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Tom Carper: “We say, for example, in our legislation, we want to see mercury emissions reduced by 90 percent by a date certain.”

On the recordMarch 3, 2010
We say, for example, in our legislation, we want to see mercury emissions reduced by 90 percent by a date certain.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

Editor's note · Context

Carper outlines a specific legislative goal for reducing mercury emissions.

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