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West Virginia's Climate Change Deniers

Meet West Virginia's climate change deniers.
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Rep. David McKinley (R-WV-01)

"Over the last 40 years, [there has been] almost no increase in temperature, very slight."

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Rep. Alex Mooney (R-WV-02)

"Mooney said the debate about man-made climate change belongs in the 'climate change community' but that debate is not resolved."

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Rep. Evan Jenkins (R-WV-03)

"Does the climate change, up or down? Sure. But the issue is that I see real pain and real hurt from the people of West Virginia."

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Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)

"I don't necessarily think the climate's changing, no."

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Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-WV)

Voted in support of S.J. Res. 24, a "resolution of disapproval" under the Congressional Review Act that would nullify the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan—the first nation-wide limit on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, and key climate change policy.

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