Glen Reynolds has noticed a trend, and writes about it in the New York Post:
…it’s interesting to see Gates softening his tone; it feels as if climate outrage has passed its sell-by date. Oh, sure, there are still kooks in Europe gluing themselves to roadways and the occasional nut throwing oil on famous works of art, but it’s all started to seem rather forced.
When you see a shift in a social trend like this, it’s almost always happening for the same reason: The people behind it have figured out it’s doing the left more harm than good. It’s of a piece with the sudden de-emphasis of ESG (environmental, social, governance) as a tool of corporate management.
As Glen points out in his piece, there is no climate crisis, never has been and people around the world have begun to recognize that. Perhaps more importantly, they’ve begun to recognize the damage that pursuit of this fantasy is doing to the economies of the world. The enviro left has overplayed its hand rather dramatically and people around the world have begun to see this.
That recognition is going to affect the next few election cycles at least.
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