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Ed Markey: You cannot preach temperance from a bar stool. You have got to be lowering your greenhouse gases, not increasing them.

On the recordMarch 12, 2014
You cannot preach temperance from a bar stool. You have got to be lowering your greenhouse gases, not increasing them.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Emphasizing the need for the U.S. to lead in climate change efforts.

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