Republican candidates skirt surprise climate change question at debate
by Tom McCarthy andMona Chalabi from Environment | The Guardian on (#16Q9J)
Despite the pressing concerns of low-lying debate host city Miami, polling shows climate change is a concern of less than 1% of Republican voters
The subject of climate change was raised on Thursday at the Republican debate in Miami - a city with pressing concerns about its effects.
Marco Rubio, the Florida senator fighting strongly on home ground as he sought to revive his presidential campaign, was asked: "Will you acknowledge the reality of the scientific consensus of climate change?"
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