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Jeff Merkley: “The peril of inaction is different for different areas of the Country and quite different for different areas of the…”

On the recordJanuary 13, 2009
The peril of inaction is different for different areas of the Country and quite different for different areas of the world.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Merkley warns that the impacts of climate change vary by region and vulnerability.

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