30 years and things haven't changed
Remembering Bjorn Lomborg's inspiration to start writing books on the environment, I looked up Julian Simon in Wikipedia.
Simon was one of the founders of free-market environmentalism. An article in Wired magazine titled The Doomslayer profiling Julian Simon inspired Bjorn Lomborg to write the book The Skeptical Environmentalist.
Although the article was from a 1997 issue of Wired, believe it or not, I had it on my shelf. Note to self, get rid of 10-year Wired magazine collection. The article is fascinating, and the theme of the dialogue from 30 years ago is similar to what we hear today. Folks flock to the gurus who claim the world is coming to an end, and largely ignore (or attack) the rational people who disagree and use facts to support their position. Kind of like Henrik Svensmark and his book The Chilling Stars.