The Wall Street Journal Finally Coming Around to Reality?

It's nice that, after years, if not decades, of this, this, this, this, this, this, and on and on and on, the video below suggests the WSJ is coming to its senses, but given the publication's track record of intense climate change denial, is anyone else more than a little suspicious of the way it ends?



Contrast making a potential (not guaranteed, mind) failure to meet a fairly ambitious 2°C goal the takeaway message with what Holdren said on the Late Show recently (emphasis mine).

"There is a huge difference between how much climate change we can expect if we do nothing, and how much climate change we can expect if we do a lot in the way of reducing our emissions...It gets more and more difficult to cope with the impacts of climate change the higher we go. And there is a huge difference between being at, let us say, 3.6°F above pre-industrial — we're around 1.5°F now above pre-industrial — huge difference between that and 10°F above pre-industrial. We're much better off at the lower number, and we can get there."

- Dr. John Holdren, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

At this point, if Bellini and the WSJ wish to be taken seriously on this issue, like, uh, ever, they need to concentrate on and not stray away from the dangerous consequences of our unchecked emissions for as many years and articles as they have been attempting to whitewash the problem. Giving the threat to our civilization posed by a warming world only passing mention, and then quickly transitioning into extensive naysaying of our ability to curb greenhouse gases ain't cuttin' it. When you've demonstrated such a strong affinity for denial for as long as this news agency has, it smacks of schadenfreude.