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Ed Markey: “We are talking about the dirtiest oil in the world, coming through the United States, almost using us as a straw.”

On the recordMarch 12, 2014
We are talking about the dirtiest oil in the world, coming through the United States, almost using us as a straw.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey criticizes the environmental impact of tar sands oil being exported from the U.S.

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