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Jared Huffman: Are there lessons from the 20th century dams that were built without any environmental review that should inform how we…

On the recordNovember 29, 2017
Are there lessons from the 20th century dams that were built without any environmental review that should inform how we approach this?
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Jared Huffman
Democratic · California

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Huffman raises concerns about environmental standards for new dam projects.

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