Here's something I never thought I'd see. My friend Paul Ehrlich was invited to the Vatican to discuss "how to save the natural world on which we depend." The workshop will take place on 27 February through 1 March, 2017. This interests me because Paul endorsed my eco-thriller Patriarch Run, in which the bad guy intends to take down the power grid in order to stop the Sixth Extinction. I'm glad the bad guy in the story is fictional because I hope there's a better way to deal with this pressin...