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The Senate adjourned last week without passing a comprehensive energy and climate bill. Yes, the worst environmental accident in U.S. history was still unfolding in the Gulf of Mexico, attesting to our need to curb our nation’s oil addiction. And yes, this summer senators sweltered through record-breaking heat, which climate scientists warn will become the norm if we don’t deeply reduce global warming emissions. None of that seemed to matter, and I am far from alone in feeling that the Senate’s inaction is infuriating and inexcusable. 

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