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Welch said there was no doubt in his mind that the large majority of scientists who have studied the issue are right when they say that human-generated emissions into the atmosphere, especially of carbon dioxide, are contributing to global warming.
"I believe the question has been asked. The question has been answered. It's time to act," said the Hartland resident, who is currently president pro tem of the Vermont Senate.
He criticized remarks attributed to Republican congressional candidate Martha Rainville by the Burlington weekly newspaper Seven Days. The paper's July 12 edition quoted Rainville as saying people should educate themselves on the issue.
"There are obviously different opinions on global warming, but the overarching question is, what is global warming?" Rainville told Seven Days. "What is the extent of it? How much of it is influenced by man and the decisions that we make? And what ought we to be doing?"
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