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Rashida Tlaib: “Every time we invest in these false solutions, it is an opportunity cost to our future, to equity, to climate justice.”

On the recordJune 15, 2021
Every time we invest in these false solutions, it is an opportunity cost to our future, to equity, to climate justice.
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Rashida Tlaib
Democratic · Michigan

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Criticizing investments in ineffective solutions that harm communities.

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