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Ayanna Pressley: “Fossil fuel companies have abused the legal system to escape accountability for their role in exacerbating the climate…”

On the recordSeptember 13, 2022
Fossil fuel companies have abused the legal system to escape accountability for their role in exacerbating the climate crisis.
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Ayanna Pressley
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Pressley criticizes fossil fuel companies for evading responsibility for climate change impacts.

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