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Ed Markey: But no amount of money will be sufficient, unless we acknowledge the link between climate change and wildfires.

On the recordJuly 23, 2012
But no amount of money will be sufficient, unless we acknowledge the link between climate change and wildfires.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey emphasizes the need to recognize climate change as a cause of wildfires.

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