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Bill Nelson: Greenhouse gases from fossil-fuel burning act as a radiation-trapping blanket in the Earth's lower atmosphere and are…

On the recordApril 21, 2014
Greenhouse gases from fossil-fuel burning act as a radiation-trapping blanket in the Earth's lower atmosphere and are very likely the main cause of the current global warming.
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Bill Nelson
Democratic · Florida

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Nelson attributes global warming primarily to greenhouse gases from fossil fuels.

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