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David McKinley: “If we terminated all coal-fired power plants in America... the total reduction to CO2 on the globe would only be…”

On the recordMarch 21, 2016
If we terminated all coal-fired power plants in America... the total reduction to CO2 on the globe would only be two-tenths of 1 percent.
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David McKinley
Republican · West Virginia

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McKinley questions the effectiveness of U.S. coal plant closures on global CO2 reduction.

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