In the late 1950s the New York Times claimed “global warming” was coming, but in 1975 they promoted fears of a “new ice age.” In the years ahead the Times circled back to strike fear in people that global warming was coming at us with an “almost unprecedented magnitude.” All of these predictions can seem a little like the story of “Chicken Little and the Sky is Falling.” What are we to think about the whole climate change scenario?
