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Eliot Engel: “I think everyone likes to think they care about the environment, but they care more about their pockets, I think.”

On the recordJune 25, 2013
I think everyone likes to think they care about the environment, but they care more about their pockets, I think.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Engel suggests that financial concerns outweigh environmental motivations for consumers.

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