April 20, 2012

Big Oil's Regulatory Coup

Wallace Turbeville, Demos


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What irony! This is the week when President Obama captured headlines and prime television coverage by assembling his team in the Rose Garden and finally employing the bully pulpit against speculation in the oil markets. . .

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TAGGED: energy investment, global oil market, Politics, oil industry, oil, Demos

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