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Ed Markey: Your decision means that industrial facilities like power plants, or chemical facilities, or hazardous waste…

On the recordJanuary 29, 2018
Your decision means that industrial facilities like power plants, or chemical facilities, or hazardous waste incinerators will no longer be required to use state of the art technology--the gold standard--to reduce these harmful emissions.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey criticizes the rollback of pollution control standards by the EPA.

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