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“No matter what Donald Trump says, it's clear that global warming is rapidly changing conditions on our planet.”

Quote by Elizabeth Kolbert

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Elizabeth Kolbert

Elizabeth Kolbert is an American journalist renowned for her in-depth reporting on environmental issues. Born in 1961, she graduated from Columbia University and has worked as a journalist for The New Yorker. Her work has won multiple Pulitzer Prizes, including the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction for her book 'The Sixth Extinction', which provides a detailed account of the loss of biodiversity on Earth. more

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