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Rick Perry: Environmental justice to me is being able to pay an electrical rate that I can afford and at the same time knowing that…

On the recordMay 8, 2019
Environmental justice to me is being able to pay an electrical rate that I can afford and at the same time knowing that the emissions are not going up.
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Rick Perry

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Defining environmental justice in terms of affordability and emissions control.

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