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Of Course, Not One Question About Climate Policy At Latest GOP Gabfest
The Republican presidential candidates were asked about the Super Bowl but not the future of the planet Saturday night — there were no questions about climate change or global warming in the debate in St. Anselm College in New Hampshire.
Angelo Carusone, who works for pro-Hillary Clinton groups American Bridge and Media Matters, offered one possible reason why: The debate was sponsored by Big Oil:
Vote4Energy is a campaign of the American Petroleum Institute, the fossil fuel industry’s enormously powerful lobbying and trade association.
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https://theintercept.com/2016/02/07/no-questions-about-climate-change-at-gop-debate-sponsored-by-big-oil/
