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The signs of climate change are visible across the nation, from the drought-stricken fields of Central California to the flooded streets of Michigan. Extreme weather is turning people's lives upside down and costing communities millions of dollars in damaged infrastructure and added health care costs.

~Frances Beinecke

Topics: Across Added California Care Care Costs Central Change Climate Climate Change Communities Costs Damaged Dollars Down Extreme Fields Flooded Health Health Care Health Care Costs Infrastructure Lives Michigan Millions Millions Of Dollars Nation People Signs Streets Turning Upside Upside Down Visible Weather

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We must not sacrifice one of our remaining untamed places in reckless pursuit of oil. We know we have to leave oil in the ground, or destructive climate change will become unstoppable. If not in the pristine and vulnerable Arctic Ocean, then where?

~Frances Beinecke

Topics: Arctic Become Change Climate Climate Change Destructive Ground Know Leave Must Ocean Oil Our Places Pristine Pursuit Reckless Remaining Sacrifice Then Unstoppable Vulnerable Where Will

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Though every nation must do its part to address climate change, developed nations are responsible for the lion's share of carbon pollution in the atmosphere, and they have an obligation to help developing nations transition to a sustainable future.

~Frances Beinecke

Topics: Address Atmosphere Carbon Change Climate Climate Change Developed Developing Every Every Nation Future Help Lion Must Nation Nations Obligation Part Pollution Responsible Share Sustainable Though Transition

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Healthy forests and wetlands stand sentry against the dangers of climate change, absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and locking it away in plants, root systems and soil.

~Frances Beinecke

Topics: Absorb Against Atmosphere Away Carbon Carbon Dioxide Change Climate Climate Change Dangers Forests Healthy Plants Root Soil Stand Systems

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Carbon pollution contributes to climate change, which causes temperatures to rise. Hotter temperatures mean more smog in the air, and breathing smog can inflame deep lung tissue. Repeated inflammation over time can permanently scar lung tissue, even in low concentrations.

~Frances Beinecke

Topics: Air Breathing Carbon Causes Change Climate Climate Change Deep Even Hotter Inflame Low Lung Mean More Over Permanently Pollution Repeated Rise Scar Temperatures Time Tissue Which

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We can choose food that doesn't lead to illnesses like diabetes and cancer. We can choose food that doesn't contribute to water pollution and climate change. And we can choose food that keeps local economies vibrant and farmers on their land.

~Frances Beinecke

Topics: Cancer Change Choose Climate Climate Change Contribute Diabetes Economies Farmers Food Illnesses Keeps Land Lead Like Local Pollution Vibrant Water

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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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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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Climate change deniers would have us believe that oil, gas, and coal are the only ways to power a modern, industrialized society. They are wrong, and the proof is all around us.

~Frances Beinecke

Topics: Around Believe Change Climate Climate Change Coal Gas Industrialized Modern Oil Only Power Proof Society Us Ways Would Wrong

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