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Sean Casten: “If we ignore the urgency it is suicide.”

On the recordJuly 24, 2019
If we ignore the urgency it is suicide.
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Sean Casten
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Casten highlights the dire consequences of ignoring climate urgency.

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