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Partisanship has swallowed up the debate over climate change
2015-01-24 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
FiveThirtyEight: For a moment Wednesday, it seemed like the environment, unlike nearly everything else in Washington, was a nonpartisan topic. Ninety-eight senators voted to pass a resolution declaring that climate change is real and not a hoax. (Republican Roger Wicker of Mississippi was the lone no vote.) The vote was meant to force Senate Republicans to take a stand a day after President Obama critiqued Republicans for refusing to acknowledge the scientific consensus that climate change is happening due to human...
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