Wishful Thinking Is Not Sound Public Policy.

In The Rich World, The Environmental Situation Has Improved Dramatically. In The United States, The Most Important Environmental Indicator, Particulate Air Pollution, Has Been Cut By More Than Half Since 1955, Rivers And Coastal Waters Have Dramatically Improved, And Forests Are Increasing.

There Is No Question That Global Warming Will Have A Significant Impact On Already Existing Problems Such As Malaria, Malnutrition, And Water Shortages. But This Doesn't Mean The Best Way To Solve Them Is To Cut Carbon Emissions.

To Prepare Adequately For The Challenge Of Global Warming, We Must Acknowledge Both The Good And The Bad That It Will Bring. If Our Starting Point Is To Prove That Armageddon Is On Its Way, We Will Not Consider All Of The Evidence, And Will Not Identify The Smartest Policy Choices.

I Tentatively Believe In A God. I Was Brought Up In A Fairly Religious Home. I Think The World Is Compatible With Reincarnation, Karma, All That Stuff.

Winter Regularly Takes Many More Lives Than Any Heat Wave: 25,000 To 50,000 Each Year Die In Britain From Excess Cold. Across Europe, There Are Six Times More Cold-related Deaths Than Heat-related Deaths...by 2050...warmer Temperatures Will Save 1.4 Million Lives Each Year.