Cliff Stearns: “Thank you, Madam Speaker. My colleagues, here is a quote from a Newsweek article: ``There are ominous signs that the…”

“Thank you, Madam Speaker. My colleagues, here is a quote from a Newsweek article: ``There are ominous signs that the Earth's weather patterns have begun to change dramatically, and that these changes may portend a drastic decline in food production, with serious political implications for about every nation on Earth. The drop in food output could begin quite soon, perhaps only 10 years from now.'' My colleagues, Newsweek published this dire warning in its April 28, 1975 issue, years before global warming began getting the headlines it does today. Did Newsweek accurately forecast the coming of global warming more than 30 years ago? No. The article entitled ``The Cooling World'' warned that the Earth's climate seemed to be cooling to the point that populations around the world are in imminent danger because of the coming ice age. Newsweek was not the only publication to warn about the supposed threat of global cooling during the 1970s. In an article entitled ``Another Ice Age?'' the June 24, 1974 issue of Time reported: ``When meteorologists take an average temperature around the globe, they find that the atmosphere has been growing gradually cooler for the past three decades.''”