Meet the 20-year-old Republican with an environmental agenda

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By Nathanael JohnsonApr 24, 2018, 1:24 pm157 ptsTrending
Benji Backer had just entered hostile territory. But the 20-year old conservative environmentalist walked through the University of California, Berkeley radiating such sunny confidence that he could have powered a solar panel. When Backer announced that he would be speaking at the school in April, Twitter…

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