Climate Change Got 82 Seconds In The Presidential Debate

Emma Foehringer Merchant, Mother Jones
Tue, 09/27/2016 - 2:11pm

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. One minute and 22 seconds were spent on climate change and other environmental issues in Monday’s presidential debate—and that was pretty much all Hillary Clinton talking. (Surprise, surprise.) How does that compare to debates in past years?

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