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John Hickenlooper: “Most of the top scientists I know...feel that we should have…”

Featuring: John Hickenlooper, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Colorado

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Senator Hickenlooper Discusses U.S. Strategy on Critical Minerals and Bipartisan Collaboration

Published | Video Starts at 23:05

Most of the top scientists I know who have spent real time in this, and they're not dependent on research dollars, they don't have other incentives to overdramatize the threat that we see from the rapidly changing climate. Most of the top scientists I know...feel that we should have a much, much higher sense of urgency [about climate change]. and that there are feedback loops, such as deep oceanic levels of carbon that are held in the deeper parts of the ocean that could be freed up under certain conditions, the permafrost. (23:05–23:21)

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Asserts that top scientists believe there should be more urgency regarding climate change.

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