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Representative DeFazio “heavy haul” letter to Transportation Secretary LaHood

By: | Representative Pete DeFazio

Published: August 2010

Oregon Representative Pete DeFazio's letter to Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood urges the Secretary to closely examine the potential impacts of the "Heavy Haul" road widening necessary to transport tar sands mining equipment to Exxon's Kearl project in Alberta. It also points out that U.S. taxpayers shouldn't be subsidizing the Albertan tar sands mining.

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