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				<h1 class="entry-title">Will Hurricane Harvey Finally Convince GOP On Climate Change?</h1>

			
			
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		<span class="posted-date">August 30, 2017</span>

	
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	This <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://iowastartingline.com/2017/08/30/will-hurricane-harvey-finally-convince-gop-climate-change/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=will-hurricane-harvey-finally-convince-gop-climate-change">post</a> was originally published on <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="">this site</a></br><p>Some of the adjectives used to describe Hurricane Harvey: unprecedented disaster, catastrophic losses, all-time record breaking rainfall, economic calamity, biblical flooding, unparalleled devastation. When rainfall totals reach 50 inches and meteorologists talk about 500 and 1,000 year floods, it&rsquo;s clear this isn&rsquo;t what most of us think of as normal weather conditions. This storm isn&rsquo;t [&hellip;]</p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://iowastartingline.com/2017/08/30/will-hurricane-harvey-finally-convince-gop-climate-change/">Will Hurricane Harvey Finally Convince GOP On Climate Change?</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://iowastartingline.com/">Iowa Starting Line</a>.</p>
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