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Kirsten Engel: “Climate change is driving our current drought conditions.”

Featuring: Kirsten Engel, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House Arizona, District 6

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LD18 May 23, 2023 - Speaker Kirsten Engel for U.S. Congress

Published | Video Starts at 07:03

We have all kinds of infrastructure to try to overcome our lack of water in this desert. But we're seeing the limitations of that right now. Climate change is driving our current drought conditions. I think we have to accept that it's only going to get worse. We did have a very wet year this last year, which has given us a little bit … (07:03–07:07)

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Asserts that climate change is a primary factor in current drought conditions.

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