November 9, 2012

Obama's 2nd Term: A New Path for Energy?

Jen Dlouhy, San Francisco Chronicle


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President Obama enters a second term in the White House free to toughen regulations on domestic drilling despite industry objections - and to approve natural gas exports and the controversial Keystone XL pipeline without fear of alienating environmentalists he needed at the ballot box.

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