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NYT’s Nocera Repeats Oil Industry Propaganda Against Drilling Moratorium
The New York Times’ business columnist, Joe Nocera, writes an astonishing industry shilling piece on why the US Government should not impose a deepwater drilling moratorium. Nocera’s arguments, which swallow the pro-industry federal court ruling whole, are either irrelevant or so deeply dishonest that they warrant a strong retraction from the Times’ editors.
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