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In the end, the market will decide which is the better performer: dirty coal-fired power or clean wind and solar. Market-based competition. That doesn't sound like communism to me.

~Frances Beinecke

Topics: Better Clean Communism Competition Decide Dirty End In The End Like Market Me Performer Power Solar Sound Which Will Wind

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As heat rises, so does the number of people trying to cool down homes, schools, hospitals and businesses. This isn't just about comfort; it's a matter of public health.

~Frances Beinecke

Topics: About Businesses Comfort Cool Does Down Health Heat Homes Hospitals Just Matter Number People Public Public Health Rises Schools Trying

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Too often, the air conditioners we use to cool down also contribute to climate change - the very force that's fueling extreme heat.

~Frances Beinecke

Topics: Air Also Change Climate Climate Change Contribute Cool Down Extreme Force Heat Often Too Use Very

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Safer chemicals and more energy-efficient technologies can provide cooling without severe climate implications. Shifting to these alternatives could avoid the equivalent of 12 times the current annual carbon pollution of the United States by 2050.

~Frances Beinecke

Topics: Alternatives Annual Avoid Carbon Chemicals Climate Cooling Could Current Equivalent Implications More Pollution Provide Safer Severe Shifting States Technologies Times United United States Without

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Shell Oil's decision to pull the plug on drilling for oil in the Chukchi Sea is a major victory for the Arctic.

~Frances Beinecke

Topics: Arctic Decision Drilling Major Oil Plug Pull Sea Shell Victory

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Many environmental battles are won by delaying a destructive project long enough to change the conversation - to allow new economic, political and social dynamics to emerge.

~Frances Beinecke

Topics: Allow Battles Change Conversation Destructive Dynamics Economic Emerge Enough Environmental Long Many New Political Project Social Won

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VW has held a beloved place in American culture. When I graduated from college, many of my friends drove across the country, and most hit the road in a VW van or Bug. Through the years, these cars have represented youth, freedom and quirkiness.

~Frances Beinecke

Topics: Across American American Culture Beloved Bug Car College Country Culture Drove Freedom Friends Graduated Held Hit Many Most Place Road Through Van Years Youth

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Though many corporations honor commitments to reduce dangerous pollution, some cut corners and cheat. The marketplace doesn't always have mechanisms to correct bad actors.

~Frances Beinecke

Topics: Actor Always Bad Cheat Commitments Corners Corporations Correct Cut Dangerous Honor Many Marketplace Mechanisms Pollution Reduce Some Though

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I have been fighting climate change for two decades, and people often ask me how I remain hopeful in the face of extreme weather and grim forecasts. The answer is simple: I see countless solutions spreading across the nation and across the world. But we need more investment.

~Frances Beinecke

Topics: Across Answer Ask Been Change Climate Climate Change Countless Decades Extreme Face Fighting Grim Hopeful How Investment Me More Nation Need Often People Remain See Simple Solutions Spreading Two Weather World I See

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When climate change supercharges weather patterns, the disadvantaged often suffer first and most.

~Frances Beinecke

Topics: Change Climate Climate Change Disadvantaged First Most Often Patterns Suffer Weather

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Activist

Born: Unknown

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