150 Million Reasons Both Parties Are In The Tank For Fossil Fuels

Remember how both candidates seemed to be having a “who loves coal and natural gas more?” contest throughout the recent presidential campaign? The folks at United Republic noticed some interesting correlations between big ad buys by the fossil fuel lobby and campaign rhetoric that could help explain why.

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Mansur Gidfar

Nov 19, 2012

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150 Million Reasons Both Parties Are In The Tank For Fossil Fuels

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