"Coal fires are a notorious risk for coalmines. In North America whole towns have had to be relocated because of fires…"

"The golden toad was the first documented victim of global warming. We had killed it with our profligate use of coal-f…"

"In our Gaian world, everything is connected to and influences everything else."

"Nothing in predictive climate science is more certain than the extinction of many of the world’s mountain-dwelling sp…"

"This problem may not occur for several hundred years, but by the time we see the first signs, it will be far too late…"

"If humans pursue a business-as-usual course for the first half of this century, I believe the collapse of civilizatio…"

"It is imperative to get the smelters to pay a fair price for their power; otherwise, market forces can never induce t…"

"Kyoto questions the philosophies underpinning societies such as America and Australia, which cling to the myth of lim…"

"Some time this century, the day will arrive when the human influence on the climate will overwhelm all natural factors."

"Passing by the mountain village of —a quaint, artsy town known for its Saturday tourist markets—the changed abruptly …"