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From the Ted Talk by Angela Mahecha Adrar: The people who caused the climate crisis aren't the ones who will fix it
Unscramble the Blue Letters
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Open Cloze
Or take stratospheric _______ injections that would shoot sulfur _______ up into the stratosphere to try to block out solar radiation from ________ the earth. Nothing about polluting the air with sulfur dioxide was innovative in the '80s, and it isn't innovative now. These kinds of interventions can have planetary consequences in different parts of the world. Dangerous ideas that are backed by the same ______ fuel industry ... They don't _______ root causes of the climate crisis, and they don't ______ emissions at the rate that we need now either.
Solution
- dioxide
- reaching
- aerosol
- fossil
- reduce
- address
Original Text
Or take stratospheric aerosol injections that would shoot sulfur dioxide up into the stratosphere to try to block out solar radiation from reaching the earth. Nothing about polluting the air with sulfur dioxide was innovative in the '80s, and it isn't innovative now. These kinds of interventions can have planetary consequences in different parts of the world. Dangerous ideas that are backed by the same fossil fuel industry ... They don't address root causes of the climate crisis, and they don't reduce emissions at the rate that we need now either.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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climate justice |
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climate crisis |
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sulfur dioxide |
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environmental crisis |
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government elites |
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climate change |
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effective solutions |
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racial justice |
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frontline communities |
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transforming communities |
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big business |
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Important Words
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- climate
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- industry
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- solar
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