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On the recordJuly 22, 2013
No part of the United States--indeed, no part of the developed world--has suffered as much environmental damage because of the extraction of natural resources as Louisiana.
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Mary Landrieu
Democratic · Louisiana

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Landrieu highlights Louisiana's severe environmental damage from resource extraction.

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