Another Global Warming Icon Recants Alarmism

"Not many years ago, a celebrated scientist predicted a global warming disaster awaited humanity," writes Investor's Business Daily. "Today, that same scientist admits his warning was too 'alarmist'." 

James Lovelock, father of the "Gaia" theory that the entire earth is a single living system, was one of the many voices that's predicted environmental calamity will result from carbon dioxide emissions.

"We thought we knew 20 years ago," he said. "That led to some alarmist books — mine included — because it looked clear-cut, but it hasn't happened."

The 92-year-old Lovelock notes that "the climate is doing its usual tricks" and concedes "there's nothing much really happening yet" even though "we were supposed to be halfway toward a frying world now."