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Bob Casey: “In our State, we went through most of the 19th century and roughly about half of the 20th century not getting it right…”

On the recordApril 11, 2011
In our State, we went through most of the 19th century and roughly about half of the 20th century not getting it right as it relates to the extraction of a natural resource, in this case coal, and balancing that with environmental regulations to make sure we were protecting public health and the environment.
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Bob Casey
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Casey reflects on Pennsylvania's historical challenges in balancing resource extraction and environmental protection.

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