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On the recordNovember 16, 2011
Solar has big coal and big nuclear and the established energy sector scared stiff, and they've enlisted the Republican party to do something about it.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey claims the established energy sectors fear solar energy's growth.

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