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Jerry McNerney: “What is your response to the argument that we should just wait for years, or even decades, before limiting the amount of…”

On the recordFebruary 12, 2013
What is your response to the argument that we should just wait for years, or even decades, before limiting the amount of carbon pollution that power plants can emit?
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Jerry McNerney
Democratic · California

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McNerney criticizes the idea of delaying carbon pollution limits for power plants.

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