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On the recordJanuary 17, 2017
Should children and others in Delaware really be forced to live with the consequences of decisions made by polluters hundreds or even thousands of miles away who gain economically from our disadvantage? I don't think so.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

Editor's note · Context

Carper emphasizes the unfairness of pollution affecting Delaware from distant states.

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