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William Lacy Clay: “It was the mining companies that made the mess, but those companies are not the ones cleaning it up.”

On the recordSeptember 16, 2015
It was the mining companies that made the mess, but those companies are not the ones cleaning it up.
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William Lacy Clay
Missouri

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Mining companies are responsible for pollution but not for cleanup efforts.

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