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Last month, Times columnist Steve Lopez questioned the city’s progress, writing, “I don’t see it. Not for the sake of those who are badly addicted and flirt with death each day, and not for the sake of residents and merchants who need some relief.”
Dairies are rewarded not for reducing methane emissions but for capturing what they generate, perpetuating pollution-heavy practices.
He continues: “I do get emails from people who say, ‘Adam, your films are not for children.’
If not for me, for those who come after.
“Scientists are facing a huge threat and need to respond, if not for their own well-being, but for public health in general,” says Robert Morris, an epidemiologist and former professor of community health at Tufts medical school.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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