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US exit from Paris climate accord makes discussing how and whether to engineer the planet even harder

  • Written by David A. Dana, Kirkland & Ellis Professor of Law, Northwestern University
imageThe Paris Agreement could provide a forum for international cooperation on risky, planet-scale engineering to cool the Earth. Tatiana Grozetskaya/Shutterstcok.com

The Trump administration’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement has invoked condemnation and consternation from many commentators, including many of the United...

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