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Ed Markey: “We have created 80,000 new clean energy jobs. We are going to 90,000 by the end of this year.”

On the recordJuly 28, 2014
We have created 80,000 new clean energy jobs. We are going to 90,000 by the end of this year.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey emphasizes job creation linked to clean energy initiatives in Massachusetts.

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