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Henry Waxman: “What matters is not whether U.S. emissions have declined; it is whether we are on track to decline in the future by the…”

On the recordJune 12, 2013
What matters is not whether U.S. emissions have declined; it is whether we are on track to decline in the future by the amount needed to prevent dangerous climate change.
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Henry Waxman
Democratic · California

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Waxman emphasizes the importance of future emission reductions to combat climate change.

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