The consensus on whether climate change is real is equivalent to the consensus on whether smoking causes cancer.
Harley Rouda: “The consensus on whether climate change is real is equivalent to the consensus on whether smoking causes cancer.”
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Rouda compares climate change denial to smoking denial, emphasizing scientific consensus.
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