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On the recordJuly 20, 2021
The fossil fuel companies knew about the link between carbon emissions and climate change for many decades, and yet suppressed the evidence of it.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

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Raskin discusses fossil fuel companies' knowledge of climate change and their misleading actions.

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