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    New Energy Secretary Issues Dire Warning on Global Warming

    The Bush Administration took heat for downplaying the dangers of climate change.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    The Bush Administration took heat for downplaying the dangers of climate change. Although he's not a climatologist, President Obama's new Energy Secretary, Nobel laureate Steven Chu, directly acknowledged the severity of the problem in an interview with Jim Tankersley of the Chicago Tribune with one of the starkest predictions yet: no agriculture in California in less than 100 years.

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      Jim Tankersley

      New York Times

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