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Ed Markey: “What do we have right above us? We have Greenland. Again, Greenland with an ice block at its peak that is 2 miles high…”

On the recordAugust 4, 2015
What do we have right above us? We have Greenland. Again, Greenland with an ice block at its peak that is 2 miles high and it is melting.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey highlights the melting ice in Greenland and its implications.

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