Having first seen Ariadne Mytelka ’17’s sharply worded letter to the editor (November issue) directed against the “Pariah or Partner” feature article in the September issue about Kuwait Petroleum Corp. and its CEO Nawaf al-Sabah ’94, which piqued my interest to then read the article, I feel compelled to react.
As is obvious from Ms. Mytelka's LinkedIn profile, she has unquestionably impressive credentials in environmental science and climate change. Indeed, I’d be honored to meet and talk with her if there’s ever an opportunity.
But, while I sincerely applaud her laser focus on decarbonization, I can’t agree with her denigration of the article and/or its protagonist. The points Ms. Mytelka makes (with needless acidity, I’d say) already are clearly reflected in Mark Bernstein ’83’s well-balanced, quite interesting, and well-written article itself, on a topic worthy of debate. And in all events there should be no doubt about Sheikh al-Sabah’s place as a truly distinguished Princeton alumnus.
Having first seen Ariadne Mytelka ’17’s sharply worded letter to the editor (November issue) directed against the “Pariah or Partner” feature article in the September issue about Kuwait Petroleum Corp. and its CEO Nawaf al-Sabah ’94, which piqued my interest to then read the article, I feel compelled to react.
As is obvious from Ms. Mytelka's LinkedIn profile, she has unquestionably impressive credentials in environmental science and climate change. Indeed, I’d be honored to meet and talk with her if there’s ever an opportunity.
But, while I sincerely applaud her laser focus on decarbonization, I can’t agree with her denigration of the article and/or its protagonist. The points Ms. Mytelka makes (with needless acidity, I’d say) already are clearly reflected in Mark Bernstein ’83’s well-balanced, quite interesting, and well-written article itself, on a topic worthy of debate. And in all events there should be no doubt about Sheikh al-Sabah’s place as a truly distinguished Princeton alumnus.