Monday, November 5, 2012

What Would a Romney Victory Mean for the Environment?

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November 5, 2012

 

THIS WEEK'S ECONUNDRUM

What Would a Romney Victory Mean for the Environment?

When it comes to the planet, it's hard to get a great sense of what Mitt Romney would actually do as president. His campaign website includes a long list of issues—Puerto Rico, Medicare, Values—but environment doesn't merit its own section. Anything on the subject is buried under energy, where he promises to make the US an "energy superpower" and calls the Obama administration's green energy policies "nothing short of a disaster."

In this week's Econundrum, just in time for Election Day, MoJo environment reporter Kate Sheppard lists eight ways a Romney presidency could change the environment. [READ MORE]

 

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