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Kirsten Engel: “Arizona represents a state that really is very dependent on…”

Featuring: Kirsten Engel, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House Arizona, District 6

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Distinguished Environmental Lecture: Kirsten Engel

Published | Video Starts at 32:11

Again, the legislature can override and have Greenhouse gas regulations, but they have not done so. So the upshot of this, at least from my experience, is that Arizona represents a state that really is very dependent on the federal government for funding its state environmental programming. There's a fair amount of gaps in state regulatory scope of environmental protection, and there is a statutory sort of, sort of bar upon going beyond the federal standards. (32:11–32:21)

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Asserts that Arizona heavily relies on federal funding for its environmental programs.

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