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New York City is one of the most vulnerable cities in the world to climate change, so I see Keystone as the central threat to New York.
Zephyr Teachout
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Zephyr Teachout
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: October 24
Journalist
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Seattle
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Zephyr Rain Teachout
Zephyr R. Teachout
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I tend to think that knowledge is preceded by power instead of the other way around.
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