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The oil dinosaurs want to win so badly in my home state because what happens here matters everywhere. The nation often follows where California goes.

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Rebecca Solnit
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: June 26
Art Historian
Author
Environmentalist
Journalist
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Connecticut
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