Of Course, The World Is Full Of

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.

We've Had The U.n. For Almost 60 Years, Yet We've Never Actually Made A Fundamental List Of All The Big Things That We Can Do In The World, And Said, 'which Of Them Should We Do First?'

We Worry About The Seemingly Ever-increasing Number Of Natural Catastrophes. Yet This Is Mainly A Consequence Of Cnn - We See Many More, But The Number Is Roughly Constant, And We Manage To Deal Much Better With Them Over Time. Globally, The Death Rate From Catastrophes Has Dropped About Fifty-fold Over The Past Century.

Global Warming Is Real - It Is Man-made And It Is An Important Problem. But It Is Not The End Of The World.

Wishful Thinking Is Not Sound Public Policy.