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May 11, 2012

The Oil Industry's Energy Independence Deception

Kurt Cobb, OilPrice.com


foreignpolicy.com

Faced with increasing political obstacles to oil and natural gas exploration in many countries around the world, the oil industry is focusing again on the United States. The industry is using the deceitful promise of energy independence to cajole Americans and their policymakers into relaxing environmental regulations and opening protected public lands and restricted offshore areas to drilling.

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