What do carbon offsets have to do with Alison and Zoe's ascent and ski of Koser Gunge? Lots.

Climate porn authors play into the anxious thrill we get as we watch models of the oceans swallowing Florida, or hear that the entire American breadbasket could turn into a desert. Even more so, the language used in these stories in pure sensation: it’s the end of the world.

Yesterday I read an Internet news piece about how Paris Hilton’s parents reported that their daughter passes her days in LA County just “staring at the ceiling”. What do you think she is thinking about while she’s lying there in her County issue orange? Climate change?