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On the recordApril 18, 2016
It can be a managed transition in which the harm from the transition, the upheaval from the transition is dealt with in a responsible way, or it can be an abrupt transition.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse discusses the need for a responsible energy transition.

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