In a surprise move, US Senate Republicans have joined Democrats on the record acknowledging that climate change is real.
The symbolic amendment, attached to a controversial bill authorising construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, was approved 98-1 after Senator James Inhofe, seen as the top climate change denier in Congress, announced he was supporting the legislation.
Mr Inhofe, however, strongly rejected any suggestion that human activity was responsible for climate change.
The move could be seen as a critical step forward for US lawmakers, but it is not a revolutionary one.
The 16-word measure states: "It is the sense of the Senate that climate change is real and not a hoax."
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