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Jerry McNerney: “The longer we wait to take action on climate change, the more expensive it is going to be, the more damaging the effects…”

On the recordMarch 16, 2015
The longer we wait to take action on climate change, the more expensive it is going to be, the more damaging the effects of climate change are going to be.
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Jerry McNerney
Democratic · California

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He warns about the increasing costs and damages of inaction on climate change.

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