Paul Erlich Predicts Climate Doomsday
Download MP3Paul Erlich, who recently joined 60 Minutes, has built a living wrongly predicting catastrophe due to climate change and the growing human population.
Recently, noted climate change doomsayer Paul Erlich appeared on 60 Minutes to add to his growing tally of false predictions. Aged 91, Erlich has built a career around being wrong about environmentalist catastrophes, from mass famine in the 1970s to cannibalism today. His appearance on 60 Minutes speaks to 60 Minutes becoming another show with talking heads.
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H. Sterling Burnett
H. Sterling Burnett, Ph.D., hosts The Heartland Institute’s Environment and Climate News podcast. Burnett also is the director of Heartland’s Arthur B. Robinson Center on Climate and Environmental Policy, is the editor of Heartland's Climate Change Weekly email, and oversees the production of the monthly newspaper Environment & Climate News. Prior to joining The Heartland Institute in 2014, Burnett worked at the National Center for Policy Analysis for 18 years, ending his tenure there as senior fellow in charge of environmental policy. He has held various positions in professional and public policy organizations within the field. Burnett is a member of the Environment and Natural Resources Task Force in the Texas Comptroller’s e-Texas commission, served as chairman of the board for the Dallas Woods and Water Conservation Club, is a senior fellow at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, works as an academic advisor for Collegians for a Constructive Tomorrow, is an advisory board member to the Cornwall Alliance, and is an advisor for the Energy, Natural Resources and Agricultural Task Force at the American Legislative Exchange Council.
