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Ed Markey: “Climate change is an existential threat that continues to harm the quality of life for people all around the world.”

On the recordJuly 26, 2021
Climate change is an existential threat that continues to harm the quality of life for people all around the world.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey highlights the urgent need to address climate change globally.

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