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Ed Markey: “If we don’t on climate, we miss, one, the ability to create millions of new union jobs in clean energy.”

On the recordJanuary 21, 2022
If we don’t on climate, we miss, one, the ability to create millions of new union jobs in clean energy.
Said by
Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts
Source
msnbc.com

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Senator Markey warns about the consequences of failing to act on climate legislation, including job creation.

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