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The great climate-change savior? It’s pragmatism

Ice near the west coast of Antarctica, which is melting at a rapid rate, on Oct. 27

IN 1976, AMID RISING SCIENTIFIC concerns about a warming planet, a young energy-policy analyst named Amory Lovins challenged the U.S. government to reimagine the nation’s energy supply and pursue the path of renewable energy and greater energy efficiency. Forty years on, Amory’s vision has become the world’s mission and perhaps the

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