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Video | Pollution

Dead Wrong: Does Increased Growth Lead to Increased CO2?

Wealth might have solved old environmental problems, but carbon dioxide is different. The richer we get, the more energy we use, so the more CO2 we emit. Growth is not the solution, it’s the problem. Dead Wrong.

Johan Norberg — Jun 17, 2020

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    Johan Norberg is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute. He is the author of, "Progress: Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future."

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