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Protect South Portland holds rally against petroleum tank emissions
The local environmental group is promoting a bill that would increase state regulation of air pollution from petroleum storage tanks.
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Carmen Haggerty, center, and PJ Cragin, left of Haggerty, attend a rally against petroleum tank emissions at Kaler Elementary School on Friday. Both women grew up in South Portland and Cragin spoke about how her sister died of cancer. Haggerty s daughter is on the track team at South Portland High School and told her mom they can sometimes smell the fumes from the tanks during practice. Brianna Soukup/Staff Photographe
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