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The Price of Carbon

The Price of Carbon

Wed, 3/27/2013 - by Climate Reality Project

Carbon pollution is not only disrupting our lives, it’s hitting our wallets. In this film by the Climate Reality Project, comedian and musician Reggie Watts shows how, laying out the billion-dollar connection between fossil-fuel energy and dirty weather events like Superstorm Sandy caused by carbon pollution.

We’ve all been paying the bill for years, but now it’s got to stop and you can help. Share this with your friends and tell our leaders it’s time to put a price on carbon and make the polluters pay.

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