We'd already lost the possibility of stopping global warming entirely. That hasn't been in the cards for a long time. The triumph of Trump probably means that we're not going to be able to stop it at the two-degree mark that the world had been aiming for. That's very bad news, mostly because the planet seems to be more sensitive than we thought to even small increases in temperature.

If it's wrong to wreck the planet, it's wrong to profit from the wreckage.

The world is on fire, and I'm doing my best to help steer the firetruck.

We couldn't outspend the fossil fuel industry - they have more money than God.

Look - every time is the wrong time and the perfect time to have a kid, and you just do it when you can.

After a lifetime of nature shows and magazine photos, we arrive at the woods conditioned to expect splendor - surprised when the parking lot does not contain a snarl of animals attractively mating and killing each other.

In 50 years, no one will care about the fiscal cliff or the Euro crisis. They'll just ask, "So the Arctic melted, and then what did you do?"