The most blatant examples are increased power and frequency in hurricanes and the increased depth and frequency of heat waves.
Bill McKibbenProbably nothing that we have ever managed to do quite equals the basic undermining of the physical stability of the planet on which most of the world's poor people depend.
Bill McKibbenIt's off the charts - and if you don't believe the scientists, ask the insurance industry, the people we pay to analyze risk in our society.
Bill McKibbenIf you look at the polling data, long before anyone had thought about Iraq, it was the [George W.] Bush Administration's decision in the first few weeks in its tenure in office to abnegate the Kyoto treaties that set our international perception into a nose-dive. People around the world looked on in amazement as the biggest part of the problem decided it wasn't going to make any effort to help with the solution.
Bill McKibben