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Ed Markey: Ignoring carbon pollution and focusing solely on fuels treatment to address the epidemic of bark beetles, the epidemic…

On the recordJuly 19, 2012
Ignoring carbon pollution and focusing solely on fuels treatment to address the epidemic of bark beetles, the epidemic of drought, the epidemic of wildfires is like rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey criticizes the focus on minor solutions instead of addressing carbon pollution.

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