How to fix a 'hot, flat and crowded' world
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Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times columnist and author of "Hot, Flat and Crowded."
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Thomas Friedman says the current green movement is no revolution, and that it will take strong American leadership -- and some pain -- to destabilize global climate change.
He outlines his proposals in a new book, "Hot, Flat and Crowded."
Friedman spoke recently at the "Biodiversity in a Rapidly Changing World," conference organized by the National Council for Science and the Environment.
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