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Lamar Smith: “If you're an emitter, you can emit as much CO2 as you want to and you don't get charged for doing that.”

On the recordMay 10, 2016
If you're an emitter, you can emit as much CO2 as you want to and you don't get charged for doing that.
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Lamar Smith
Republican · Texas

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Smith discusses the lack of financial incentives for companies to reduce CO2 emissions.

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