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Faced with the evidence, many deniers have started to admit that global warming is real, but argue that humans have little or nothing to do with it.

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David Suzuki
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: March 24
Biologist
Climate Activist
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Zoologist
Vancouver
British Columbia
David Takayoshi Suzuki
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