What Will Trump’s Most Profound Legacy Be? Possibly Climate Damage

A piece in the New York Times about the lasting impacts of current action on climate change quotes RFF CEO and President Richard Newell.

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Date

Nov. 9, 2020

News Type

Media Highlight

Source

The New York Times

“We’ve lost very important time on climate change, which we can ill afford,” said Richard Newell, president of Resources for the Future, a nonpartisan energy and environment-focused research organization in Washington. “There is severe damage. To ignore climate for four years, you can’t put a price on that. It’s a huge issue that needs to be confronted with long-term momentum and extreme dedication, and we have lost that.”

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Topics

Adaptation and Resilience

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Richard G. Newell

President and CEO, Resources for the Future

Dr. Richard G. Newell is the President and CEO of Resources for the Future. From 2009 to 2011, he served as the administrator of the US Energy Information Administration, the agency responsible for official US government energy statistics and analysis.

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