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<em>The Atlantic </em>Daily: A Sea Change for Climate Change

A ragtag group of climate advocates is on the offensive. Plus a fertility doctor's secret children, calculating what unpaid NCAA players could earn, and more
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The Trump administration has of global warming, but now a ragtag crop of politicians, activists, and rank-and-file voters are pushing the issue to the forefront of national debate. At least eight 2020 presidential candidates name it a top issue, while at the grassroots level, students worldwide, including thousands in the U.S., staged walkouts to protest inaction. Unless this heightened public consciousness has any effect on GOP lawmakers, But, said one researcher: “If you had asked me a year ago if we would’ve been talking this much about climate change now, I would’ve said,

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