The Politics of Disaster ; Obama Angles to Turn Gulf Oil Spill to His Advantage

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The Gulf of Mexico oil-rig explosion in April is the source of the most extensive environmental disaster in the nation's history. Untold quantities of crude oil have spilled into the Gulf, affecting the economic and ecological well-being of several states.

But the government's response has been focused less on ending the crisis in the Gulf and more on using the disaster to advance a particular agenda. As President Obama stated during his June Oval Office address, the Gulf crisis offers an incentive to end "America's century-long addiction to fossil fuels."

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The Politics of Disaster ; Obama Angles to Turn Gulf Oil Spill to His Advantage

In pursuit of this agenda, the Obama administration seems intent on creating a fuel shortage designed to raise energy prices for Americans in order to "save the env...

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