Sublime

The goal has been clear for thirty years, and despite earnest efforts we’ve made essentially no progress toward reaching it.

And maybe this was what craziness was: an emergency valve to relieve the pressure of unbearable anxiety.

This emphasis had made sense in the 1990s, when there seemed to be a good chance that the world would take collective action to curtail carbon emissions. By 2015, however, it was clear to me that collective action had failed and would continue to fail. Meanwhile, what remained of the natural world was in worse trouble than ever, as every nation pur

I can respect the planet, and care about the people with whom I share it, without believing that it will save me.