We've made some heroic efforts, but the Earth as a whole is in worse shape today than 30 … - Denis Hayes

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Hockey was such a part of my life, as well as my family’s, that I knew we were all going to miss it. For the first few weeks my son was in tears sobbing, ‘I miss you being a Red Wing daddy. ’ I didn’t know what to say so we just cried together. Nobody prepares you for that kind of stuff.

Denis Hayes

We've made some heroic efforts, but the Earth as a whole is in worse shape today than 30 years ago,. . . There's been 30 more years of greenhouses gases, species extinctions and population growth.

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