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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “So they were kind of creating these second and third degree organizations so that they could distance themselves from…”

On the recordApril 8, 2019
So they were kind of creating these second and third degree organizations so that they could distance themselves from the political damage of climate denial, but still fully participate and fund it.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York

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Ocasio-Cortez discusses tactics used to obscure climate denial funding.

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