In a recorded message, Flanagan called the threat from climate change existential, and said he wouldn't accept the prize money unless the finance firm that sponsors the prize draws up a plan to end its investments in fossil fuel companies.
Booker Prize winner Richard Flanagan adds Baillie Gifford nonfiction prize to his trophy shelf
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He said it might be near impossible for Republicans to win statewide.
New York GOP plots comeback on Cuomo's downfall, expected 'national wave election' for Republicans
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