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Wall Street Journal

Environmentalists Need to Get Real

The problem isn’t climate-change denial. It’s doubt that activists have the answers

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Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Last week French environmental minister Nicolas Hulot, once a prominent supporter of President Emmanuel Macron, threw in the towel. “I don’t want to lie anymore. I don’t want to create the illusion that my presence in the government means that we are on top of [environmental] issues,” he said during a live broadcast announcing his resignation.

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