The idea that China and India will just abandon climate action is not true, because they're doing it for more reasons than we are.

If we were built, what were we built for? ... Why do we have this amazing collection of sinews, senses, and sensibilities? Were we really designed in order to recline on the couch, extending our wrists perpendicular to the floor so we can flick through the television's offerings? Were we really designed in order to shop some more so the economy can grow some more? Or were we designed to experience the great epiphanies that come from contact with each other and with the natural world?

The most blatant examples are increased power and frequency in hurricanes and the increased depth and frequency of heat waves.

It now appears that the fracturing of that ice is happening much more quickly than people previously thought, apparently at a slow melt.

My guess is that liberating the fossil fuel industry to frack anywhere they want will drive down the rate at which we're converting to sun and wind. And it's entirely a rate problem at this point.

The polling data shows not an unbelievable level of concern [on climate issue] but a general awareness of this problem. And now I think it's up to all sorts of people who really care about these things to continue on this new ground to try and make this the central political issue it needs to be.

There is no ideal Christmas; only the one Christmas you decide to make as a reflection of your values, desires, affections, traditions.