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Kirsten Engel: “So much of this has been oriented toward the energy industry…”

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 46:22

So it hasn't seemed super principled. It's been a little bit more. But I would say that it's perhaps partisan driven. But it's also, I think in this area, you just can't ignore. So much of this has been oriented toward the energy industry and the effort to build up, you know, domestic sources of energy, fossil fuels. and really push that out. And I think that that really runs not. It doesn't explain everything, but it runs through leaving it to the states when they have been … (46:22–46:36)

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Asserts that federal actions are oriented towards supporting the energy industry and fossil fuels.

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