This article, published in the New York Times, has been well-researched by Snopes.com and been rated as being TRUE.News Coverage of Coal's Link to Global Warming, in 1912
Scientific analysis pointing to a human role in warming the climate through burning fossil fuels goes back to 1896, with Svante Arrhenius's remarkable paper, " On the Influence of Carbonic Acid [Carbon Dioxide] in the Air upon the Temperature of the Ground."
A Newspaper Clipping from 1912 Anticipated the Global Warming Potential of Burning Coal!
