evidence: 18 Spectacularly Wrong Predictions Made Around the Time of the First Earth Day in 1970, Expect More This Year [...] 9. In January 1970, Life reported, "Scientists have solid experimental and theoretical evidence to support…the following predictions: In a decade, urban dwellers will have to wear gas masks to survive air pollution…by 1985 air pollution will have reduced the amount of sunlight reaching earth by one half…." [...] MP: Let’s keep those spectacularly wrong predictions from the first Earth Day 1970 in mind when we’re bombarded today with media hype and claims like this from the Earth Day website: