"The sooner you change, the better," he says. "We're behind schedule on these kinds of commitments people should be made" 'It's great to roll back methane and hydrophlora carbons but let's not forget carbon dioxide is job one,' Cugent adds. "'If it distracts us from working on reducing fossil fuel use ... we we should deftly not do that' ..."
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