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Bessent Questions the Cause of Climate Change and Its Economic Toll

The Treasury secretary said it is “difficult to deconstruct” the reasons for global warming, which he described as a belief of the “elite.”

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Alan Rappeport and Lisa Friedman
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The Treasury secretary said it is “difficult to deconstruct” the reasons for global warming, which he described as a belief of the “elite.”

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