Michael T. Klare | The Strategy of Maximal Extraction: How Donald Trump Plans to Enlist Fossil Fuels in the Struggle for Global Dominance




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Michael T. Klare, TomDispatch 
Klare writes: "The further we look into the future, the more likely international leadership will fall on the shoulders of those who can effectively and efficiently deliver renewables, not those who can provide climate-poisoning fossil fuels." 
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