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Why Environmental Zero-Sum Games are Real

This essay discusses ways to respond to zero-sum thinking, in which local communities face economic hardship from the demand to reduce environmental impacts for the benefit of the greater good.

J.B. Ruhl and James SalzmanJune 10, 2019

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