"Global warming is a very serious issue, but most of the impacts are in the future. There is much we can do to address global warming, both in terms of adaptation and mitigation. There is, in fact, much reason for optimism."
(I do agree that there much we can do, but most of these things are hard problems of collective action)
Quote: "He has published over 120 articles in peer-reviewed scientific venues, and served on the board of over a dozen regional and national meteorological committees, conferences, and scientific journals."
That's as prominent as it gets. Sorry he doesn't exactly tow your particular party line on all this.
Actually 120 papers (by late career) and a few board memberships is fairly median on the prominence scale.
Nowhere near "as prominent as gets".
Even the IPCC is quietly and unofficially gearing up for a major collapse in the global human population by 2050. And not a blip, either, but - by their _conservative_ estimates - a whopping 20+% _at minimum_.
Fear can motivate a lot of people. Massive changes in culture and in history have arisen out of mass (and often unjustified) fear. I say we _need_ this fear, and a lot more of it, too. We just need to impart it more accurately, and less bombastically (which is great for clicks and eyeballs, but often gives the wrong impression).