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Ed Markey: “The choice between preserving wilderness and energy development is a false one.”

On the recordOctober 24, 2011
The choice between preserving wilderness and energy development is a false one.
Said by
Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey argues that both wilderness preservation and energy development can coexist.

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