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Gregory C. Mason

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Politics are polluting the environment

May 9, 2018 by Gregory Mason

I was fuelling my sensible SUV this morning, while furtively admiring an adjacent monster pickup truck. When asked, the owner gushed about how she liked the oversized vehicle, praising “sight lines” while almost apologizing for the cost of a fill-up and the obvious waste implied by her vehicle choice.

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Filed Under: Op Ed