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Why meeting the Paris climate goals is an existential threat to fossil fuel industries

  • Written by Henry Kelly, Senior Scientist, Michigan Institute for Data Science, University of Michigan
imageTransportation is the biggest contributor to greenhouse gases by sector. Converting the U.S. fleet to cleaner electric vehicles would likely take decades. AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin

Attacks on climate policies are not really about the science. They’re about the future of fossil fuels.

Any program with a reasonable chance of meeting the goals...

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