Heat Wave: Climate Change To Blame?

Will The East Coast Heat Wave Heat Up The Climate Change Conversation?
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Every major heat wave--especially the ones that occur in New York and Washington, where apparently the only things that ever matter happen--brings global warming back into the equation. Al Gore seems a lot more reasonable when you're sweltering in a 99 degree DC office building. Will blazing days like this one become the norm if we fail to curb carbon emissions?

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