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Sheldon Whitehouse: “To pretend that it doesn't have something to do with burning fossil fuels is just simply fictional, magical thinking.”

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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