The way that was framed was to say that climate science and climate change are not a hoax. On that occasion, I also asked my colleagues to acknowledge what The fossil fuel industry has known for nearly 60 years that they are the primary cause of climate change, their emissions. emissions. Unfortunately, Republicans refused to acknowledge those facts. So I came back and asked for a simple recognition that sea levels were rising as a result of climate change and Republicans refused to acknowledge that. (00:44–01:04)
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