THE in-house anti-environmentalist was at it again this week, this time using the occasion of the opening of the 77th General Assembly of the United Nations to inveigh against 'the alleged climate emergency,' and once again try to gaslight everyone into believing that the vast, half-century's worth of scientific research and corresponding public policy will collapse at the slightest touch, if only the right 'expert' is found to deliver the blow.

As just one small point of order, the UN General Assembly did not open on Tuesday, September 20, the day the opinion piece was published, but a week earlier, on September 13, at least according to the official schedule posted on the United Nations website. Please try to keep up.