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Fighting Climate Change & Regulating Big Tech in the COVID-19 Pandemic

How is the fight against the climate crisis going during this pandemic?

Well, on the one hand, it's I guess, going well because pollution has dropped dramatically, and carbon emissions has dropped dramatically because the economy has stopped. But on the other hand, we also had a major Earth Day and we didn't pay attention to it. There was a lot of momentum for the environmental movement before this. Obviously, we've all been distracted. My hope is that when we go back to work, when the economy restarts, we form new patterns that are better able to protect our planet. For example, we're not going to be flying as much and air travel is a major pollutant.

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