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Rhiannon12866

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Wed Jan 14, 2026, 01:21 AM Jan 2026

Republicans still won't say it: climate change is real - Senate Environment & Public Works Committee



Senator Sheldon Whitehouse addresses the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee.

The world is round. Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit. The climate is changing, and human-caused fossil fuel emissions are the primary cause.

These are facts, but Republicans still won’t say it—anything for Big Oil. - 01/13/2026.

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Republicans still won't say it: climate change is real - Senate Environment & Public Works Committee (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Jan 2026 OP
Republicans want us to shut up and forget about it, but we won't. thought crime Jan 2026 #1

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