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Scott Peters: “Carbon emissions have fueled our climate crisis, and my constituents in San Diego feel its impacts often, from droughts…”

On the recordAugust 5, 2026
Carbon emissions have fueled our climate crisis, and my constituents in San Diego feel its impacts often, from droughts to wildfires to rising sea levels.
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Scott Peters
Democratic · California

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Describing the local impacts of climate change in San Diego.

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