The 1977 White House climate memo that should have changed the world | Curio

The 1977 White House climate memo that should have changed the world

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They knew about the crisis years before it unravelled. Why was nothing done? A memo to the then President, Jimmy Carter, predicted world-changing events even before the climate crisis was part of national discourse. 45 years later, Emma Pattee explores how the President was warned by his chief science adviser of CO2 emissions that would cause "catastrophic climate change".

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From The Guardian

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