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A Link between Climate Change and Joplin Tornadoes? Never.

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Posted by Films For Action on Jun. 18, 2011

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An op-ed by Bill McKibben, author and founder of 350.org, narrated and illustrated by Stephen Thomson of Plomomedia.com

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