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High school students and other environmental activists are sometimes disappointed with my views. Even though I am very concerned about climate change, I shy away from extreme policies, I am not afraid to enumerate counter-arguments, and I incline to feasible rather than aspirational goals. I wrote a blog post a few years ago that looked […]

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Climate change, despite its outsized impact on the planet, is still an abstract concept to many of us. That needs to change. My hope is that readers of this blog will develop a better understanding of...