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Failed climate change predictions

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/* Famine/Apocalypse */ star-gazette 6 jul 1936 droughts become frequent occurrence
*In 1936, The Great Falls Tribune warned of the destruction of the American agricultural industry due to eroding soil.<ref>https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89557850/great-falls-tribune/</ref> The Salt Lake Telegram made similar claims in the same year, saying, "our nation itself – may pass away because of the improper use of the soil".<ref>https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89557615/salt-lake-telegram/</ref> As of 2022, The US is still one of the top 4 largest producers of food in the world.<ref>https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/100615/4-countries-produce-most-food.asp#:~:text=Which%20Countries%20Produce%20the%20Most,agricultural%20producers%2C%20in%20that%20order.</ref>
*In 1936, the at-the-time [[Henry A. Wallace|Secretary of Agriculture, Henry A Wallace]], claimed that the United States would be affected by climate change in a way where droughts would be "a frequent occurrence from year to year."<ref>https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89557566/star-gazette/</ref> From 2010 to 2022, the only severe droughts occurring in the United States were those in [[California]], a state already known for mismanagement of forests and wildfires.<ref>https://www.drought.gov/historical-information?dataset=0&selectedDateUSDM=20160607&dateRangeUSDM=2010-2023</ref>
*In 1969, Paul Ehrlich claimed that “Most of the people who are going to die in the greatest cataclysm in the history of man have already been born." <ref>https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110984144/greatest-cataclysm/</ref>
*In 1970, biologist at [[Washington University]] Barry Commoner said “We are in an environmental crisis which threatens the survival of this nation, and of the world as a suitable place of human habitation.”<ref>https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111505264/environmental-crisis/</ref>
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