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HBO’s ‘Ice on Fire’ focuses on solutions to the grave dangers posed by climate change

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The Earth is warming and changing faster than many climate scientists had predicted, and at times the future looks impossibly grim. A new HBO documentary focuses on the practical and accessible solutions to climate change already at hand.

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