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Moniz seeks to counter climate, fracturing criticism by Republicans
Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz on Tuesday sparred with House Republicans over climate change and hydraulic fracturing, in polite but pointed exchanges that highlighted the political divide over energy and the environment.
At a budget hearing held by the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, Moniz was repeatedly challenged to back the views of climate scientists that fossil fuel use is warming the planet and contributing to severe storms and droughts.
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