The New York Times, the climate alarmist paper of record, is sponsoring the “Climate Forward” conference in New York City on Wednesday September 24th. Will it be a wake? Consider the latest promotional push by Times reporter David Gelles:
“This has been perhaps one of the most consequential years ever for United States climate policy,” he notes, promising “frank discussions about what it all means.”
Announced Speakers
The announced speakers are fringe: Brian Schatz (Senate Democrat, Hawaii); Abigail Dillen (Earthjustice); Scott Strazik, (GE Vernova); Manish Bapna, (Natural Resources Defense Council); and Bob Mumgaard (Commonwealth Fusion Systems).
Where is everybody? Will Al Gore and John Kerry appear to rally the demoralized? Michael “Climategate” Mann? What about Angry Joe Romm? John Holdren? Jigar Shaw and Jennifer Granholm of Biden’s U.S.…
Ed. Note: The New York Times is the newspaper of record on climate alarm. The latest, “Scientists Denounce Trump Administration’s Climate Report” (September 3, 2025), brings to mind this paper’s first climate alarm article of note, “‘Global Warming Has Begun, Expert Tells Senate Today (June 24, 1988). The latter (by environmental reporter Philip Shabecoff) had specific forecasts of anthropogenic activity: 3–9°F and 1–4 feet by 2025–2050. Into this forecast period, some 37 years later, the recorded increase is under 1.5°F and around four inches. The 1,300-word, front-page Times article follows.
…“If the current pace of the buildup of these gases continues, the effect is likely to be a warming of 3 to 9 degrees Fahrenheit from the year 2025 to 2050, according to these projections.
“One wonders if Shell, trying to greenwash best it can, is happy to see the climate outliers within its ranks leave. The company should at least inform employees about the moral case for fossil fuels—past, present, and future—as explained by Alex Epstein to his world audience.”
Richard Plant, self-described “sustainability champion … born at 326.42 ppm,” was obviously working at the wrong company–an oil and gas company, Shell. Shell was not the problem–it has rightly pulled back from the bad economics of wind and solar. Tried and failed, just as happened at Exxon. And at BP, no longer “beyond petroleum.”
Plant describes himself as “an experienced procurement professional … [with] over two decades of experience in global supply chain and category management roles, most of which I’ve spent at Shell.”…