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Eric Swalwell: “I saw it as a retreat from coal, not a war on coal but an attempt for the United States to eventually one day hopefully…”

On the recordJuly 24, 2013
I saw it as a retreat from coal, not a war on coal but an attempt for the United States to eventually one day hopefully pull out of coal and pull closer to more renewable, cleaner energy sources.
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Eric Swalwell
Democratic · California

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Swalwell discusses the shift from coal to renewable energy sources.

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