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Lamar Smith: Mining is an inherently destructive and dirty business and technology cannot make it clean and harmless.

On the recordJuly 31, 2013
Mining is an inherently destructive and dirty business and technology cannot make it clean and harmless.
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Lamar Smith
Republican · Texas

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Smith emphasizes the environmental risks of mining despite technological promises.

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