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Green Grandma Goes the Distance

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By Keith Kloor
Aug 30, 2009 9:12 PMNov 19, 2019 8:10 PM

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The ironies abound in this otherwise poignant story about one elderly woman's solitary crusade to raise awareness of global warming. She also learns firsthand the core reason why it's such a tough sell:

Mostly people think it is a problem, but mostly they think it will not impact them anytime soon.

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