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Geopolitical Climate Denialism - WSJ

Aug. 7, 2023 6:00 pm ET

Record high temperatures in the ocean around Florida, wildfires and heat waves across Southern Europe, and flash floods and freak storms elsewhere have stirred fears of catastrophic climate change.

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