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Jay Rockefeller: the unilateral imposition of such a scheme on the United States and other countries is arbitrary, unfair, and a…

On the recordJune 5, 2012
the unilateral imposition of such a scheme on the United States and other countries is arbitrary, unfair, and a violation of international law.
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Jay Rockefeller
Democratic · West Virginia

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Rockefeller criticizes the EU's emissions trading scheme as unjust and unlawful.

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