Trump may try to kill the Paris Agreement, but he can't kill the green economy

James Murray
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The Donald's full spectrum offensiveness extends to his views on climate change, but green businesses, investors, and policy makers should resist the temptation to overreact at the prospect of a Trump presidency

Would a president Trump scupper the Paris Agreement as surely as he'd scupper both the Republican Party and the flickering hope that in the 21st century one of the world's great democracies would never...

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