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Bernie Sanders: “The extent of forest fires today and the frequency of them, clearly, has a lot to do with the warming of the planet.”

On the recordJuly 21, 2014
The extent of forest fires today and the frequency of them, clearly, has a lot to do with the warming of the planet.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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Senator Sanders links increased forest fires to climate change.

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