A Quote by Dale Jamieson

It's possible that we'll screw up the climate so badly that most of us will die and a few breeding pairs will remain somewhere in the arctic. What's more likely is that we'll continue remaking the planet, driving many species to extinction, killing millions of people through the indirect effects of climate change, making life even harder for the poor and powerless than it is now, and making it a little more difficult for the global middle class to live the lives to which they have become accustomed - in other words, business as usual, only worse.

Dale Jamieson

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Dale Jamieson
Born: October 21, 1947

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James Lovelock

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James Lovelock

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Alex Steffen

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Dale Jamieson

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Cass Sunstein

The effects of climate change are real and only getting worse. I would like to build on the promises of the Paris Climate Agreement and make our country a global leader on the fight against climate change.

Jan Schakowsky

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Anthony D. Barnosky

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Gary Chapman

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Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee

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David Suzuki

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James Hansen

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Nick Minchin

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