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I’m a Climate Activist. I’m Not Giving Up Just Yet.
(www.nytimes.com)
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The NYT has been that way more than 5 generations. Despite the easily deserved scorn and contempt, it has not significantly changed since world war 1, and was iffy at best in the late 1800s.
Every few years there is a rotten new scandal that has people swear it off.
It is is a mixed experience. But with the bad come good. It is and probably will continue to be a good source of news of the environment.