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Matt Taibbi, in Rolling Stone, thinks he has the answer.

He writes, “Reporters have focused quite a lot on the crazy/race-baiting/nativist themes in Trump’s campaign.” Taibbi, though, will not be bamboozled: “These comprise a very small part of his usual presentation. His speeches increasingly are strikingly populist in their content.” Trump’s pitch, which Taibbi seems at least partially to accept: “He’s rich, he won’t owe anyone anything upon elec­tion, and therefore he won’t do what... Читать дальше...

Modern transportation, agriculture and energy production have brought us to the brink of the 2-degrees Celsius threshold—the limit scientists say global warming can reach before it triggers catastrophe. Even if implemented, the last-ditch agreement at the latest U.N. Climate Conference may not be enough to avert it.