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On the recordNovember 17, 2015
I think the point I am trying to make here is that the so-called voices of the business community that we are seeing here are in fact the voices of the fossil fuel industry.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse criticizes the fossil fuel industry's influence over business voices on climate action.

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