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as a pollutant at all to the Clean Power Plan, which has no chance of clemency before its swift execution at some point in 2017. [14]. The Trump Administration is firmly committed to conserving our wonderful naturalresources and beautiful natural habitats,”. [42]. This cloud, too, has a silver lining.
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