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Bernie Sanders: “You are going to be the head of the agency to protect the environment, and your personal feelings about whether climate…”

On the recordJanuary 17, 2017
You are going to be the head of the agency to protect the environment, and your personal feelings about whether climate change is caused by human activity and carbon emissions are immaterial?
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Sanders questions Pruitt's stance on climate change as EPA Administrator.

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