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Romney’s ‘Bush-Era’ Energy Team Is Dominated By Fossil Fuel Insiders And Its Lobbyists
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Aug 01, 2012 02:34pm |
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| Author | Rebecca Leber |
| News Date | Wednesday, August 1, 2012 04:25:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Romney has made expanding oil and gas drilling and coal exploration central to his campaign, and he’s elevated the Keystone XL pipeline to his top day one priority if elected. The pipeline illustrates where Romney’s priorities lie: while it would boost oil companies’ profits, consumers will only deal with the environmental effects and even higher gas prices.
At times, Romney adheres to the “oil above all” philosophy more than his team, some of whom advocate for clean energy and climate change solutions. These ideas, embraced by many Republicans, have gone unheard by candidate. Since the primaries, Romney has only doubled down on his anti-clean energy campaign, announcing his opposition to the wind production tax credit, which supports tens of thousands of jobs. He has no problem, however, doubling what the most profitable oil corporations already receive in tax breaks, a boon to his oil billionaire chief energy adviser and the oil lobbyist rumored to be Romney’s pick for chief of staff. |
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