Recent progress on climate change has been vital, environmentalists say. Although some say that
the work is fragile at best and could be undone by the Trump administration, others remain certain
that the grass-roots nature of environmental work will protect it from any sweeping federal
changes.
“Real change — the change that makes a difference — has been made at regional or local levels,”
said Lonnie Thompson, distinguished university professor in Ohio State University’s School of Earth
Sciences and a senior research scientist at the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center.
“It’s coming from the bottom up, (and) these changes will come no matter who’s in charge, what
we believe or what we hope for.”
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