On the recordMarch 1, 2021
It is probably the most warned of hazard that we have ever seen, but because the fossil fuel industry has got so much of our Congress locked up in its grip we have not responded to those warnings.
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Whitehouse criticizes Congress's inaction on climate change due to fossil fuel industry influence.
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