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Climate change is one of the greatest ecological and social challenges of the twenty-first
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Meanwhile, 1000 kilometres to the northeast, in many parts of the state of Alberta, mining
companies are actively extracting as many fossil fuels as the domestic and international …

In this article, we inquire into the intellectual history ofthe application of the biological
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time. Yet understanding the human sideâ€" human causes of and responses to …