I agree. Alarmist rhetoric since at least the mid-1980s. We've made massive progress on environmental issues since then, but still the same alarmist rhetoric.
> We've made massive progress on environmental issues
Care to elaborate? Afaic, global CO2 emissions keep going up year after year.
Not GP, but in other areas (chemical pollution, CFCs, recycling, sustainable forestry) we've definitely made improvements since then. Global warming seems to be a particularly tough nut to crack.
Additionally, we’re dramatically more energy efficient across the board; food, transport, goods.