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    Nov 01, 2019 2 minutes

    A Global Warming

    BY MOLLY IVINS, 1995

    THE GIST: Molly Ivins reported that, despite the overwhelming scientific consensus that climate change was caused by human activity, “our numskull pals in Congress are heading militantly in the wrong direction,” slashing funding for scientific research and rolling back environmental protections. “As they say at Alcoholics Anonymous, denial is not just a river in Egypt,” she wrote.

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