The irreversible momentum of clean energy

Barack Obama

doi:10.1126/science.aam6284

journal article Jan 13, 2017

The irreversible momentum of clean energy

Barack Obama

Science Vol. 355 No. 6321 pp. 126-129 · American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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Abstract

Private-sector efforts help drive decoupling of emissions and economic growth

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