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The pace of global warming is accelerating and the scale of the impact is devastating. The time for action is limited - we are approaching a tipping point beyond which the opportunity to reverse the damage of CO2 emissions will disappear.

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Eliot Spitzer
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: June 10
Former Governor Of New York
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New York City
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The Sheriff of Wall Street
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I apologize to the public, whom I promised better.
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