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Joe Manchin: I would just say that if the environment is our concern--there are 8 billion tons of coal being burned--we should take…

On the recordJanuary 27, 2014
I would just say that if the environment is our concern--there are 8 billion tons of coal being burned--we should take the best technology we can anywhere in the world and try to help use it better.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

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Manchin emphasizes the need for better technology to manage coal usage for environmental concerns.

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