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“You don’t have to be as smart as a fifth-grader to know that what causes the climate is the sun – the sun. People tell me carbon dioxide warms the Earth. No, it doesn’t. The sun warms the Earth.”
– Council Member Don Zimmerman responds to a presentation by scientist Katharine Hayhoe on how climate change affects Austin.
This article appears in May 1 • 2015.
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