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“We don't have good global policies in place for climate.”

Quote by Ramez Naam

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Ramez Naam is a seasoned manager with an unknown birth and death date. more

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“Ozone and climate are global issues, and it's hard to find a way in which the benefits of shutting down carbon emissions are going to pay for themselves for any given power-plant, say.”

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