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88 Id. at 112.
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90 Id.
91 Id. (emphasis added).
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97 Id.
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135 Id.
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145 See id.
146 See id.
147 Id.
148 Id. at 39.
149 Id.
150 For a more extensive discussion of climate
denial by the U.S. coal industry, see ORESKES
& CONWAY, supra note 136, at 169-215.
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