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United States: Lisa Murkowski: Climate change double agent

Mother Jones: Lisa Murkowski is the rare Republican senator who not only acknowledges that global warming exists but says she wants to do something about it. She likes to point out that her home state of Alaska is "ground zero for climate change"; about two years ago, she championed a bipartisan bill to rein in carbon emissions. In a party where Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe--who calls global warming the "greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people"--is the preeminent Republican voice on climate, ...

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