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The US environmental movement needs a new message

  • Written by Nives Dolsak, Professor of Environmental Policy, University of Washington
imageUnion workers supporting coal energy (right) face off against environmentalists in Pittsburgh, 2013AP Photo/Keith Srakocic

Environmental issues had a marginal impact on this year’s elections. This hard truth, and the strong pro-fossil-fuel tilt of President-elect Trump’s cabinet, are a wake-up call for the U.S. environmental movement.

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