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Bernie Sanders: “July 22, just a week ago was the hottest day on record…”

Featuring: Bernie Sanders, Independent | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Bernie Sander's Podcast Interview with environmentalist Bill McKibben.

Published | Video Starts at 01:59

And it's important that everybody understands this. The last 10 years have been the hottest on record. Each of the last 13 months have been the hottest on record. July 22, just a week ago was the hottest day on record, breaking the record set just the day before on July 21st. in June. Now we're just talking about a month ago. In June alone, billions of people across five continents sweltered under heat waves that broke more than 1,000 temperature records. (01:59–02:13)

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Asserts that July 22 was the hottest day on record, surpassing the previous day's record.

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