Thus The New York Times today. “A United Nations report suggests that governments can still avert the more serious consequences of climate change provided they act quickly and aggressively to cut the accelerating pace of greenhouse-gas emissions,” explain the newspaper. Humor, or what? Judging by the newspaper’s lofty status in the States, though, humor it is not. But it should have been. As James Lovelock declared only a few days ago in The Guardian, “we should give up on saving the planet.” The ninety-four-year-old scientist famous for the Gaia hypothesis, which maintains that life on earth is one and indivisible, is serious enough. By the way, he spoke in anticipation of the UN report in question. Environmentalism has become a religion, he believes, and it does not pay enough attention to facts. According to Lovelock, the facts suggest that nothing we could do at this point would change things much. So, he repeatedly advises us all to enjoy life while we can (“Enjoy Life While You Can,” February 22, 2014). Amen.