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    Just don't call it 'climate change'

    Donald Trump's election has been a profound shock to scientists, environmentalists and the clean-energy industry. He's promised to pull out of the Paris Agreement, rescind the Obama Clean Power Plan, get rid of EPA regulations and bring back coal.

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    By Warren Olney • Nov 19, 2016 • 33m Listen

    Donald Trump's election has been a profound shock to scientists, environmentalists and the clean-energy industry. He's promised to pull out of the Paris Agreement, rescind the Obama Clean Power Plan, get rid of EPA regulations and bring back coal. That's despite indisputable evidence that humanity’s warming the Earth to the point that ours in only one of the species headed for certain extinction. We hear there is hope — from technology — and from talking morality to Christian evangelicals and economic to doubting Republicans.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      KCRW

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      Sáša Woodruff

      Producer, 'To the Point'

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      Evan George

      Director of Content, News

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      David Biello

      TED Talks

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      Katharine Hayhoe

      Texas Tech University

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      Bob Inglis

      former GOP Congressman from South Carolina, and executive director of republicEN-dot-org

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    2 of 3
    Should we change the way we talk about climate change?
    1. 1:51China wins the US presidential election
    2. 8:44Just don't call it 'climate change'You’re reading this
    3. 42:49The dark side of America's 'happiness' industry
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