Sidney Shapiro

University Chair in Law, Wake Forest University

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University Chair in Law at Wake Forest University and co author of The People's Agents and the Battle to Protect the American Public: Special Interests, Government, and Threats to Health, Safety, and the Environment

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After last week's devastating explosion in the San Francisco suburb of San Bruno killed at least four people, two mayors in New Jersey opposed natural-gas projects in their cities.

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