I think, questions about what it means to respect nature become very important because just as in human society, for example, part of what it is for me to live a good life as a human being in a human society is to have respect for others around me. Now, that respect, to some extent, can be thought of as being grounded in the rights and interest of others but it also has to do with the stance that I take in the world and what it is that provides meaning and significance in my own life and I think there are similar ideas of respect for nature that apply as well.

If you're interested in doing something about climate change as we all should be, all of us who care about future people and creatures that will inhabit this world. Then buying a Prius is a good thing but an even better thing would be to be on the streets demanding urgent action from the United States' Congress.

The seas will continue to rise no matter who gets elected president.

It's true that climate change is an unprecedented problem so it's not surprising that it's so difficult to address.

Since we're not very good at something as basic as controlling our reproduction, life is really bad for more people than ever before.

Apocalypses don't happen very often. They tend to be separated by tens or even hundreds of millions of years.

We live in a world in which everyone wants solutions. But we can't find solutions if we don't understand the problems, and we can't understand the problems without knowing how we got here.