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The climate cost of war

The climate cost of war

A declared war with Iran would almost certainly doom the effort to prevent climate catastrophe.

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What would war mean for the planet?

It probably doesn’t seem like the most sensitive thing to ask. Not now, at least—not as the terrifying likelihood of war with Iran escalates in real time.

It’s been mere days since the United States’ targeted killing of Iran’s top military leader; mere hours since Iran announced its full withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear…

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