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Jim Inhofe: “Mountaintop mining is politically sensitive because environmentalists were an active force behind Obama's election.”

On the recordJune 24, 2009
Mountaintop mining is politically sensitive because environmentalists were an active force behind Obama's election.
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Jim Inhofe
Republican · Oklahoma

Editor's note · Context

Inhofe highlights the political implications of mountaintop mining in relation to environmentalist support.

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