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Jerry McNerney: “So if we drop out of the Clean Power Plan and the Paris agreements, then that's not going to have an impact on China or…”

On the recordFebruary 27, 2017
So if we drop out of the Clean Power Plan and the Paris agreements, then that's not going to have an impact on China or India or the other countries that are big emitters?
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Jerry McNerney
Democratic · California

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McNerney questions the impact of U.S. withdrawal from climate agreements on global emissions.

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