Acts of courage in the 2017 sustainability movement

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From #WeAreStill in to Patagonia's attacks on Trump's national monuments law, 2017 wasn't short of companies willing to stand up for the environment

When President Donald Trump signed an order in early December to remove more than two million acres of Utah land from federal protection, Patagonia was ready. As mainstream newspapers queued up news...

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