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Joseph P. Kennedy III: “Pollution is a subsidy, right? It is a cost to society that those that generate it don't bear.”

On the recordSeptember 30, 2020
Pollution is a subsidy, right? It is a cost to society that those that generate it don't bear.
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Joseph P. Kennedy III
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Kennedy emphasizes the societal costs of pollution and the unfair burden on communities.

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