What Would a Romney Victory Mean for the Environment?

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MOTHER JONES 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]     MORE ENVIRONMENTAL & HEALTH COVERAGE VIDEO: With or Without FEMA, Staten Island Sifts Through the Rubble FEMA finally arrives in Staten Island to assess the damage—and finds a community already banding together. [READ MORE] Why I Disagree With Kevin Drum on California's GMO Labeling Proposition MoJo food and ag blogger Tom Philpott: Sure, ballot initiatives are crude instruments, but Prop. 37 represents our only serious shot at public oversight for a powerful industry. [READ MORE]	MOST ACTIVE DISCUSSION Chart: Almost Every Obama Conspiracy Theory Ever Fake birth certificates, ghostwriters, teleprompters, a teenage trip to Mars, and more of the most paranoid and bizarro Obama conspiracy theories out there. [READ MORE]     MORE FROM MOJO Chart: The Voter Guide for Your Ladyparts Eleven reasons why every woman should vote on Tuesday. [READ MORE]   ADVERTISEMENT Furious about global warming, wealth concentration, voter suppression, Citizens United? Love Elizabeth Warren, Dennis Kucinich, Al Gore? Then place my paperback 95 THESES UPDATED: An Urgent Call for Christian Action against Global Warming and Wealth Concentration on doors of churches in your area BEFORE the election! 131 pages, $7.95. "To order by Paypal, credit email account: pwm223408865@yahoo.com or call author at 908-859-1778 and leave clear message & phone no."   Become a fan of Econundrums on Facebook.   Read the Blue Marble
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