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Ed Markey: “Human beings are the most significant new contributor to the dangerous warming of the planet, and the science is clear.”

On the recordApril 12, 2016
Human beings are the most significant new contributor to the dangerous warming of the planet, and the science is clear.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey states that humans are the primary cause of climate change.

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