On a stop-over in London several years ago, lawyer and University of Illinois graduate Joel Friedman started reading a book about global warming.
"By the time I got done reading the book I was in a panic," he said.
The more he read, the more concerned he became, and the more he wanted to do something.
"Who's going to find solutions?" Friedman had asked. Industry? Think-tanks?
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