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The White House effect: Biden, Trump, and the outlook for green business

Michael Holder
Michael Holder
clock 02 November 2020 •
Joe Biden and Donald Trump offer starkly different visions for climate action | Credit: iStockphoto/Gage Skidmore/Flickr CC BY-SA 2.0
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Joe Biden and Donald Trump offer starkly different visions for climate action | Credit: iStockphoto/Gage Skidmore/Flickr CC BY-SA 2.0

Whoever wins the 2020 election will steer the world's biggest economy through the start of a critical decade for green business

It is near impossible to express just how monumentally important the 2020 US election could be for the changing climate and the shape of the global economy throughout one of the most consequential decades...

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