On the recordJanuary 17, 2017
I believe you are acknowledging in that, which I am glad to hear, that it is a serious problem and that the EPA, that carbon dioxide is a pollutant and we have a legal obligation to take it on.
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Merkley emphasizes the seriousness of carbon dioxide as a pollutant and the EPA's obligation to address it.
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