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Robert Taylor and Sharon Lavigne with Pat Bryant protesting in front of the Louisiana State Capitol on June 3, 2019. Every stage of natural gas production and distribution releases methane pollution, a powerful greenhouse gas. James Parish would violate the EPA’s standards for soot and ozone-forming nitrogen dioxide.
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