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Sanders rips Clinton for donations from ‘those who would profit off the destruction of the planet’

February 26, 2016 at 5:41 p.m. EST
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaks during a rally at the Scope arena in Norfolk on Tuesday. (Jonathan Newton / The Washington Post)

HIBBING, Minn. -- Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders on Friday opened a new line of attack on Hillary Clinton, sharply questioning her ability to address climate change because her campaign has taken money from supporters of hydraulic fracturing.

“Just as I believe you can’t take on Wall Street while taking their money, I don’t believe you can take on climate change while taking money from those who would profit off the destruction of the planet,” the senator from Vermont said in a statement released while campaigning here.