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Energy Choices Predict Future Climate

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Dec 12, 2010

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Physics Nobel laureate and U.S. energy secretary, Steven Chu, offers his thoughts on the paired challenge of climate change and clean energy in Cancun. David Biello reports

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Dec 12, 2010

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