Interference with communications of science to the public has been greater during the current administration than at any time in my career.

The climate dice are now loaded. Some seasons still will be cooler than the long-term average, but the perceptive person should notice that the frequency of unusually warm extremes is increasing. It is the extremes that have the most impact on people and other life on the planet.

Global warming isn't a prediction. It is happening.

Coal is the single greatest threat to civilization and all life on our planet.

The danger is that the compromises and special interests inherent in Kyoto-style targets and cap-and-trade will be accepted because of bureaucratic momentum.

The climate is nearing tipping points. Changes are beginning to appear and there is a potential for explosive changes, effects that would be irreversible, if we do not rapidly slow fossil-fuel emissions over the next few decades.

I was lucky to grow up at a time when it was not difficult for the child of a tenant farmer to make his way to the state university.