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On the recordMarch 19, 2012
The reality is that the carbon pollution from tar sands is growing very rapidly and the Alberta government is not willing to put the policies in place that would be necessary to change that.
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Henry Waxman
Democratic · California

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Waxman criticizes Alberta's lack of action on carbon pollution from tar sands.

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