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Why climate policy is hard

Decarbonization means local costs for global benefits

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Matthew Yglesias
Sep 26, 2023
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In the midst of another round of pointless internet fighting about the Sunrise Movement, I thought I should step back and try to more clearly articulate how I see the broader climate problem. Because I think the essential fact about climate change is that it is, in fact, a very difficult problem. It’s difficult on a technical level, in the sense that a …

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