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Angus King: “The major transition was from coal to natural gas. Your state benefited from that and this guy's state didn't benefit.”

On the recordApril 26, 2021
The major transition was from coal to natural gas. Your state benefited from that and this guy's state didn't benefit.
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Angus King
Independent · Maine

Editor's note · Context

King points out the economic shifts from coal to natural gas affecting different states.

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