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Related: About this forumTurns out Flint water switch may have been about Fracking water and ALEC
http://markmaynard.com/2016/01/could-the-flint-water-crisis-have-its-origins-in-a-desire-to-increase-fracking-in-michigan/
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Turns out Flint water switch may have been about Fracking water and ALEC (Original Post)
safeinOhio
Jan 2016
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ViseGrip
(3,133 posts)1. And Kasich says we must frack frack frack....just like Ohio!
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,727 posts)2. Fucking bastards, all of them. Goddamn. n/t
montanacowboy
(6,103 posts)3. Why does nothing surprise me anymore
how long will the people of this country put up with this
Truprogressive85
(900 posts)4. Wow
So glad I don't support a candidate that supports fracking
There needs to be accountability
MADem
(135,425 posts)5. The author is still in the "just asking questions" phase, but someone should investigate this and
get an answer.
They are GOOD questions he's asking.
etherealtruth
(22,165 posts)6. This doesn't make any sense to me ....
The implication seems to be that "they" wanted water available for fracking ....? For some reason they would pay for chlorinated fluoridated municipal water (at a high cost) rather than advancing wells and withdrawing groundwater (in Michigan a comparatively inexpensive process)?