“[Falling temperatures will cause the ice caps to sink into the ocean, producing] a global tidal wave that could wipe out a substantial portion of mankind, and the sea level could rise 60 to 100 feet.”
- Paul Ehrlich , 1970.
“Global warming can mean colder, it can mean drier, it can mean wetter.”
- Steven Guilbeault
“We’ve got to ride the global-warming issue. Even if the theory of global warming is wrong, we will be doing the right thing in terms of economic policy and environmental policy.”
- Timothy Wirth , 1990.
“The answer to global warming is in the abolition of private property and production for human need. A socialist world would place an enormous priority on alternative energy sources. This is what ecologically-minded socialists have been exploring for quite some time now.”
- Louis Proyect
“Not only do journalists not have a responsibility to report what skeptical scientists have to say about global warming. They have a responsibility not to report what these scientists say.”
- Ross Gelbspan , July 2000.
“A global climate treaty must be implemented even if there is no scientific evidence to back the greenhouse effect.”
- Richard Benedict
“I would freely admit that on [global warming] we have crossed the boundary from news reporting to advocacy.”
- Charles Alexander