--- description: Ronald Bailey is the science correspondent for Reason Magazine. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Ronald Bailey ## Ronald Bailey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Ronald Bailey is the science correspondent for Reason Magazine. ## Ronald Bailey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Nov 13, 2014 ### [The Inconvenient Truth About the U.S.-China Emissions Deal: It's Meaningless](https://time.com/3583621/the-inconvenient-truth-about-the-u-s-china-emissions-deal-its-meaningless/) The crucial word is 'intends'—it is clear that the announcement is not meant to create any new oblig... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/ronald-bailey/","name":"Ronald Bailey"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/ronald-bailey/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/ronald-bailey/"},"name":"Ronald Bailey","jobTitle":null,"description":"Ronald Bailey is the science correspondent for Reason Magazine.","url":"https://time.com/author/ronald-bailey/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```