Edward Markey: “They repeal all of the environmental protections which have…”

“What they do, however, is put a price on what it takes for the oil, gas and coal industry to pay off the Trump administration. So They repeal all of the environmental protections which have been put on the books. So that decision that was made in 2007, it was based on our coastline. The danger which we see, the erosion which we see, the warming of the earth, ocean which we see and we can measure with a thermometer.” (08:03–08:10)

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