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On the recordSeptember 18, 2023
I often hear something that I don't think is scientifically correct, and that is that fossil fuels cause climate change.
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John Curtis
Republican · Utah

Editor's note · Context

Curtis argues that emissions, not fossil fuels, are the cause of climate change.

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