIME, June 24, 1974 ------------------------------------------------------ 8.1974: Ozone Depletion a ‘Great Peril to Life’But no such ‘great peril to life’ has been observed as the so-called ‘ozone hole’ remains:Sources: Headline NASA Data | Graph -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9.1976:‘The Cooling’1976;Source: New York Times Book Review, July 18, 1976. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10.1980: ‘Acid Rain Kills Life in Lakes’Noblesville Ledger (Noblesville, IN) April 9, 1980. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://cei.org/blog/wrong-again-50-years-of-failed-eco-pocalyptic-predictions/