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The fate of the troubled Philadelphia oil refinery is fracturing Democratic politics

The building trades that wield enormous influence in Philadelphia politics want refinery jobs restored. But environmentalists want the refinery permanently closed.

Anti-Trump protesters and union workers who want the Trump administration to block the sale of a Philadelphia oil refinery gather outside the St. Francis de Sales School in West Philadelphia, where Vice President Mike Pence appeared last week.
Anti-Trump protesters and union workers who want the Trump administration to block the sale of a Philadelphia oil refinery gather outside the St. Francis de Sales School in West Philadelphia, where Vice President Mike Pence appeared last week.Read moreHEATHER KHALIFA / Staff Photographer