“Every time someone reads a story about the politics poisoning the global warming stuff it makes it feel like a political story, meaning it's Us and Them, instead of what it is: this profound challenge we face given our energy norms right now, the fuels of convenience toward something new. No matter what the politics are, it's still an enormous transformation that has to take place.” FeelsStillsMatterStoriesFacesPoliticalEnergyGivenStuffChallengesRight NowTransformationNo Matter WhatProfoundEnormousFuelGlobal WarmingSomething NewNormConveniencePoisoningChallenges We Face Author:Andrew Revkin
“Scientists are also unnerved by the summer's implications for the future...proof that human activities are propelling a slide toward climate calamity...humans may have tipped the balance...a particularly harsh jolt to polar bears.” HumansMayEnergyEnvironmentBearsBalanceActivitySummerScientistClimateClimate ChangeProofHarshSlidesCalamityImplicationsHuman ActivityGlaciersPolar Bears Author:Andrew Revkin
“Probably the single-most concrete and substantive thing an American, young American, could do to lower our carbon footprint is not turning off the lights or driving a Prius, it's having fewer kids...we'll soon see a market in baby-avoidance carbon credits similar to efforts to sell CO2 credits for avoiding deforestation.” LightKidsYoungEnergyEffortEnvironmentBabySellsClimate ChangeCreditDrivingFewerConcreteCarbonAvoidingAvoidanceFootprintCo2DeforestationOverpopulationCarbon FootprintPrius Author:Andrew Revkin
