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Kirsten Engel: “These are being driven by climate change, the drought.”

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

Kirsten Engel 9/12/2022

Published September 14, 2022 | Video Starts at 13:41

These are the types of things that are wasteful and bad policy and need to be worked on on the state level. But I think we can also work on them on the federal level. We also know that These are being driven by climate change, the drought. And this is something I'm committed to working on policies. We have a great opportunity here in Arizona. I often say we should be the Persian Gulf of solar. (13:41–13:45)

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