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Ed Markey: I think you are just trying to be reflective of what is happening in explaining the bark beetle and why it is now…

On the recordJuly 19, 2012
I think you are just trying to be reflective of what is happening in explaining the bark beetle and why it is now reproducing not once a year but twice a year, why the change in temperatures are causing that to happen, why it is expanding its footprint, hitting larger and larger areas because of climate change, because of the changing temperatures.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey discusses the impact of climate change on bark beetles and tree populations.

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