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Bernie Sanders: “Right now, according to NASA, the first six months of 2017 were almost a full degree hotter than any year since records…”

On the recordNovember 1, 2017
Right now, according to NASA, the first six months of 2017 were almost a full degree hotter than any year since records started being kept in 1880.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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Senator Sanders cites NASA data on rising temperatures to emphasize climate change urgency.

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