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A Green New Deal

By Jeff Sharpe on February 7, 2019 in Opinions & Advice
Tagged With: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, green new deal

WAITING FOR THE POLITICIANS TO SAVE US FROM  OURSELVES For years we’ve asked our students to read Michael Pollan’s Why Bother. First published 10 years ago, it is approaching canonical status in the environmental studies field. Many of our students have read it before, but it bears re-reading. I do it annually, at least. Why? […]

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