Mark Gongloff, Columnist

Future Generations, at Least, May Enjoy 2020

The news this year was mostly bad, but consider these climate-change wins.

December 30, 2020 at 9:37 PM UTC

Mark Gongloff is a Bloomberg Opinion editor and columnist covering climate change. He previously worked for Fortune.com, the Huffington Post and the Wall Street Journal.

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