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John Kerry: “Again, it is not true that every study says that. In fact, the EPA study itself comes out with about a .04 change in GDP…”

On the recordJune 3, 2008
Again, it is not true that every study says that. In fact, the EPA study itself comes out with about a .04 change in GDP at a time when the GDP is going up 97 percent according to our own administration. So it is simply not accurate to say that every report says that. Secondly, I wish to know on what scientific study the Senator bases the notion that we are going to get the carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere in time to be able to deal with the predictions of what is happening, which require us to move immediately to deal with emissions. Could the Senator tell us what scientific report says we can get it out in time to meet this challenge? And does the IPCC, the 2,000 scientists who have been working on this for years now, suggest that is an alternative?
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John Kerry
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Questioning the validity of claims regarding economic impacts and carbon dioxide removal in climate change discussions.

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