CONSIDER the meaning in contemporary jargon of the famous carbon footprint . . . . What is it , after all, if not the gaseous equivalent of . . .
. . . Original Sin, of the stain that we inflict on our Mother Gaia by the simple fact of being present and breathing? . . .
. . . .
. . . . Cataclysm is part of the basic tool-kit of Green critical analysis, and prophets of decay and decomposition abound. They beat the drums of panic and call upon us to expiate our sins before it is too late.
(Pascal Bruckner, "Notable & Quotable," wsj.com, June 19, 2013, excerpted from Bruckner's new book, "The Fanaticism of the Apocalypse")
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