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Mike Lee: I'm not OK with communities like the one I'm from, the Mon Valley of western Pennsylvania, being sacrificial lambs in…

On the recordSeptember 26, 2023
I'm not OK with communities like the one I'm from, the Mon Valley of western Pennsylvania, being sacrificial lambs in the name of continued fossil fuel exploration.
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Mike Lee
Republican · Utah

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Critiques environmental policies that harm marginalized communities for fossil fuel exploration.

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