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Bill Gates’ solutions for climate change

  • David Brancaccio
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    Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He calls cement an example of a common material that must evolve as part of the effort to mitigate climate change.

    Gates calls cement an example of a common material that must evolve as part of the effort to mitigate climate change. John Keatley

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