Believers: A look back at The Onion and global warming

Infographic: The Effects Of Global Warming | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

November 17, 2004
Scientists say global warming in on the rise. What adverse effects do they predict will occur within the next decade?

Global-Warming Crisis Makes For Delightful Mid-February Afternoon | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

February 17, 1999
EDINA, MN—Impending global ecological disaster resulted in a delightful, balmy mid-February afternoon Monday. "Oooh, this is nice," said Edina resident Todd Crimmons, enjoying a 55-degree afternoon of rollerblading thanks to a rise in atmospheric carbon-dioxide levels resulting from massive overdependence on fossil fuels and the depletion of plant life. "I think I could get used to this loss of our planet's climatic integrity."

Al Gore Caught Warming Globe To Increase Box Office Profits | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

December 18, 2006
Blume said that she and many environmentalists had momentarily expressed relief in late November when Gore appeared to cease his months-long practice of dismantling old refrigerators in order to release ozone-destroying freon into the atmosphere. Blume soon learned, however, that Gore had resumed the activity in Antarctica, where the earth's ozone layer is most fragile.

Richard Branson's Global-Warming Donation Nearly As Much As Cost Of Failed Balloon Trips | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

October 18, 2006
Branson also reportedly plans to invest billions more on a time machine that would enable him to prevent the creation of Virgin Airways, reducing greenhouse-gas emissions by some four percent worldwide.

Critics Blast Al Gore's Documentary As 'Realistic' | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

May 31, 2006
NEW YORK— The Al Gore-produced global-warming documentary An Inconvenient Truth is being panned by critics nationwide who claim the 90-plus minute environmental film is "too disturbingly realistic and well-researched to enjoy."

Northeast Stunned By Freak January Snowfall | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

January 24, 2007
SYRACUSE, NY—In a rare instance of icy-cold January weather, much of the Northeast awoke Tuesday morning to find itself buried under nearly 1.5 inches of snowfall.

Onion pieces seem to track the rise and fall of global warming hysteria quite well. They seemed to write about it a lot near the '06-'07 hysteria peak, but not so much anymore.