
According to former U.S. Congressman Sam Farr who was interviewed by Univision News, he tried four times to get federal ship environmental legislation passed, but he never garnered enough support to get beyond the powerful shipping lobby.
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Tens of missions of dollars are spent by the shipping lobby every year. They work to maximize profits and exernalize health and environmental cost impacts making Viginians pay the price for their pollution. Source: Open Secrets
Is it strange that studies funded by the shipping industry are always pro-pollution? That's right, it is OK to continue to pollute because their studies claim the pollution is just not bad enough.
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