At long last, the polls will close today for the U.S. Presidential election. More money has been spent in this election cycle than any before it, and much of that money has come from extremely wealthy people with a huge stake in the election's outcome. One such individual is Harold Hamm, an oil baron and top energy adviser to Mitt Romney who also happens to be one of America's richest and most powerful businessmen. While the political connections in this story are absolutely important, so too are the social and environmental ramifications of the type of rapid oil field development that Hamm's company, Continental Resources, is undertaking. Given that even a second Obama Administration is likely to move forward with this kind of oil exploration, recognition of these issues is essential to try to create proper oversight and regulation.
"Who Fracked Mitt Romney?" by Josh Harkinson
Published in Mother Jones, October 29, 2012
http://www.motherjones.com/print/198461
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