The steps needed to rapidly decarbonize our economy (the only way to prevent catastrophic climate change) will never be taken in a capitalist system.
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slide 4 http://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2017/09/27/science.aam5962 - Tropical forests are a net carbon source based on aboveground measurements of gain and loss
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