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On the recordFebruary 14, 2011
The amount of carbon pollution that mankind has released into the atmosphere is not a theory, it is a fact.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse emphasizes the factual nature of carbon pollution's impact on the environment.

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