I used to worry

but living through 30 years of catastrophic predictions not happening has made me question the messenger instead.

Some examples(1):

1989: Rising seas to ‘obliterate’ nations by 2000

2008: Al Gore warns of ice-free Arctic by 2013

(1) https://cei.org/blog/wrong-again-50-years-of-failed-eco-poca...

Don’t get me wrong. I still think it’s an area of concern. I’m actually a raging environmentalist but I just think we should spend our limited political capital on air pollution, heavy metals, microplastics, and expanding national park access.