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On the recordSeptember 18, 2013
When you have a spill involving this kind of tar sands oil, it is very, very difficult to clean it up.
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John Sarbanes
Democratic · Maryland

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Sarbanes warns about the challenges of cleaning up tar sands oil spills.

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