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On the recordDecember 1, 2014
Pollutants such as HFCs and black carbon are called short-lived climate pollutants because they don't stay in the air for a long time.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Carper explains the nature of short-lived climate pollutants.

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