TWO PITHY SHORTIES ON GLOBAL WARMING EXTREMISM FROM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

FIRST A SHORT COMMENTARY:

Theoretical physicist and mathematician Freeman Dyson on global warming in
the New York Review of Books:

"Environmentalism has replaced socialism as the leading secular religion.
And the ethics of environmentalism are fundamentally sound. Scientists and
economists can agree with Buddhist monks and Christian activists that
ruthless destruction of natural habitats is evil and careful preservation of
birds and butterflies is good. The worldwide community of
environmentalists -- most of whom are not scientists -- holds the moral high
ground, and is guiding human societies toward a hopeful future. . . .

Unfortunately, some members of the environmental movement have also adopted
as an article of faith the belief that global warming is the greatest threat
to the ecology of our planet. That is one reason...