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Ed Markey: “The less CO2 that goes up into the atmosphere is the less danger there is going to be to any of this infrastructure.”

On the recordMarch 28, 2017
The less CO2 that goes up into the atmosphere is the less danger there is going to be to any of this infrastructure.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey connects reduced CO2 emissions to infrastructure safety.

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