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Tom Carper: “We can no longer afford inaction on climate change or air pollution.”

On the recordJanuary 13, 2009
We can no longer afford inaction on climate change or air pollution.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

Editor's note · Context

Emphasis on the urgency of addressing climate change and air pollution.

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