South Portland Tar Sands Pipeline Defeat: Big Oil Outspends Local Grassroots 6-to-1

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By Ben JerveyNov 8, 2013, 12:52 pm126 pts
Of all the elections and ballot measures voted on around the country on Tuesday, perhaps the most egregious example of the fossil fuel industry’s money influencing an outcome was seen in South Portland, Maine. Voters in the coastal city were deciding whether to approve a ballot item that would have…

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