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On the recordMay 15, 2023
So it is really a dramatic effect. And it is not just a fraction of our fossil fuel energy expenditure, it is a vast multiple.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse stresses the disproportionate effect of fossil fuel emissions on oceans.

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