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Back in April 1970, The Beatles broke up, and they started Earth Day conveniently on Vladimir Lenin's birthday. After all, what a better way to celebrate your hatred of capitalism than to schedule your big festival on commie #1's birthday? Anyway, I am not sure how Lenin would feel about all the predictions about the Earth that were posted
To mark Earth Day, 60 Minutes looks back on our reporting on climate change and the environment over the years.
Last year, 60 Minutes reported that scientists were sounding an alarm that we were living in the midst of the sixth mass extinction. Biologist Paul Ehrlich told Scott Pelley that humans would need “five more Earths” to maintain our current way of life. Source
Julian Simon and Paul Ehrlich made a bet in 1980 about the future value of metal resources.
If you're looking for further evidence that the world is recovering from the disruptions of pandemic policy, the Simon Abundance Index provides just that.…