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By Farron Cousins on July 10, 2012
Tags: 2012, Barack Obama, economy, Election, EPA, fracking, jobs, Keystone XL, Misinformation, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, oil, Republican, Vote, Congress, Ed Whitfield, energy, Environmental Protection Agency, fracturing, House of Representatives, Massachusetts, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, oil, Senate, transportation, U.S.
Environmental and energy issues became one of the central issues of the 2008 U.S. presidential election. While the economy itself took center stage, energy issues were right behind it, being pushed by the insufferable chant of “Drill baby drill.” In the four years that have followed, the U.S. has seen a boom in hydraulic fracturing (fracking), the worst oil spill in our history, skyrocketing (and then plummeting) gas prices, a disastrous oil pipeline plan that threatens the safety of our aquifers, and a Republican-led assault on environmental safety standards.
