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== Pollution ==

== Pollution ==

*In 1969, the New York Times publishes "Everyone Will Disappear In a Cloud Of Blue Steam By 1989".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Reinhold |first=Robert |date=1969-08-10 |title=FOE OF POLLUTION SEES LACK OF TIME; Asserts Environmental Ills Outrun Public Concern |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1969/08/10/archives/foe-of-pollution-sees-lack-of-time-asserts-environmental-ills.html |access-date=2023-06-16 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

*In 1969, the New York Times publishes "Everyone Will Disappear In a Cloud Of Blue Steam By 1989".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Reinhold |first=Robert |date=1969-08-10 |title=FOE OF POLLUTION SEES LACK OF TIME; Asserts Environmental Ills Outrun Public Concern |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1969/08/10/archives/foe-of-pollution-sees-lack-of-time-asserts-environmental-ills.html |access-date=2023-06-16 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> As of 2023, the human race has yet to disappear in a cloud of blue steam.

*In 1970, Life magazine predicted that all urban city dwellers would need to wear gas masks in order to survive in an air polluted climate by the year 1980, and that sunlight would only penetrate half as hard as it did due to particles in the air.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stepman |first=Jarrett |date=12 Mar 2019 |title=5 Dire Climate Predictions That Never Came True |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404030608/https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/jarrett-stepman/5-dire-climate-predictions-never-came-true |access-date=16 Jun 2023 |website=CNS News}}</ref>

*In 1970, Life magazine predicted that all urban city dwellers would need to wear gas masks in order to survive in an air polluted climate by the year 1980, and that sunlight would only penetrate half as hard as it did due to particles in the air.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stepman |first=Jarrett |date=12 Mar 2019 |title=5 Dire Climate Predictions That Never Came True |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404030608/https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/jarrett-stepman/5-dire-climate-predictions-never-came-true |access-date=16 Jun 2023 |website=CNS News}}</ref>

*In 1970, biochemist [[George Wald]] claimed that pollution, among other things, would bring the demise of civilization by the year 2000.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1970-11-18 |title=End of Civilization Forecast Unless... |pages=5 |work=The Ottawa Journal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ottawa-journal-wald-forecast-end-of/46817327/ |access-date=2023-06-16}}</ref>

*In 1970, biochemist [[George Wald]] claimed that pollution, among other things, would bring the demise of civilization by the year 2000.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1970-11-18 |title=End of Civilization Forecast Unless... |pages=5 |work=The Ottawa Journal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ottawa-journal-wald-forecast-end-of/46817327/ |access-date=2023-06-16}}</ref>