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Jared Huffman: there is no reason why we need to continue building fossil-dependent structures at this point.

On the recordOctober 16, 2019
there is no reason why we need to continue building fossil-dependent structures at this point.
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Jared Huffman
Democratic · California

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Huffman asserts the necessity to stop fossil-dependent construction.

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