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Will US Republicans Feel the Heat from Climate Change?

Agence France-Presse

   WASHINGTON - Francis Rooney is a Republican congressman from a
   conservative Florida district who opposes federal funding for abortions
   and supports President Donald Trump's plans for construction of a wall
   along the Mexican border.

   But he also recently co-sponsored a carbon pricing bill and is one of a
   handful of lawmakers from his side of the aisle who have bucked
   orthodoxy and acknowledged human beings are responsible for global
   warming.

   The modern Republican Party is one of the few political forces in the
   world whose leadership denies manmade climate change, but there are now
   small yet perceptible signs of changes within its ranks, driven by an
   increase in extreme weather events and shifting public opinion.

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