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Howard Griffith: “Unless we are planning to build a big glass globe around the country, we could shut everything down and still this won't…”

On the recordApril 14, 2011
Unless we are planning to build a big glass globe around the country, we could shut everything down and still this won't change. It will get worse.
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Howard Griffith
Republican · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Griffith emphasizes the futility of domestic regulations against foreign mercury emissions.

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