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Government action isn't enough for climate change. The private sector can cut billions of tons of carbon

  • Written by Michael Vandenbergh, David Daniels Allen Distinguished Chair of Law, Vanderbilt University
imageBusinesses can make up for inaction on climate by government by investing in energy and fuel efficiency. Walmart/flickr, CC BY-SA

With President Trump’s announcement to pull the United States out of the Paris Agreement, many other countries around the world – and cities and states within the U.S. – are stepping up their...

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