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Since stepping down as laboratory director in 1999, I have devoted an increasing fraction of my time to international is
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"Since stepping down as laboratory director in 1999, I have devoted an increasing fraction of my time to international issues. I am involved with energy, environment, and sustainability issues, particularly as they involve new energy sources free of greenhouse gases"

- Burton Richter

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Burton Richter is a Nobel Prize-winning physicist who stepped down as lab director in 1999. Ever since, he has actually committed a large portion of his time to worldwide concerns, especially those associated to energy, environment, and sustainability. He is especially interested in the advancement of new energy sources that do not produce greenhouse gases. This is an essential concern, as greenhouse gases are a major factor to environment modification. Richter's operate in this area is invaluable, as it might cause the advancement of clean energy sources that might help reduce the results of climate change.

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USA Flag This quote is written / told by Burton Richter somewhere between March 22, 1931 and today. He/she was a famous Scientist from USA. The author also have 4 other quotes.

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