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Bernie Sanders: “Is the future of this planet more important than the short term profits of the fossil fuel industry? Do we tolerate this…”

On the recordJuly 8, 2019
Is the future of this planet more important than the short term profits of the fossil fuel industry? Do we tolerate this where we have a president, who is ignoring science, who thinks that climate change is a hoax?
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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Bernie Sanders questions the priorities of the current administration regarding climate change.

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