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Barack Obama: failure to act now would bring -- quote -- "irreversible catastrophe."

On the recordSeptember 21, 2009
failure to act now would bring -- quote -- "irreversible catastrophe."
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

President Obama emphasized the urgent need for action on climate change during a United Nations summit.

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