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On the recordJune 21, 2022
To pretend that it doesn't have something to do with burning fossil fuels is just simply fictional, magical thinking.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse criticizes denial of fossil fuels' role in climate change.

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