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Can America Be The Greatest Country On Earth If It Is Ignoring Climate Change?

October 9, 2018

Via: Forbes

Sunday evening, I was watching pro football while my golden retriever cuddled on my lap. A political commercial appeared posing the question of whether America was the “greatest country on earth.” Interestingly, it pertained to a congressional race in West Virginia’s poorest district — the one with abandoned coal mines and a troubling opioid crisis.

At the same time, my inbox was filling up with press releases from environmental organizations warning that the globe is warming at a rate that will mean unbearable heatwaves, extreme flooding and economically devastating droughts. The solution would not just require substituting sustainable fuels for fossil fuels but also technological leaps — tools that could actually pull CO2 out of the atmosphere.

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