Faster and more dramatic than previously expected

By Jason D Scorse

… are manifesting very quickly and will change the landscape in pretty big ways.

Jason Scorse, Ph.D., is Associate Professor and Chair of the International Environmental Policy Program at the Monterey Institute of International Studies. His book What Environmentalists Need to Know About Economics is available at Amazon.

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