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Sheldon Whitehouse: “The questions are the talking points of the fossil fuel…”

Featuring: Sheldon Whitehouse, Democratic | U.S. Senate Rhode Island

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Whitehouse Introduces Resolution To Acknowledge Climate Change Is Real–Then Ron Johnson Blocks It

Published | Video Starts at 20:29

Just want to make sure it's absolutely clear that that argument is what Republicans have sent to the floor of the United States Senate to question the measurements and the facts of climate change. That's what they sent to the floor. The questions are the talking points of the fossil fuel industry. To what extent does man cause it? Here's what NASA says. Unequivocal evidence that the Earth is warming at an unprecedented rate with human activity the principal cause. (20:29–20:33)

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Asserts that the questions raised are aligned with fossil fuel industry talking points.

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