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Joseph J. Romm Quotes: We have been getting rich by depleting all our natural stocks - water, hydrocarbons, forests, rivers, fish and arable land - and not by generating renewable flows.
         

We have been getting rich by depleting all our natural stocks - water, hydrocarbons, forests, rivers, fish and arable land - and not by generating renewable flows.


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Time is short. We have at most a decade to sharply reverse course.



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The science is crystal clear: we humans are the primary cause of global warming, and we face a bleak future if we fail to act quickly.



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The last time Earth was 1°C warmer than today, sea levels were 20 feet higher.



Do believe that if we fail to act in time, it will be the single biggest regret any of us has at the end of our lives.

Do believe that if we fail to act in time, it will be the single biggest regret any of us has at the end of our lives.



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We created a way of raising standards of living that we can't possibly pass on to our children.





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