Drilling for Defeat

as a boom in natural-gas drilling reshapes the region, Western Democrats have found success recasting environmentalism as a defense of threatened water supplies, fishing spots and hunting grounds. As a result, the party may hold the advantage this fall in the region's key Congressional races. Full Story »

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Mike LaBonte
3.7
by Mike LaBonte - Oct. 1, 2008

The first paragraph makes claims that I doubted could be supported. But Sirota indeed brings in substantial evidence. It focuses on partisan politics, but I think more about the effects of energy production on tourism would have been good.

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