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Rashida Tlaib: “It took a long time to shut down the Detroit incinerator... it actually hurt communities.”

On the recordAugust 24, 2022
It took a long time to shut down the Detroit incinerator... it actually hurt communities.
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Rashida Tlaib
Democratic · Michigan

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Tlaib reflects on the long struggle to close the harmful Detroit incinerator.

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