Mark Ruffalo, aka the Incredible Hulk, is the natural gas industrys worst nightmare: a serious, committed activist who is determined to use his star power as a superhero in the hottest movie of the moment to draw attention the environmental and public health risks of fracking. – Jeff Goodell
In the world of energy politics, the sudden vanishing of the word coal is a remarkable and unprecedented event. – Jeff Goodell
Climate change is a global issue – from the point of view of the Earths climate, a molecule of CO2 emitted in Bejing is the same as a molecule emitted in Sydney. – Jeff Goodell
Extracting oil from the tar sands is a nasty, polluting, energy-intensive business. – Jeff Goodell
Hygiene is the corruption of medicine by morality. It is impossible to find a hygienist who does not debase his theory of the healthful with a theory of the virtuous. The true aim of medicine is not to make men virtuous; it is to safeguard and rescue them from the consequences of their vices. – H. L. Mencken