Source: Jim Morrill, CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 7/27/15

Jay Faison has never been afraid of risk. From trekking through East Africa to launching a business in Portugal and a series of start-ups back home. Now Faison, 47, is taking his most public risk – betting $175 million that he and his ClearPath foundation can convince fellow Republicans that man-made climate change is real, and that they can do something about it.

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