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Snowball disproves climate change, senator suggests

It's tempting to say the climate change "debate" reached its silliest possible point today.

Sen. James Inhofe, the chair of the Senate Environment Committee, tossed a snowball during a floor session today to emphasize that it snowed in Washington and, therefore, the planet can't be warming.

A more considered look: Climate Change in Minnesota

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