Michael Newman, Columnist

What if We Blotted Out the Sun to Fight Global Warming?

It’s risky, but then again the path we’re on now may be even riskier.

February 1, 2022 at 10:43 PM UTC

Michael Newman is an editor for Bloomberg Opinion. He has previously been an editor and writer at Slate and for the opinion pages of the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times and the New York Times.

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