May 4, 2012

Partisan Politics Wrecking American Energy

Shea Laverty, OilPrice.com


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Partisan politics rule the day in America. As much as anyone can try to deny that, the rhetoric coming from either side of the aisle tells a very different story. In one corner, the ever-emboldening Left, who after several years. . .

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