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“Remember in 1973 the same science chatter said that the coming Ice Age is going to occur, we're going to lose millions of people. And the politicians knew how to solve it, they just didn't have the courage to solve it; they were going to put coal dust on the Arctic.”

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Don Young is an experienced American politician born on June 9, 1933. He has been a long-serving U.S. Representative for Alaska, dedicated to promoting the interests of his state in federal government. more

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