There are serious worries about unconventional gas and oil, especially those concerning the environment. Charles C. Mann Read Quote
Rather than forcing local factories to clean up after themselves, Changzhou decided to outsource the job of managing its water supply to a French company named Veolia – one of a handful of corporate giants now scrambling to take over city water systems around the planet, especially in the often polluted and water-short developing world. Charles C. Mann Read Quote
Under the Paris agreement, every one of the 147 signatories issues what is called an ‘intended nationally determined contribution’ (INDC), which amounts to a promise that the nation will take certain actions to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions by a certain date. Charles C. Mann Read Quote
There are several types of greenhouse gasses, but carbon dioxide is the most important. Charles C. Mann Read Quote
The Paris pact was correctly described by its opponents – greens and anti-greens alike – as toothless. But it was also the first time that nations around the world had officially agreed that climate change was a problem and that concrete steps should be taken to avoid its worst effects. Charles C. Mann Read Quote
Indeed, for all Donald Trump’s railing about the efforts to curb climate change, nobody in his administration seems to have paid any attention to what they actually are. Charles C. Mann Read Quote
The queue of activists, interest groups, and ordinary people wringing their hands over what a President Donald Trump might do in office is long, and environmentalists are at the front of the line. Charles C. Mann Read Quote
Prediction is a mug’s game, but taking the side of water polluters has not been a winning political strategy for 50 years. Presidents Reagan, Bush I, and Bush II all undertook to weaken water regulations in the name of economic growth. They left office; the regulations remained. Charles C. Mann Read Quote
All parents remember the moment when they first held their children – the tiny crumpled face, an entire new person, emerging from the hospital blanket. Charles C. Mann Read Quote
Like other parents, I want my children to be comfortable in their adult lives. Charles C. Mann Read Quote
